EARTH CITY, Mo. (Sept. 9, 2013) – Process Controls International d.b.a. Automation Service has been acquired by FTL Capital LLC on Aug. 16, 2013.

HOUSTON (Sept. 9, 2013) – Acteon has completed the acquisition of Probe Oil Tools Ltd, which is based in Great Yarmouth, UK. Established in 1973 and still being run by its managing director, Keith Ford, Probe Oil Tools is a specialist provider of high-specification pressure-control equipment, including wellheads, flanges, tension rings and surface risers that meet the highest standards for offshore manufacturing and procedural codes.

HELSINKI (Sept. 5, 2013) – Energie Wasser Bern has chosen Metso to supply a complete control system retrofit for its Felsenau/Engehalde hydro power plant located in Bern, Switzerland. New automation with 99.9 percent availability will significantly increase the plant's reliability and thus contribute to more efficient energy production.

PLYMOUTH, Mich. (Aug. 26, 2013) – Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies announced the recipients of its 2012 Supplier Excellence Achievement Level (SEAL) Awards. The suppliers were selected based on exemplary performance in the areas of quality, delivery, cost management, technology and overall service to Freudenberg-NOK and its manufacturing sites.

The SEAL Awards, now in its fifth year, are divided into Gold, Silver and Bronze levels for chemical and metal suppliers.

Decatur, Ala. (Sept. 3, 2013) – Morin Repair Services expanded its services and capabilities by opening its new state-of-the-art facility using the latest in balancing, machining, fabrication, engineering, assembly, quality control, logistics, and unsurpassed support all under one roof for full in-house capabilities.

CHICAGO (Sept. 1, 2013) – The world’s municipal wastewater plant operators will spend $1.2 billion in 2014 for equipment to separate particles from the sewage inflows. This is the most recent forecast in Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.