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Wärtsilä has received a contract to supply the main engines for a series of 25 tankers being built for Volga Shipping Co., a Russian shipping company. Fifteen of the ships are to be constructed at the Okskaya yard in Navashino for ship owner Volga Flot Tanker, and the other 10 at the Krasnoe Sormovo yard […]
El Paso Electric Co. will expand its Rio Grande power plant in Sunland Park, New Mexico, U.S.A., with advanced GE aeroderivative gas turbine technology in order to meet growing electricity demands. GE’s aeroderivative gas turbines offer high power output with low emissions, high energy efficiency and reliability and a fast-start capability that can accommodate volatile […]
Progress Rail Services, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., plans to locate a locomotive manufacturing facility in Sete Lagoas, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, to serve the South American diesel-electric locomotive market. Progress Rail has agreed to open the facility to better serve its Brazilian and South American customers, and will operate the facility […]
German pump and valve manufacturer KSB is supplying 20 pump sets worth several million euros for a combined wastewater/stormwater pumping station currently under construction in Mexico City. The KSB pumps are the largest submersible motor units in the company’s history with a power output of 1150KW and a total weight of 15 tonnes. They are […]
GE has acquired Commtest, a provider and designer of machinery health information systems. GE Energy’s Bently Nevada product line will incorporate Commtest products into its portfolio. Bently Nevada provides machinery protection and condition monitoring for refineries, petrochemical plants, power plants and wind farms. With more than 50 years of experience, Bently Nevada has built a […]
The German pump company Wilo SE has donated two water pumps for a “Water for the Massai” project in North Tanzania. The two Wilo pumps will provide water for the small village of Loltepes, which is located 120 kms south of the provincial capital Arusha. For the past five years, Burkhard Freitag, an employee from […]