A powerful laser profiling centre installed in the UK

The most powerful flat-bed laser profiling centre ever to be installed in the UK for processing sheet metal has started operation at subcontractor ESP Laser Cutting (www.esplaser.com), which specializes in producing components from 3 metre × 1.5 metre sheet in a wide array of materials to a thickness of 30 mm.

Ambica Steels certified for IATF 16949:2016

Ambica Steels Limited recently became International Automotive Task Force (IATF 16949:2016) certified. The certificate increases the credibility of the company as a supplier to the automotive industry.

Toshiba secures contract to supply “Geoportable™”

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) recently announced that the company has won a contract with PT Inti Karya Persada Tehnik (IKPT), an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) company in Indonesia, to supply a set of steam turbine and generator for Dieng Small Scale Geothermal Power Plant located in Central Java, Indonesia.

ANDRITZ to supply chromium plating line to thyssenkrupp

International technology Group ANDRITZ has received an order to supply a new chromium plating line from thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH for their plant in Andernach, Germany.

Nakilat acquires the ownership of 4 Q-Flex LNG carriers

Nakilat has recently acquired the full ownership of four Q-Flex liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from its joint-venture partner, International Seaways, Inc.

Obenauf joins Electralloy as Midwest Sales Manager

Electralloy, Oil City, Pennsylvania, announced that Michael Obenauf has been hired as Midwest Sales Manager for the company.

A second pair of Miyano BNE-51MSY installed at Unicut

A second pair of Miyano BNE-51MSY turn-mill centres from Citizen Machinery UK has been installed at contract machinists Unicut Precision, Welwyn Garden City.

Vallourec named as Great Place to Work in the USA

Vallourec North America has been certified in the United States as a great workplace by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work®.

Liberty begins construction of a powder metals facility

Liberty, part of the GFG Alliance of industrial companies, has begun construction of a powder metals development facility in Teesside that will expand the group’s reach in specialist metals and, ultimately, into the emerging market for materials for 3D printing.

Qatar won exploration rights for 3 blocks in Brazil

Qatar Petroleum has won exploration rights in three offshore blocks in Brazil, as part of two bidding consortia. The winning bids were announced by Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP) at a public bidding session held in Rio de Janeiro.