EnPro AS has awarded Pöyry with the basic engineering assignment for a soda ash manufacturing plant to be located in Kollsnes, Norway. Pöyry's scope of work includes basic engineering services for the integral plant operations including integration between individual process packages, definitions of the required utilities and the layout of these systems. The project itself will utilise EnPro's technology, developed in cooperation with EnPro's technology cooperation partner ENGSL Minerals ...

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Rolls-Royce, in partnership with COMEX NUCLEAIRE, has been awarded a contract to supply boron measurement systems for the entire fleet of 900MW nuclear reactors in France owned and operated by EDF Group. Rolls-Royce boron meter technology, known as Boronline, complies with the latest French safety regulations. It provides real-time data on boron concentration levels in the reactor coolant through continuous measurement and is essential to control the reactivity of the core and ensure safe...

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Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, will connect with HVACR stakeholders and share knowledge about ongoing industry trends, standards development, and testing, inspection, and certification needs at the 2015 AHR Expo, taking place January 26–28, 2015, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Bring your questions and curiosities to us at Booth #4042 to learn what's hot and what's happening in Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration. As the world's l...

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Metso has acquired from the US-based company Rexnord Industries, LLC certain intellectual property rights related to Rexnord's Falk Mill Products business. The acquisition allows Metso to provide replacement gears and pinions for its customers utilizing original equipment manufacturer (OEM) drawings and specifications for mills and kilns purchased through Metso and certain other end users. The acquisition also includes some key Mill Products specialists to support the business. The value o...

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Sapa is bringing new and revolutionary to Chicago at the world's largest HVAC&R marketplace, the 2015 AHR Expo. Its aluminium tubing innovations include the WebMPE. The AHR Expo is held annually for the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) industry. Sapa's Precision Tubing business area will again be present at the three-day international trade fair, which opens on Monday, January 26, at McCormick Place in Chicago. One of the highlights at October's Chillvent...

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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that in a continuing effort to expand its global business in factory automation (FA), the company will consolidate the development and manufacture of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and operator panels, core products for FA, at its Nagoya Works from this April. - - The development and manufacture of Micro PLC and small-range operator panels will be transferred from the Himeji Works. The Nagoya Works currently develops and...

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Alstom has been awarded two contracts [1] worth over €65 million [2] from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to supply signalling, telecom and electrification solutions for the new Kochi metro line. The projects will be implemented in early 2016 and commercial service is scheduled to begin in March 2016. 25 Alstom Metropolis trains will circulate on the new Kochi metro line which is 25 km long and includes 22 stations. These trains will carry up to 15,000 passengers per hour and direct...

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SANTA CRUZ , Calif ., – Raytek®, a leading worldwide provider of infrared (IR) thermometry, has introduced the Raynger® 3i Plus Series infrared thermometer . This new generation IR thermometer is designed in accordance with industry standards to meet process performance requirements in hot environments of 400–3000°C (752-5432°F) and provides exceptional accuracy. -   - The portable Raynger 3i Plus IR thermometer is ideal for use in high-temperature industrial applications, such as iron and...

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Cleveland, OH:  Horsburgh & Scott, the world leader in large gear manufacturing, has announced that Pradeep Saha has been promoted to President and CEO. Saha previously served as the company's Vice President of Sales and Marketing, where in 2014 he successfully increased sales by 20 percent, developed a new marketing strategy, implemented a disciplined CRM process, and rebranded the company with a new logo, website and brand identity. In his new role, Saha will have P&L responsibility...

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The largest runner ever produced by Voith Hydro in Latin America was shipped to the hydropower plant Belo Monte this week. A 12-axle trailer left Voith Hydro's manufacturing shop in Manaus, Brazil, transporting a 320 ton runner, impressive for its size – 8.5 meters in diameter and 5 meters tall –, the runner is heading to the Belo Monte hydropower plant. After a short trip of less than 20 kilometers by truck, the runner was loaded onto a heavy duty barge to travel a journey of 890 kilometer...

