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Lincoln adds three new SP MIG welders

The Lincoln Electric Company has added three new models to its line of SP compact MIG wire feeder/welders, these are the SP-135 T, SP-175 T and SP-135 Plus.

Orbital Welding Symposium

Organised in the past by Polysoude, Orbital Welding Symposium this year is being organised and co-sponsored by Polysoude and the Tube & Pipe Association (TPA).

New welding equipment from Air Liquide

At Schweissen und Schneiden (Essen, 12–18 September 2001) Air Liquide Welding will exhibit to industries using welding and cutting techniques.

Technip wins project in Saudi Arabia

Technip has been awarded a lump sum turnkey contract by Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) for the installation of a new LNG compression train with associated facilities in the existing Abqaiq plants.

Stainless Steel Conference in Mexico

In April 2001 the first conference took placed organised by CENDI, the Mexican Stainless Steel Development Association (Centro Nacional para el Desarrollo del Acero Inoxidable).

Shell and El Paso build LNG Terminal in Mexico

Shell Gas & Power and El Paso Global LNG will develop an LNG re-gasification terminal in Altamira, Tamaulipas State on Mexico's East Coast.

FuelCell power plant for Mercedes Benz

FuelCell Energy, Inc. has shipped a 250kw Direct FuelCell power plant to the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Lincoln welding brochure

The Lincoln Electric Company has a released a new brochure that highlights the company’s MIG welding solutions for the metalworking industry, entitled For Total Metalworking Solutions… Ask the Welding Experts.

Jacobs wins hydrogen project

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has won a contract from Koch Petroleum Group for project and construction management services of Koch's grassroots No. 3 Hydrogen Plant.

New Caledonian nickel-cobalt project

Inco Ltd has announced that its 85% owned subsidiary, Compagnie des Mines de Xere (CMX), has reached an agreement in principle for a joint venture formed by Bechtel Overseas Corporation of the USA and Technip France SA of France to act as the prime contractor for construction of the Goro nickel-cobalt project in the French Overseas Territory of New Caledonia.