New sales manager Severn Glocon

Severn Glocon Ltd has appointed Mike Davis as Sales Manager, with specific responsibility for the UK, parts of Europe and Africa.

Upgrades for power plants

Basler Electric and E Squared Power Systems have formed an alliance to provide complete turnkey power plant excitation retrofits.

Improved blast furnace performance

A blast furnace stove control system, designed to improve performance and reduce operational costs, has been installed by ABB at the Kremikovtzi Corporation's integrated steelworks in Bulgaria.

Ultracompact valve island

When semiconductor machine manufacturer STS required an ultracompact valve island to drive actuators and control the flow of process gasses into its machines, global pneumatics expert Norgren created a custom prototype in just 10 days.

Iran to announce tender winner

National Iranian Oil Co., which plans to develop only one of the three delineated fields in the coveted Bangestan oil reservoir, will announce the winner of the tender offer to develop the Ahvaz field soon reports have stated.

Saudi gas project is right on track

Saudi Arabia has cleared a major obstacle for signing final agreements with international oil majors for two mega gas projects, agreeing terms on associated power plants, the chief Saudi negotiator has said.

Chinese polypropylene plants

Tecnimont (Italy) has won contracts to build three polypropylene plants.

Kårstø continues to expand

Capacity at the Kårstø gas processing complex north of Stavanger is set to be expanded by more than 40% above the present level in 2005.

Australian ammonia plant

Burrup Fertilizers Pty Ltd has awarded a USD 300 million contract to Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Inc.'s Australian subsidiary SNC-Lavalin (SA) Inc.

AMC to install Snøhvit

A contract worth some NOK 80 million to install subsea production systems on Statoil's Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea has been awarded to Aker Marine Contractors (AMC).