Allvac wins award to develop casting technology
Allvac, an Allegheny Technologies Incorporated company, and joint recipient General Electric Company Corporate Research and Development have been awarded a contract to develop a new technology to enable the production of very large nickel-based superalloy ingots required for the next generation of high-efficiency land-based turbines for power generation.
Chinese power plant alliance
H-share Beijing Datang Power Generation has forged an alliance with Aluminium Corp of China (Chalco) for a power project in Shanxi province.
Shell plant tour great success
Stainless Steel World 2001 Conference's pre-conference seminar and technical plant tour at Shell Pernis was a great success.
Swaging units to reduce installation time and cost
Swagelok Company has introduced the Swagelok air-actuated hydraulic swaging unit (AHSU), the industry’s first air-actuated device for swaging multiple fractional and metric tube-fitting sizes.
L. & T. may bid to build India power plant
Larsen & Toubro Ltd may bid for construction of a nuclear power plant to be built by the Indian government, with support from Russia, in Tamilnadu state, a company official has said.
Kvaerner secures contracts from Shell UK
Kvaerner has been awarded a Frame Agreement from Shell UK Exploration and Production, for the supply of subsea umbilicals.
Swagelok: simplified maintenance
Swagelok Company has introduced the Swagelok 6DB Series Blow Down Valve, constructed of 316 stainless steel.
Cornes in pact with Krupp VDM
Nickel alloys supplier Philip Cornes, part of the TW Metals Group, has signed a new agreement with Krupp VDM GmbH for the exclusive UK distribution of its nickel alloy sheet and plate.
Co-generation project in Monterrey
Tractebel de Mexico, the North American subsidiary of Tractebel, has announced its entry into the high-growth Mexican electricity sector through its investment in a 245mw natural gas-fired co-generation facility located near Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
BP signs Crazy Horse Hull contract
BP has signed a Letter of Intent with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company, Ltd of South Korea for detailed design, fabrication and transport of a semi-submersible unit for the Crazy Horse project in the Gulf of Mexico.
