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News Archive
2008
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Industry News      Power Generation      Marine Propulsion      Oil & Gas


Industry News

SKF Acquires Peer Bearing
Acquisition moves company in to North American markets not currently served... Read more

Cat Buys Brazilian Rail Manufacturer
MGE to become part of Caterpillar's Progress Rail Services Division... Read more

Wärtsilä Opens New Services Workshop in Turkey
Facility includes 1000 square meters of workshop and office space... Read more

Siemens And Power Machines To Expand Cooperation
Licensing agreement signed for advanced gas turbine technology... Read more

Lufkin Receives Best of Houston Award
... Read more

Caterpillar & CleanAir Partner On Emissions Retrofits
... Read more

Wärtsilä Wins First Order for Nitrogen Oxides Reducers
SCR converters will meet IMO Tier III emissions control regulations for NOX reduction... Read more

New Alstom Contracts Worth up to US$1.5 Billion
Contracts cover 1280 MW GT26-based combined-cycle power plant in the Netherlands... Read more

Wärtsilä Expands in Azerbaijan
Expansion includes opening of new office and workshop... Read more

MAN Diesel Broadens ME-B Engine Program
ME-B engine feature output range of 4350 to 19 040 kW... Read more

Siemens Sells Napier Turbocharger Business
New owner Primary Capital, intends to further develop product portfolio... Read more

Wood Wins Contract in UAE
... Read more

Environmental Milestone for MAN Diesel
... Read more

Wärtsilä Inaugurates New Full-sized Research Engine
... Read more

FARO Expands Operations to Mexico
... Read more

New Italian Office Expands PrimeServ Network
... Read more

JV to Develop New Generation Locomotives
Bombardier Transportation and Transmashholding Establish Engineering JV in Russia... Read more

Daimler Becomes Key Tognum Shareholder
Daimler AG acquires remaining shares of Tognum AG held by the private equity group EQT... Read more

New GE Energy Technology Center for Saudi Arabia
... Read more

Doncasters Invests in Wales Facility
US$31.6 million investment is in addition to previous investment for engine ready components strategy... Read more

Wärtsilä Opens New Office and Workshop in Dubai
Office and workshop facility space to total close to 10 000 square meters... Read more

Senior Management Changes At Enercon
Enercon Engineering, East Peoria, Ill., which designs and manufactures controls... Read more

GE to Open Facility in Moscow
New GE Infrastructure facility to include 3894 square meters of space... Read more

Russian Distribution Agreement for GE Jenbacher
Agreement to cover southern and southwestern Russia... Read more

GE Receives US$120 Million in Russian Contracts
Equipment intended to increase efficiency of district heating infrastructure... Read more

MAN B&W Brand Sets New World Record
... Read more

Wood Group Inaugurates Gas Turbine Repair Center in Houston
... Read more

Glickman Named President of Dresser Waukesha
... Read more

Wärtsilä Opens New Chilean Office
Workshop to be added in October of this year... Read more

EPA Funds US$50 Million for Cleaner Existing Diesels
Agency turns its focus from new engines to the estimated 400 000 "in use" diesels... Read more

Steam Turbine for Diesel Combined Cycle Plant in Pakistan
... Read more

MAN Turbo Doubles Test Stand Capacity
Additional increases to come later this year... Read more

Locomotive Remanufacture Contract for MISCOR Group
American Motive Power Subsidiary Triples Backlog with Contract... Read more

Wärtsilä Signs Global Service Agreement with IMO AB
Two year agreement includes provsions for one-year extensions... Read more

New Subsidiaries for Deutz Power Systems
Operations to be located in Austria and Canada... Read more

Barry Glickman Named President of Dresser Waukesha
... Read more

New Switcher Locomotive from MotivePower
Ultra low emissions product designed with multi-engine configuration... Read more

Wärtsilä SOFC Fuel Cell Power Plant to Use Landfill Gas
... Read more

Wärtsilä Opens Namibia Service Center
Facility to initially focus on propeller repair, then complex engine repairs... Read more

