NUREMBURG, Germany (June 17, 2013) – The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has received an order to upgrade cement plants from PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk. (Indocement), Indonesia. A major part of the project will be migrating the previous process control system of a competitor to the Simatic PCS 7-based process control system Cemat.
CHICAGO (June 15, 2013) – The oil and gas industry will spend just under $10 billion in 2014 for valves. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company in “Industrial Valves: World Markets.”
Oil and Gas Valve Revenues (millions of dollars)
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OLATHE, Kan. (June 14, 2013) – With its U.S. sales operation headquartered in Olathe, Kan., global pump manufacturer Grundfos was named to Ingram’s list of "Top 100 Privately Held Companies in Kansas City."
BEAUMONT, Texas (June 11, 2013) – National Pump & Compressor recently launched a new website, HurricaneSupport-Beaumont.com, to give awareness to the emerging disaster recovery facet of the business. As NPC has developed along the East, West and Gulf coasts, municipalities’ and businesses’ need for comprehensive, local disaster recovery services has become apparent. By introducing a hurricane and disaster recovery website in conjunction with the main company website, npcrents.
CHICAGO (April 16, 2013) – On April 16, I was in Chicago for Grundfos’ groundbreaking ceremony for its new North American headquarters in Downers Grove, Ill.
ABU DHABI (June 10, 2013) – Siemens Energy will supply a wet air oxidation ethylene spent caustic treatment system as part of an ethylene plant expansion. Customer is Qatar Petrochemical Company (QAPCO), one of the companies in the Middle East that produces and supplies ethylene. The Zimpro wet air oxidation (WAO) system from Siemens will be part of QAPCO’s facility in Mesaieed Industrial City, Qatar.
ZURICH (June 7, 2013) – ABB announced its intention to acquire Dynamotive Ltd to expand its service offering in low and medium voltage drives and motors. Coalville, UK–based Dynamotive designs, commissions and upgrades systems of drives, controls and motors for industrial and marine applications and automotive test rigs. Dynamotive has about 40 employees and is privately owned. Its owners will continue to work for ABB.
SHANGHAI, China (June 5, 2013) – ClydeUnion Pumps, an SPX Brand, received an order for four submersible motor driven seawater lift pumps for a North Sea floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The contract was awarded to ClydeUnion Pumps by China’s COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co., Ltd in May 2013.
HATFIELD, Pa. (May 29, 2013) – Brooks Instrument, a provider of advanced flow, pressure, vacuum, level and vapor delivery solutions, has opened a new sales office in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, to support its expanding customer base in the Middle East.
ABU DHABI and ANN ARBOR, Mich. (May 29, 2013) – NSF Middle East to provide local testing, auditing and certification services for the water, food and beverage industries and quality (QMS) and environmental (EMS) management systems certifications.