PARSIPPANY, N.J. (May 30, 2012) – Pump Systems Matter (PSM) announces upcoming management briefing on pump systems performance and the impact on bottomlines. The webinar is slated for June 20, 2012 at 1 p.m. EDT and it will last approximately 1 hour. The session will be taught by the industry’s leading energy efficiency expert, William Livoti of GIW Industries.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (May 24, 2012) – Hitachi America, Ltd., Industrial Components and Equipment Division, announced that it is relocating its Charlotte, N.C., facility to a larger facility. While remaining in Charlotte, the new facility is 38,400 sq. ft., increasing the company’s working space by 42 percent. The larger facility is needed to accommodate projected growth in sales. The company anticipates that the relocation will be completed by the end of June 2012.
WASHINGTON (May 24, 2012) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Justice announced that BP North America Inc. has agreed to pay an $8 million penalty and invest more than $400 million to install state-of-the-art pollution controls and cut emissions from BP’s petroleum refinery in Whiting, Ind.
WASHINGTON (May 23, 2012) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program recently awarded $2 million to 25 companies in support of technology development toward sustainable solutions for the environment. The SBIR program is part of EPA’s Technology Innovation for Environmental and Economic Progress: An EPA Roadmap, which focuses on linking research and development, policy and finance.
SAN MARCOS, Texas (May 23, 2012) – In April, Thermon Group Holdings, Inc., opened a new manufacturing building at its primary production facility in San Marcos, Texas. The expansion was completed over the course of one year at an approximate cost of $5.5 million.
BURLINGTON, Canada (May 22, 2012) – ClydeUnion Pumps, an SPX Brand, has relocated its Canadian works to a new facility in Burlington, Ontario, almost doubling its manufacturing footprint. The new site provides increased regional production capacity, allowing larger between bearings style pumps to be manufactured on site. The operation’s new upgraded pump test facilities means pumps can be proven locally in what is now North America’s highest power test facility for ClydeUnion Pumps.
NEW YORK (May 31, 2012) – Michael J. Dergance has been named vice president of sales and marketing of TURBOdesign Technology, Inc. (TDT), an aerodynamic and hydrodynamic turbomachinery design software and engineering services company and exclusive U.S. distributor of Advanced Design Technology’s (ADT) TURBOdesign Suite.
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (May 24, 2012) – BJM Pumps announced that Steve Mosley has recently joined its team as Application Engineer. Mosley will be the primary inside contact for helping customers, representatives and distributors size, price and select BJM Pump products for their pump applications.
White Plains, N.Y. (June 6, 2012) – Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has been awarded the prestigious Excellence Award in Corporate Philanthropy by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP).
BRAINTREE, Mass. (May 24, 2012) – Altra Holdings Inc., a global designer, producer and marketer of a wide range of electromechanical power transmission products, was recently ranked No. 3 in Boston Globe’s “100 Best Performing Public Companies in Massachusetts.” Altra, headquartered in Braintree, Mass., was the top industrial company on the 2012 list.