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies Opens Service and Training Center
Abu Dhabi facility will serve all Gulf countries outside Saudi Arabia... Read more

GE, Kazakhstan in Joint Locomotive Project
... Read more

Nigerian Contract for Wood Group
US$2.5 million deal covers turbine installation and commissioning... Read more

GTI and P&W Team Up on Gasification Testing
... Read more

New Chief Executive of MDE Augsburg
... Read more

MAN Diesel Wins German Business Innovation Prize
Award covers 32/40PGI gas engine... Read more

GE’s V250 Diesel Engines Meet U.S. EPA Tier II Requirements
... Read more

Call for Papers -- Deadline January 28
... Read more

New Chinese Licensee for MAN Diesel
... Read more

Second Angel Trains Order for Bombardier
US$65 million order next generation of “Green Trains”... Read more

Timken Receives Advanced Bearing Materials Project Funding
US$2.4 million order relates to U.S. Advanced Aircraft Engine Program... Read more

PCB Piezotronics Forms Aerospace & Defense Division
... Read more

ATCO Expands With New Houston Office
Operation aims to bring noise reduction consulting services closer to clients... Read more

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Power Generation News

First Alstom GT26-based Combined-cycle Plant for Tunisia
Turnkey contract worth approximately US$528 million... Read more

Italian Contracts go to Wood
Turbine component repair contracts worth approximately US$3 million... Read more

Additional Pakistani Power Plant Contract for MAN
US$236 million turnkey contract to provide over 200 MW of power... Read more

32 GE Jenbachers for Heated Oil Pipeline in India
... Read more

Jenbacher Gas Engines for Landfill Gas Plant
Engines to be located on French-Owned Island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean... Read more

GE Presence in Romania Expands
New Petrom Power Project marks first use of GE 9FB GT technology in the country... Read more

Wärtsilä Power Plants for Papua New Guinea
Two power plants will have a combined output of 90 MWe... Read more

MHI Receives Consecutive Power Plant Orders
Power Plants for Shougang Group, China, and POSCO Power, Korea to produce 150 and 284 MW respectively... Read more

Capstone Receives Order from Pemex
US$1.5 Million order to include new units, equipment upgrades, spare parts and service... Read more

Peter Brotherhood Secures another Order in Pakistan
Order covers 15 MW steam turbo-generator set... Read more

Rolls-Royce Wins New Thailand Power Contract
Three gas turbine packages include two for gas compression and one for electric power generation... Read more

Algerian Contract for GE Energy Worth Close to US$1Billion
New plant to boost country’s installed capacity by 18 percent... Read more

Tognum Supplies Engines for South Africa Power Generation
Contract covers 140 engines for a volume of more than 5 million Euros... Read more

GE Energy Announces New OpFlex Extended Turndown
System designed for Frame 9FA+e Gas Turbines; latest addition to GE’s operational flexibility portfolio... Read more

Rolls-Royce Chosen in Eight Countries
Total of 27 Trent 60 engines could mean as much as US$500 million in contracts... Read more

MHI Receives Successive M701F Orders
Gas turbine orders for natural gas-fired power generation plants in Turkey and Ukraine... Read more

GE 9FB Gas Turbines for Spanish Power Plant
Combined-cycle project to help meet region’s environmental goals... Read more

GE Turbines Support Italian Industrial Growth
Projects totaling Nearly US$250 Million also include first LMS100 in Europe... Read more

US$500 Million in Saudi Contracts for GE
Contracts call for supply of gas turbines and generators... Read more

Capstone Announces First Order for New C1000
US$2.0 million order also includes C200 system and C65 microturbine... Read more

First Russian M701F Order for MHI
Gas Turbine Core Component to Support High-efficiency GTCC Power Generation... Read more

Siemens to Supply South Korean Power Plant
Contract including service agreement has a total value of approximately US$411 million... Read more

