BASF appoints new chairman

The Supervisory Board of BASF Aktiengesellschaft has appointed Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht to succeed Dr. Jürgen F. Strube as Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF Aktiengesellschaft.

Halliburton moving HQ to Houston

US oil service company Halliburton Co. will move its headquarters from Dallas to Houston early next year.

USA non-201 stainless imports climb

US imports of stainless steel products covered by the Bush Administration's Section 201 steel import tariff programme decreased in January and April 2002, according to the latest data released by the Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA).

Allegheny Technologies elects Brian P. Simmons

Allegheny Technologies Inc. has announced that Brian P. Simmons, 42, a partner and one of the founders of Code Hennessy & Simmons LLC, a private equity investment firm, has been elected to the company's Board of Directors.

Carpenter Technology makes board appointment

Carpenter Technology Corp. has announced that Greg Pratt, Vice Chairman and a Director of OAO Technology Solutions Inc., has been elected to the company's Board of Directors.

Big pneumatics showing at PPMA Show

Pneumatics and automation company Festo is actively participating in this year's PPMA show at the NEC (Birmingham, UK, from 25–26t September).

Drilling contract for Schlumberger

A contract initially worth about NOK 500 million for integrated drilling services on a number of Statoil fields has been awarded to Schlumberger Norge.

New president for Jacobs

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that Craig Martin has been promoted to the position of President effective July 15, 2002.

BROCKHAUS Stahl ‘s slitting line

On 1 April 2002 BROCKHAUS STAHL GmbH, Plettenberg, took over the strip steel business from the Brockhaus cold rolling mill.

Metallic seal design uses Inconel

Ultra-Flex Garlock Sealing Technologies has introduced a new metallic seal designed to meet the demanding requirements of the semiconductor, ultra-high vacuum, space and nuclear industries.