Alstom to build combined-cycle plant in Moscow

Alstom has won a 225mw electricity power plant order worth around EUR 160 million.

Kocks to supply 3-roll RSB to China

Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co, (Hilden, Germany) in co-operation with DanieliSPA (Buttrio, Italy) will supply its first three-roll Reducing & Sizing Block (RSB) to China.

Wuhan upgrades annealing facilities

As part of a modernisation programme at Wuhan Steel Processing Co. Ltd, China, all HNX bell annealers, dating back to the 1970s, will be replaced by facilities using the newest HICON/H2® technology supplied by Ebner-Industrieofenbau, Austria.

New CEO for Schoeller subsidiary

Günther Riezky, MD of Schoeller-Bleckmann Edelstahlrohr Deutschland GmbH, will retire at the end of 2001. His place will be taken by Jürgen Brinkmann, currently sales manager of the German subsidiary.

Murphy Oil to invest in Malaysia

Murphy Oil Corp. will spend more than USD 160 million in oil exploration and development in Malaysia in 2002.

Dynegy and Enron merge

Dynegy Inc. and Enron Corp. have announced the execution of a definitive agreement for a merger of the two companies.

Swagelok tube benders

Two Bench Top Tube Benders introduced by Swagelok deliver consistent bends from 1º to 180º for such tubing materials as carbon steel, stainless steel, copper and aluminium, in sizes up to 1 inch (30mm) OD, greatly reducing installation time and effort.

Eisenlegierungen acquires new MD

Heinz Phillips has resigned as managing director of Eisenlegierungen Handelgesellschaft mbH.

Kvaerner wins contracts worth USD 6.5 million

Kvaerner has been awarded two contracts worth more than USD 36.5 million.

Heat exchanger from Omniaplant

Omniaplant SRL (Caravaggio, Bergamo, Italy) has produced a “double-pipeâ€? heat exchanger for grape must (dimensions 7100 x 1200 x h 2200 mm), whose purpose is to lower the temperature of the product from + 27/28 °C to + 5/6 °C, using glycols at a temperature of 0.5 °C.