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Inventors and Innovators are creative, ambitious people. They are the individuals who see a problem and envision a solution to that problem. Too often, however, they take a difficult pathway as they strive to bring their invention to the attention of potential buyers. Most inventions fail because the initial precious resources are misdirected and spent on inadequate prototype development and filings for full invention patents before the idea is developed into a viable business concept. An ...

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(Huntsville, AL) January 14, 2015 — Q-Track Corporation (Q-Track) today launched an innovative forklift collision avoidance system, SafeSpot™. In the U.S., forklift accidents cost an estimated $3.7 billion per year and cause 20,000 serious injuries including 100 deaths. SafeSpot™ increases safety while ensuring OSHA compliance. - - SafeSpot™ addresses safety requirements for warehouses, manufacturing, and industrial facilities. According to Stephen Werner, President and CEO of Q-Track, “Sa...

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Inventors come to a Product Development and Management (PDM) company because they want to make their idea a reality. Their goal is to draw on the PDM's resources to commercialize the invention and bring it to the market - from invention design and patenting to prototype development and marketing. Thomas Edison, one of the world's most prolific inventors, had this goal as well. He used the term “utility” for what is known today as  commercialization . “Anything that won't sell,” Edison sa...

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Rolls-Royce has been selected by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, via its Alaska Marine Highway System, and Vigor Industrial, to provide a highly efficient propulsion system for its future Alaska Class ferries that will be built by Vigor Shipyards in Ketchikan, Alaska. The two Alaska Class ferries will feature a range of Rolls-Royce technology, including reduction gearboxes, tunnel thrusters and steering gears. A Rolls-Royce Promas propulsion system, which i...

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The production of ailerons for the Airbus A320 has paved the way for the successful introduction of the Lean initiative at Saab Aerostructures. The results to date have been outstanding when it comes to delivery precision, production rates and improvement of work. Saab signed the contract with Airbus to produce ailerons for the A320 in 1999. At Saab, it was noted that the design and production system for ailerons could be changed in order to make it more efficient. This sparked the deve...

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Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that Arizona Public Service (APS) Company signed a $250 million contract with Westinghouse for fabricating and delivering its newest fuel product for the Combustion Engineering (CE) pressurized water reactor (PWR) fleet. The contract is an extension with Westinghouse to continue fabricating and delivering fuel to three reactors that APS operates at its Palo Verde site in Wintersburg, Ariz. A new component to the contract includes the transitio...

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MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received a large order from Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co Ltd (ZPMC). The contract is for four offshore cranes, including a 400-tonne SWL active heave-compensated crane capable of deploying 3,000m of wire rope. All four cranes will be fitted to a new 145m dive support vessel (DSV) under construction at the yard for UK-based operator Sealion Shipping. Delivery of the cranes to the Chinese shipyard is scheduled during third quarter of 2016. Sealion is ...

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Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation won an order to supply 42 Regio 2N train sets to the Syndicat des Transports d'Ile-de-France (STIF) and SNCF. This order for 42 double-deck trains is an additional order in the framework of an ongoing contract signed in 2010 and is valued at approximately 397 million euro ($484 million US). Delivery of the new trains will start from September 2017 and the trains will operate on Line R of the Parisian suburban network. The STIF and SNCF se...

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Gila Bend Solar Power Plant, an Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) facility, is now in operation. Black & Veatch provided engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for the plant. Construction was performed by Overland Contracting Inc. (OCI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Black & Veatch.  The Gila Bend Plant is the seventh in a series of projects designed to meet renewable energy goals set by APS' AZ Sun program. The 32-megawatt facility harnesses Arizona's vast solar resources to meet th...

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Next year's intake surpasses the record set in the previous year by 142 places and includes 45 places for apprentices who will eventually join companies in BAE Systems' supply chain or work in local engineering companies. The latter are funded under the Government's Employer Ownership Programme. - - The new recruits  - two-thirds of whom will be employed in engineering-related roles - will work across 14 of BAE Systems' aerospace, security and defence sites around the UK and join the Compan...

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