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GBP 750,000 equity investment for Noel Village

Following a GBP 750,000 equity-linked investment from Finance Yorkshire, Doncaster-based Noel Village foundry will invest in new heat treatment facilities, which will ensure shorter lead times for customers.

Finnish energy firm adopts AUMA actuation

AUMA’s capabilities in commissioning and retrofit actuation projects, along with an ability to tailor its technology, were key selection criteria for the company securing a major order from Helsingin Energia, one of the largest energy companies in Finland.

MSA supplies largest Czech gas reservoir

newsitemManufacturer of industrial valves, MSA, a.s., has won tender for supplies of valves for company RWE Gas Storage, s.r.o.

Technip wins a new contract in the Middle East

Technip was awarded a substantial contract by Dubai Petroleum Establishment (DPE). This covers the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of the Jalilah B field development project, located nearly 90km offshore Dubai (United Arab Emirates, UAE), at water depth reaching 60m.

Interoil Angola charters 2 Bumi Armada PSVs

Malaysia-based offshore oilfield services provider Bumi Armada Berhad’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Armada Offshore OSV and Bumi Armada (Labuan) have received Letters of Award (LOA) from Interoil Angola Limitada for the charter of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs), Armada Tuah 306 and Armada Tuah 302.

Sandvik products to star at Nitrogen + Syngas 2014

Sandvik’s extensive expertise and product portfolio will feature at Nitrogen + Syngas 2014 with special high-alloy, seamless stainless steel tubing and materials developed for aggressive applications in fertilizer processing plant.

SIPOS supports environmental initiative

The advanced capabilities of SIPOS’ electric actuators are supporting an environmental initiative for an eel bypass system at Unkelmühle - a hydroelectric RWE power plant near Bonn, Germany.

TVSZ to use SKF CTBUs

SKF received a large order of Compact Tapered Bearing Units (CTBUs) for Russian freight car OEM, Tikhvin Freight Car Assembly Plant (TVSZ), an affiliated company of United Wagon Company (UWC).

Under the cooperation agreement, SKF will provide technical support to TVSZ.

DNV GL wins ICP contract from Statoil

DNV GL UK has secured the third-party Independent Competent Person (ICP) multi-million GBP contract related to compliance with UK Offshore Regulations for the Statoil Mariner project.

The award is the culmination of two years’ of project FEED support, assisting Statoil in developing Performance Standards and the Written Scheme of Examination (WSE) under the UK Offshore Safety Case Regulations for the Production Drilling Quarters (PDQ), Subsea, Umbilical’s, Risers & Flowlines (SURF) and the Floating Storage Unit (FSU).

SwRI adds flow component test cell

Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI) flow component testing facilities added a cell for testing valves and other pressure-containing and pressure-controlling products. The new test cell is identical to one completed in July 2012, and was added to meet an increasing demand for the test services.