Long Term Maintenance Contract for Alstom
Contract covers 992 MW power Plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain for 15 years... Read more

Wärtsilä Power Plant Order Worth US$123 Million
This is the first order for the 20V46F engines... Read more

Burns & Roe Receives Combined Cycle Engineering Contract
... Read more

Wärtsilä Wins O&M contract in Madagascar
New 23.8 MWe power plant to go on line in September... Read more

Wärtsilä Delivers First Crude Jatropha Fueled CHP Plant
Plant to use a single Wärtsilä 20V32 engine with an electrical output of 9 MW... Read more

Alstom Signs O&M Contract Extension
Nine year contract includes permanently sited Alstom personnel for operational support... Read more

GE Energy to Deliver First 24-cylinder Gas Engines
New 4 MW Jenbacher engines to power special cogeneration plant... Read more

Turkish Power Plant Modernization Contracts for Alstom
Work includes turbine upgrades and conversion to dual-fuel capability... Read more

Wärtsilä Awarded Operations and Maintenance Contracts in Brazil
... Read more

Siemens Gas Turbines to Russia
Three 45 MW SGT-800 gas turbines to power oil field operations... Read more

Grandilla Power Plant Extension to Include GE Turbines
US$142 million extension to raise plant output to 230 MW... Read more

Siemens Secures Power Plant Order from Britain
850 MW plant to attain over 58 percent efficiency... Read more

Pakistani Power Plant Order for Wärtsilä
Order valued at US$212 million for 200 MWe combined-cycle plant... Read more

Wärtsilä's New Service Workshop in Manaus, Brazil
... Read more

Brazilian Power Plants for Wärtsilä
US$291.6 contract covers two plants... Read more

Rolls Sets Bound for Paper Makers
31 and 25 MW gensets also covered by TotalCare service agreements... Read more

100th Gen-set Delivered for Greenhouse Applications
... Read more

Petrobras Contract for Rolls-Royce
Offshore platform power generation packages contract valued at US$73 million... Read more

Alstom Wins Second Contract with Suez Group’s Electrabel
Power plant to consist of 420 MW GT26 combined-cycle system... Read more

Wärtsilä converts Peruvian power plant from heavy fuel oil to natural gas
The plant will enter commercial operation in October 2008.... Read more

MAN B&W Low-Speed Engine Behind Greek Plant Expansion
... Read more

Power Machines Turbines for Russian Power Plants
Contract calls for three GTE-160 gas turbines... Read more

Siemens Combined-cycle Plant in Portugal
830 MW plant targets 58% efficiency... Read more

MTU Engines for Indian Generator Sets
... Read more

Indonesia Orders First Wärtsilä GasCube Power Plants
... Read more

Three GE LM6000s for Nigerian Power Station
... Read more

Power Plant I&C System SPPA-T3000 Now Available as Release 4.0
... Read more

Netherlands Order for Siemens Power Plant
430 MW combined-cycle power plant order worth over US$474 million... Read more

GTCC Power Plant Order for MHI
Order to include three M701F4 gas turbines... Read more

GE’s Most Advanced F-class for Barcelona Power Plant
Plant will feature two STAG 109FB combined-cycle systems producing 850 MW... Read more

GE Turbines for Spanish Power Plant Extension
Balearic islands to feature 6FA gas turbine technology... Read more

New Simulator for Power Plant Training from Siemens
... Read more

Jenbacher Gas Engines for Coca-Cola Bottling Plants
Projects in Line with EU Commission’s Goal to Reduce Carbon Footprint... Read more

Wärtsilä to Deliver First OilCube Power Plant to Central America
... Read more

First GT26-based Alstom Power Plant for the Netherlands
Turnkey, Combined-cycle power plant to produce 870 MW... Read more

Siemens to Supply CHP Plant to Russia
... Read more

Mitsubishi Power Systems Wins GT Supply and Service Contracts
Four M501G gas turbines to provide 2520 MW of power in plant conversion... Read more

