Global shipments for motion control products fell by 7.7% in first quarter 2013, according to new statistics released by the Motion Control Association (MCA), the industry’s trade group. “Despite the low numbers in first ...
“In a disturbing report, the Federal Reserve announced that U.S. industrial production (manufacturing, mining, and utilities) contracted by 0.6 percent after strong gains in February and March,” said Cliff Waldman, senior ...
Editor’s Note: The following column By Mike Feinstein, vice president, sales and marketing, Digital Lumens, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column. The series features ideas, opinions and insights from end users, analysts, ...
The Warehousing Education and Research Council has named the following logistics professionals to its 2013-2014 Board of Directors at the 36th Annual WERC Conference in Dallas, TX. President Michael B. Wohlwend, Vice President, SAP ...
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FLSmidth has secured a €68 million order from Grupo Abayak AKOGA Cemento SA to supply a 3000 tonnes per day green field cement plant in Akoga, Equatorial Guinea. The order includes plant engineering and all main equipment, including ...
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Water management company Layne Christensen Co has launched a water transfer business within its Layne Energy Services Division. Layne Energy Services was formed to address the water demands of the energy industry and provides solutions to ...
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Australia’s Nubian Water Systems has entered into a strategic partnership with global water treatment solutions provider Nirosoft. The partnership is part of Nubian’s strategy to build a facility-centric, end-to-end water ...
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While retail sales were up in April, the growth rate was less than impressive based on data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that April retail sales at ...
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The Hydraulic Institute (HI), under the approval of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), is seeking qualified individuals in North America to participate in the review process for the draft of updated Standard ANSI/HI 2.1-2.2 ...
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Pump Systems Matter (PSM) and the Hydraulic Institute (HI) have announced the upcoming Pump Systems Optimization 3-Part webinar series. The series will begin on June 3, 2013. During this series participants will examine and identify ...
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Sulzer Pumps will supply 3 water injection pump packages and topside API 610 process pumps for installation on a new FPSO vessel that will operate in the Iracema Norte area of a pre-salt oil field off the coast of Brazil. This order ...
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PMMI, owner and producer of the PACK EXPO trade shows, and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) announce the debut of Pharma EXPO, a new event designed to connect pharmaceutical, medical device and nutraceutical ...
Blackmer is pleased to announce that its XL and HXL Series Sliding Vane Pumps feature the capability to handle a number of critical processing, filling and transfer applications that are commonly found in oil and natural gas production ...
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Engraving or embossing is a technique that requires polished skills on the part of an embosser so as to achieve the perfect result. The art of embossing is highly useful to mark the objects that are the raw materials, tools or the end ...
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Component engineering is an engineering discipline primarily used to ensure the availability of suitable components required to manufacture a larger or huge product. The term combines two ideas: • A component--a smaller, ...