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Wire production at Sandvik under review

A review is under way of Sandvik Steel's Wire Division. The review shows that the current five production units should be reduced to four...

Alstom to build LNG tanker for Gaz de France

Alstom, via its subsidiary Chantiers de l'Atlantique, has just received an order from Gaz de France for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker of 74,000 m3 capacity, plus an option for a second identical vessel.

Rautaruukki reorganises

Rautaruukki Steel is renewing its operational organisation, combining the production, works services, sales and marketing operations at the Raahe, Hämeenlinna and Kankaanpää works into larger units.

Bethlehem Energy Center contract awarded

Sargent & Lundy LLC has been selected by PSEG Power New York Inc., a subsidiary of PSEG Power, to provide the engineering services for the 750mw Bethlehem Energy Center (BEC) in Bethlehem, NY.

Gas turbine for Dutch power plant

A GE MS6001FA (Frame 6FA) gas turbine-generator will be the heart of a new co-generation plant to be built in The Netherlands.

Fastest coating facility in the world

Together with Pagendarm BTT GmbH, BASF in Ludwigshafen is building a technical centre facility for aqueous pressure-sensitive adhesives that is designed to operate at a maximum speed of 1500 metres per minute.

Universal Stainless buys Empire Assets

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has acquired certain assets of Empire Specialty Steel Inc. from the New York Job Development Authority (JDA).

Ray Groves retires from Allegheny Technologies

Allegheny Technologies Inc. announced that Ray J. Groves has decided to retire from the Allegheny Technologies Board of Directors.

Shell to sign Indian gas pact

The Indian unit of Royal Dutch/Shell will soon sign a gas transmission agreement with a state-run firm to transport gas from its five-million tonne liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in India's west coast, officials have said.

X-ray fluorescence spectrometers from Philips

Philips Analytical (Almelo, The Netherlands) is highlighting its spectrum of XRF solutions for the plastics industry at Addplast 2002 (Brussels, Belgium 9–11 April 2002, booth number 508).