203 MW Gas Power Plant Order for Wärtsilä
Contract for Texas facility valued at US$100 million... Read more

GE Turbomachinery for Qatar
140 MW power plant to include four Frame 6B gas turbine-generators... Read more

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Marine Propulsion News

Hormuz Clocks 56 Knots
Second Oman ferry betters sister's speed record... Read more

Rolls-Royce to Acquire Scandinavian Electric Holding
US$84 million deal to boost ship design and equipment package capabilities... Read more

Philadelphia Gear Purchases Majority of GE Marine Gear Product Line
Deal includes intellectual property, equipment and transition assistance... Read more

Wärtsilä Acquires Global Ship Design Group Vik-Sandvik
US$207 million acquisition furthers Wärtsilä’s aim to become leader in ship design... Read more

MTU Power for North Sea Emergency Tugboat
New order worth approximately US$15 million, covers special Series 8000 and 4000 engines... Read more

GE Logs First Marine Order in Turkey
Order includes 12- and 16-cylinder V228 engines for tugboats... Read more

MAN Diesel Welcomes New Chinese Licensee
Contract covers two-stroke diesel engines... Read more

J. Ray McDermott Signs Chinese Joint Venture Agreement
JV with China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation to establish new fabrication facility in China... Read more

Rolls-Royce Waterjets for Fast Patrol Craft
Waterjets to power costguard vessels of Trinidad and Tobago... Read more

DNV Capitalizes on High Oil Price as Orders for Offshore Supply Vessels Surge
... Read more

Wärtsilä and Mitsubishi Join Forces
Joint venture covers design of new marine engines with cylinder bores less than 450 mm... Read more

Caterpillar Marine Gains Ground on Indian Subcontinent
... Read more

GE Diesels for Platform Support Vessel
Four 12V228 engines to provide power for Italthai Marine built vessel... Read more

GE, C-MAR Group to Demonstrate Hybrid Tug Technology
Tug to feature GE V228 or V250 medium-speed diesels... Read more

Hapag-Lloyd Partners with Rovsing Dynamics
Condition based maintenance covers bearing wear on six vessels... Read more

Hitachi Completes First Wärtsilä RT-flex Engine
Six-cylinder RT-flex50 has continuous output of 9960 kW... Read more

Four GE V228 Diesels to Power Pacific Crest’s AHST
... Read more

GE Diesels for Platform Supply Vessels
... Read more

MaK M 43 Engines Propel Latest AIDAbella Cruises Vessel
AIDAbella powered by four engines for a total of 36 000 kW... Read more

Austal Secures Order for Fast Patrol Craft Fleet
Maintenance and training contracts attached to defense order... Read more

Caterpillar Power for Chinese-built Dredgers
... Read more

Wärtsilä and Zhenjiang Enter Agreement for Slow Speed Engines in China
... Read more

Powering Asia’s Largest Floating Cranes
... Read more

GE to Supply Diesel Engines to Conrad Industries
... Read more

New Japanese Ship Classification Society Office in China
... Read more

Incat Vessel Readies for Sea Trials
... Read more

Rolls-Royce Forms Vietnam Link-Up
Memorandum of understanding designed to aid fast-growing shipbuilding industry... Read more

MTU Signs Distribution Agreement
Exclusive distribution agreement covers active engine mounts for marine applications... Read more

Wärtsilä and RSHI Group Sign License Agreement
Agreement to cover manufacture of low-speed marine engines in China... Read more

Schiffko Contracted for New Icebreaker
Wärtsilä subsidiary to design revolutionary European research icebreaker... Read more

Cat MaK Engines for NCL "Freestyle Cruising" Ships
... Read more

Argentine Ports Experience Unprecedented Growth
US$190 million to be invested over next eight years... Read more

California Marine Engine Rule Rejected
Ruling handed down by 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco... Read more

