SPX wins North Sea ClydeUnion pump orders worth US$40mn

SPX Corp’s Flow Technology segment has won two contracts, together worth US$40 million, to supply ClydeUnion-branded pumps for two offshore oil production platforms being built in the North Sea. The first contract covers six ClydeUnion pumps, including two large, high-pressure water injection pumps, two water injection booster pumps and two diluent pumps. Under the second

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Amarinth wins efficiency award

Amarinth awarded Technology Strategy Board grant to develop energy efficient centrifugal molten sulphur pump Amarinth, a company specialising in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the Oil & Gas, petrochemical, chemical and industrial markets, has been awarded a £250,000 grant from the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board

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SPX to acquire ClydeUnion Pumps

Date: Friday, September 02, 2011 Clyde Blowers Capital is selling ClydeUnion Pumps to SPX Corp for a headline price of £750 million. This includes £700 million in cash at deal completion and £50 million subject to an earnout agreement dependant on future performance. With projected 2011 revenues of £400 million, ClydeUnion Pumps operates eight manufacturing facilities and 25

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ITT water spinoff company to be called Xylem

Date: Friday, July 22, 2011 ITT Corporation’s water technology and services business will be named Xylem when it becomes a standalone company later this year. Xylem, derived from classical Greek, is the tissue that transports water in plants. ITT says that Xylem highlights the engineering efficiency of the water-centric business by linking it with the best

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