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Stainless digital pressure switch

Bourdon Haenni has introduced the TED50, a programmable digital pressure switch, made of stainless steel, for controlling pressures in industrial processes.

MidAmerican site of 900mw plant

MidAmerican Energy has identified Council Bluffs (Iowa, USA) as the preferred site for construction of a 900mw, coal-fuelled electric generating plant.

SMOE secures Maersk contract

Maersk Oil and Gas, a member of Danish group AP Moller, has awarded SMOE, the oil and gas division of SembCorp Utilities, its first North Sea offshore oil production platform contract.

Chemical compatibility

Hydra-Cell Industrial Pumps is introducing the Hydra-Cell C Series Valves to provide accurate, repeatable pressure regulation or relief of corrosive solutions.

Kvaerner names Helge Lund as new CEO

Kvaerner, the international engineering and construction Group, have announced the appointment of Helge Lund (39) as its new President & CEO.

Leslie announces the air extraction valve

Leslie Controls has announced the availability of the Laurence Air Extraction Valve, made of stainless steel.

Contract for two LNG carriers

Operator Statoil and five of the other licensees in the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea have entered into a contract with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisa (K-line) and Mitsui & Co for the delivery of two special carriers for liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Allegheny Technologies elects CFO

Allegheny Technologies Inc.'s Board of Directors elected Richard J. Harshman, 45, to the position of Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

Reducing and sizing block for Nippon

Nippon Steel corporation will modernise their wire rod and bar mill for high-alloyed steel in Hikari by installing a three-roll reducing and sizing block to be supplied by Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co, Hilden, Germany.

Fluor appoints CEO

Fluor Corporation's Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Fluor and industry veteran Alan L. Boeckmann to the position of chairman and chief executive officer (CEO), effective 6 February 2002.