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Stéphane Simonetta, 43, joins the Grundfos Group as new executive vice president and head of operations (COO) starting 1st September, 2015.
Mr. Simonetta brings 18 years of experience in supply chain, lean manufacturing, and operations, primarily in the automotive industry, and has solid professional experience from assignments in Thailand, Mexico, France, Slovakia and China.
For the past…
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Coxreels, a US manufacturer of industrial grade hose, cord and cable reels, has announced a new, re‐engineered outlet riser on an existing series of its reels.
Both the 1175 and 1185 Series reels have been enhanced and now come equipped with a remodelled low profile outlet riser offering improved full‐flow characteristics.
The riser replaces the machined flange riser and o-ring flange seal…
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Colfax, a manufacturer of gas and fluid handling and fabrication technology products and services, has announced that Matthew L. Trerotola, formerly an executive VP at DuPont, has been named CEO and a director of Colfax, effective July 24, 2015.
Mr. Trerotola succeeds Steven E. Simms, who will assist in the transition and will continue to serve on the Colfax Board.
Mr. Simms notified the Board…
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Honeywell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Elster Division of Melrose Industries, a gas heating, controls, flowmetering, and advanced technologies provider, for approximately $5.1 billion (€4.5 billion).
The price translates to approximately 12.6 times Elster's estimated 2015 consensus earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization…
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Icon Scientific, a physical properties analysis solution provider for midstream and downstream production, has launched a new Viscometer product.
Offering an accurate and repeatable measurement that determines the dynamic and kinematic viscosity of a liquid, Viscometer’s operation enables a range of petroleum products to be measured within the repeatability criteria of ASTM D445, including…
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Morgan Advanced Materials, a designer and manufacturer of ultrasonic sensors, has made a major investment in a new dedicated assembly cell at its manufacturing facility in Southampton, UK to further increase production of flow sensor assemblies for use in heat, gas and water metering applications.
The new investment follows increased global customer demand for state-of-the-art residential…
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Metallized Carbon Corporation, a global manufacturer of oil-free, self-lubricating, carbon-graphite materials for severe service lubrication applications, has announced the availability of mechanical seal primary rings for sealing refrigerants and other low viscosity liquids.
Low viscosity liquids such as Freon refrigerants, liquid oxygen, liquid carbon dioxide, propane, ethylene, and acetone are…
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Industrial Surplus World now specialises in the engineering and manufacturing of oilfield drilling equipment, valves, and rig packages.
The company recently announced a purchase plan for a full line of drilling and oil well servicing equipment such as servicing rigs, valves, land rigs, draw works, pumps and more oilfield equipment required for drilling or work over operations.
The plan includes…
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Plexus Holdings, an oil and gas engineering services business, has agreed a new three-year contract with drilling and engineering company AGR Well Management.
Under the contract, Plexus will supply both its standard pressure and High Temperature/High Pressure ('HPHT') POS-GRIP wellhead technology and mudline services to AGR.
Plexus has already received its first order under the new contract,…
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Wilo has released its new remote control system, the Wilo-Smart Control SC-Lift switchgear for water and sewage lifting systems.
Designed for systems with up to four pumps, the switchgear features a user-friendly interface and a large display with clearly-structured menus with cross-application, icon-driven navigation.
Wilo says the multi-line display boosts transparency by displaying current…
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French environmental firm Veolia Environnement has won the contract to build a €320 million ($436.2 million) seawater desalination plant at the Az Zour North complex in Kuwait.
Veolia subsidiary Sidem will build the plant under an EPC (engineering, purchasing and construction) contract, won in partnership with Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The plant will have a daily water production capacity of…
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The BelGAS division of Marsh Bellofram Corp., a member of the Bellofram, has introduced a new, explosion-proof two-wire pressure transmitter, expressly designed for industrial field service.
Designed for maximum durability, the Marsh Bellofram BelGAS Type 5000 P/I transducer is a two-wire device that converts a signal pressure input into a 4-20 mA or 10-50 mA output. According to the company, the…
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Japan-based global electronics firm Funai Electric, will open a subsidiary, Funai Lexington Technology Corporation, on Lexington's Lexmark International campus, Kentucky, US, in April.
The new subsidiary will support research and development in inkjet and microfluidic technologies, which involve the use of engineering, science and technology to design systems for handling small volumes of fluid.
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Ampco-Pittsburgh, a liquid processing equipment and centrifugal pump provider, has announced the acquisition of the business and assets of Alloys Unlimited and Processing, a specialty tool, alloy, and carbon steel round bar supplier.
Alloys also provides specialty services including precision saw cutting, CNC machining, rough turning and boring, heat treating, and trepanning.
Alloys is the newly…
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Saudi-based Ashcroft Al Rushaid Instrument Company (Aarico) recently unveiled its range of process instrumentation solutions at the Gulf Industry Fair in Bahrain.
Aarico, a joint venture between Al Rushaid Petroleum Investment and US-based Ashcroft Nagano Keiki, says it is the only manufacturer of pressure and temperature instruments in the Middle East.
The JV's products include pressure and…
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Engineering solutions firm Alfa Lavel has won its third major contract within a month, it has been announced, continuing a run of high activity for the company.
A provider of heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling systems, the company says it has received an order to supply equipment to an offshore oil platform in the North Sea.
Equipment supplied by Alfa Laval will be part of…
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Alfa Laval, specialist in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, has won an order to supply equipment to a Russian processing plant. The order, booked in the process industry sector, has a value of approximately SEK 100 million (€11 million) and delivery is scheduled for 2014.
The company's equipment, including fluid handling products, will form a complete process line for…
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Sundyne, a leading manufacturer of highly reliable and efficient centrifugal pumps and compressors for use in the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, power generation and water processing industries, recently won a contract to provide pumps to the US Military.
The sealless, non-metallic magnetic drive pumps will be used in the military's mobile Explosive Destruction System (EDS) programme. With…
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