Wärtsilä Acquires Norwegian Ship Service Company
Deal expands Wärtsilä's capability in the More region on the west coast of Norway... Read more

IMO II in sight – First MaK M 43 C Low Emission Engine Already in Operation
... Read more

GEM to Add Aframax Tankers to Fleet
... Read more

New Ro-Ro Generation Powered by MAN Diesel
... Read more

Pipavav Shipyard To Set Up Diesel Manufacturing In India
... Read more

Major Marine Orders for Tognum from Turkish Navy
... Read more

MESPAS Signs UAE Marketing Agreement
Fleet management software to be marketed in Gulf States... Read more

EPA Tier 2 Gen-set Packages from Cat
C32 ACERT and C18 ACERT engines designed for 50 and 60 Hz applications... Read more

L27/38 Gen-Sets for Heavy Transport Vessels
... Read more

Remedial Offshore Selects GE V228 Engines
Diesels to power first-ever elevating support vessel... Read more

Damen Chooses Cat 3512B Marine Engines for High-Speed Work boat
... Read more

New Incat Wave Piercing Catamaran Ordered
... Read more

Austal Order for Four Additional Vessels
Contract adds to Austal's success in Hong Kong/China region... Read more

Poland Launches First Electronically Controlled MAN Diesel ME Engine
... Read more

Rolls-Royce Alliance Wins U.S. Navy Research Contract
US$7 million project designed to evaluate coatings... Read more

Norwegian Ship Overhaul Contract for Wärtsilä
US13.9 million contract includes main, auxiliary engines and more... Read more

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Oil & Gas News

Peter Brotherhood to be Acquired by Dresser Rand
... Read more

Rolls-Royce Upgrade for China's West-East Gas Pipeline
Upgrade includes new gas turbine compression set and a compressor upgrade... Read more

Petrobras Selects Rolls-Royce for New Brazilian Gas Projects
RB211-G62 gensets and 501-based gensets for Brazillian gas projects... Read more

Kobe Steel to Construct Testing Facility for Large Turbo Compressors
Facility to be completed in 2010... Read more

Maersk Orders Peter Brotherhood Steam Turbines for FPSO
... Read more

Solar Turbines Announces Shipment of 5000th Gas Compressor
... Read more

Emerson and Wärtsilä Expand Collaboration in Offshore Segment
... Read more

GE Diesel Gen-sets to SKAMEK Power
3.5 MW systems to be used for Norwegian offshore accommodation vessel... Read more

Siemens Opens Large Compressor Test Facility in Duisburg
... Read more

GE O&G to Consolidate Americas Operations in Houston
... Read more

Wärtsilä Gas Compression Engines
Compressor-drive engines cover 4 to 9 MW range... Read more

Peter Brotherhood Delivers Aker Turbines
Peter Brotherhood Ltd has delivered three 5 MW steam turbine driven generator sets to Aker Floating Production of Norway.... Read more

GE Technology for Sinopec Pipeline
Project will deliver natural gas to meet cleaner ruel needs of Eastern China... Read more

Flowserve and China's Sinopec Corp. Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement
The agreement outlines plans for communication and information sharing on operations management, market research and logistics management... Read more

GE Oil & Gas and StatoilHydro Sign Agreement
Cooperation to comprise subsea, power generation and other areas... Read more

GE Compressors for Kuwaiti O&G Gathering Center
... Read more

Largest FPSO Steam Turbines Ordered from Peter Brotherhood
... Read more

GE Signs Frame Agreements with Statoilhydro
US$300 million in contracts cover high-pressure compression equipment and services... Read more

Rolls-Royce Wins Upgrade Order in the Middle East
... Read more

Dresser-Rand to Supply Equipment for Russian Offshore Project
US$15 million contract Vectra 40G generator package... Read more

GE Oil & Gas to Supply Equipment for Heavy Oil Upgrader
... Read more

Dresser-Rand to Supply Equipment to Total for FPSO
US$40 million order to include gas compression packages... Read more

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