Monday, December 23, 2024

Manufacturing Operations News

Corvus Energy Wins MSA from DNV GL

Corvus Energy, a provider of energy storage solutions for marine, oil & gas and port applications, announced that DNV GL and Corvus Energy have completed the DNV GL Manufacturer Product Quality Assessment…

Shell Indonesia Ramps up Lubricant Production

Just over one year from the start of its operations, Shell’s newest lubricant oil blending plant (LOBP), located in Marunda Centre, near Jakarta, Indonesia, has more than doubled its production slate and is now producing 99 different products.

First Steam-generation Unit Installed on Nuclear-powered Icebreaker Arktika

United Shipbuilding Corporation informed the installation of the first of the two steam generating unit (PHB), which is part of the reactor facility RITM-200. According to the company this first steam generating…

Nova Scotia Attracts Tidal Energy Players

Minas Energy said it has entered into a partnership with International Marine Energy Inc (IME) and Tocardo International BV, using Tocardo’s tidal turbines. The new collaboration, Minas Tidal Limited Partnership (MTLP)…

Mitcham Acquires L-3’s Klein Associates

Klein S5500 V2 Bathy QC Display 3D (Image: Klein)

Geophysical equipment supplier Mitcham Industries, Inc. has acquired L-3 Communications Klein Associates, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and worldwide distributor of sonar and waterside security systems to military and commercial customers…

ABB Commissions New Switchgear Unit in Indonesia

ABB today inaugurated a new manufacturing facility for medium-voltage air-insulated switchgear (AIS), located in Tangerang, 25 kilometers from Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. The move is part of ABB’s $20-million…

ExxonMobil to Produce Synthetic Oil in Singapore

ExxonMobil is expanding its operations in Jurong to produce synthetic lubricants, including Mobil 1TM, the company’s flagship synthetic engine oil. The expansion will further strengthen the company’s manufacturing…

GE to Move Turbine Jobs to Europe, China

General Electric Co said on Tuesday that it will move 500 U.S. power turbine manufacturing jobs to Europe and China because it can no longer access U.S. Export-Import Bank financing after Congress allowed the agency's charter to lapse in June.

Asahi/America Opens New Headquarters

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Thermoplastic fluid flow solutions company Asahi/America, Inc. opened its new headquarters in Lawrence, Mass. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on April 23. Guests from across the U.S. and around the world gathered for the celebration.

Petronas Eyeing Year End for Canada LNG Investment Decision

Pacific NorthWest LNG, a unit of Malaysia's Petronas, still plans to make a final decision on the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in northwest British Columbia by year end, the unit's president said on Thursday.

Global Demand Drives Mirage Machines Expansion

Photo courtesy of Mirage Machines

Energy sector portable machine tool specialist Mirage Machines, an Acteon Company, said it has invested a six figure sum in the expansion of its headquarters in Derby, U.K., as it responds to continuously…

Cameron Announces Second Quarter Earnings

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Cameron; a provider of flow equipment products, systems and services to worldwide oil, gas and process industries; reported earnings per share for the second quarter of 2014 of $1.00 excluding unusual items.