HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (Oct. 14, 2013) – The Blue-White Industries board of directors and stockholders, elected Robin Gledhill as president and CEO. Gledhill began his Blue-White career more than 40 years ago while still attending college.
LONDON (Oct. 14, 2013) – Increasing greenfield projects and rising infrastructure investments are expected to drive demand for industrial pumps in the Turkish market. Energy-efficiency regulations present further growth potential for technologically advanced industrial pumps. This will have a huge impact on the market as local manufacturers scout for mergers and acquisition opportunities to offset the high costs of research and development (R&D).
(Oct. 14, 2013) – Metso has won a large order for intelligent valve controllers from Sino-Venezuela Guangdong Petrochemical Company for its 20 million ton-per-year, heavy crude processing project. The preliminary estimated quantity is over 4,000 units, including the ND7000 series standard, intrinsically safe, and explosion-proof models.
NEWNAN, Ga. (Oct. 14, 2013) – Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, P.T. Yokogawa Indonesia, has received an order from PT. PLN, a government-owned utility in Indonesia, to supply the control system for a project that will renovate the first of four 20 megawatt (MW) power generation units at the Lahendong geothermal power plant, which is located in the Lahendong district on Sulawesi Island.
CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, South Korea (Oct. 10, 2013) – ITT Corporation has officially opened its latest pump manufacturing facility, located in the central county of Chungcheongbuk-do in South Korea. The $34 million facility will produce, package and test highly engineered pumps under the Goulds Pumps brand.
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (Oct. 29, 2013) – GE Energy Storage announced that it will participate in a load-shifting project at Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, Calif., a non-profit education organization. The 500-kilowatt-hour GE storage and Princeton Power Systems (PPS) inverter control system is engineered to shift 10 to 20 percent of the science center’s daily electrical load from peak hours to less expensive off-peak time periods.
GOLDEN, Colo. (Oct. 9, 2013) – DXP/Quadna, Inc., has hired several new employees to its growing Golden, Colo., operation. They are:
NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (Oct. 9, 2013) – Environment One Corporation (E/One) announced that certification audits and assessments of its Sewer Systems Business have been successfully completed and that the company has been awarded the prestigious ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System Certification.
ATLANTA (Oct. 9, 2013) – The Society for Maintenance and Reliability Professionals (SMRP) announced the release of the newly revised SMRP Standardized Metrics. The revisions feature the highly anticipated “best in class target values,” which provide valuable insight into the effectiveness and overall accuracy of asset management in the maintenance and reliability industry.
NEWNAN, Ga. (Oct. 9, 2013) – Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that Yokogawa Electric International, a subsidiary that oversees Yokogawa’s IA and control business outside Japan, has received an order from Sinopec International Petroleum Service Corporation (SIPSC)*1 to supply the monitoring system for a large water distribution pipeline that the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC)*2 is building in Saudi Arabia between the cities of Yanbu and Medina.