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Nederman signs order with Chinese Aluminium Group

Nederman has signed contracts with Zhongwang Aluminium Group to supply complete solutions for filtrating fumes from the aluminium smelting processes. The new contracts are worth around SEK 85 million.

The Zhongwang Aluminium Group is one of the largest enterprises for supplying aluminium profiles in the world. The order includes the design, manufacturing and complete turnkey supply of Nederman filters and coolers, engineered and produced by the Nederman factory in Suzhou, China and with project management by the Nederman Chinese Organisation.

“We got our first contract from Zhongwang Aluminium Group in August last year and this second agreement shows the confidence we have gained and our ability to deliver in accordance to Zhongwang Aluminium Group’s high demands,” says Sven Kristensson, CEO of Nederman. Visit: nederman.com

Technip to supply world’s first commercial gas carbon capture and storage project

Technip has been awarded a contract by Shell UK Limited to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) for the onshore elements of the Peterhead Gas Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) demonstration project in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The project is designed to capture, compress and transport by pipeline one million tonnes a year of carbon dioxide to an offshore gas reservoir for long-term storage beneath the North Sea.

The FEED scope includes a grassroots carbon capture and compression plant and modifications to an existing combined cycle gas turbine power plant.

Technip’s operating centre in Milton Keynes, UK, which executed a pre-FEED study for the Peterhead CCS project about 18 months ago, will execute the FEED for this next phase. This office serves as a centre of excellence for the development of end-to-end solutions for carbon capture and sequestration projects.

Stan Knez, Technip’s senior vice-president, Process Technology, commented: “Technip is committed to the development of innovative, sustainable solutions and we look forward to expanding into the carbon capture and sequestration value chain.” Visit: www.technip.com

ANDRITZ HYDRO to supply electromechanical equipment for Lauca hydropower plant

International technology Group ANDRITZ is to supply the electromechanical equipment for the new Lauca hydropower plant, Angola, via Construtora Norberto Odebrecht to GAMEK (Gabinete de Aproveitamento do Medio Kwanza), a part of the Angolan power corporation ENE (Empresa Nacional de Electricidade). The order value for comparable deliveries lies in the lower three-digit million euro range; the order will come into force in the course of 2014 upon fulfillment of all administrative requirements. Commissioning is scheduled for the end of 2017.

The hydropower station planned on the Kwanza River will comprise two power houses, for which the ANDRITZ HYDRO deliveries will include six Francis turbines, each with an output of 340 megawatts, as well as generators and additional equipment. Lauca will supply a total output of 2067 megawatts, providing clean energy from hydropower for 750,000 people. Visit: www.andritz.com

Norsafe to deliver workboats for Swedish coastguard

Norwegian boat-building company Norsafe has been awarded a contract to deliver Magnum 750 rescue boats to the Swedish Coastguard (KBV). The company’s seventh boat order for delivery in 2014, Norsafe looks forward to working with this well-informed and experienced customer which has an extensive knowledge of these next-generation workboats.

In 1997, KBV purchased new workboats from Norsafe, and this resulted in the design of Norsafe’s Magnum 750. 15 years later, these boats are still in active duty by KBV and are used for dive-operations, controlling speed and alcohol at sea, custom inspections and search and rescue operations amongst other tasks. The boats are in operation from the southernmost tip of Sweden to the far north.

KBV is a high-end user and gaining access to their operators is highly valuable to Norsafe. Their rich experience will benefit all of our customers. Visit: www.norsafe.com

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Vallourec wins large order for a supercritical power plant

Vallourec, world leader in premium tubular solutions, has been selected to supply 10,000 tons of tubes for the construction of the Shuqaiq Steam Power Plant (SSPP) in Saudi Arabia. Deliveries are scheduled for the first, second and third quarters of 2014.

Vallourec’s products will be used in the boilers of the oil-fired steam power plant which will be built by Yantai Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, the Chinese subsidiary of South Korean group Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), for the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) in Shuqaiq.

Nicolas de Coignac, managing director of Vallourec’s Power Business, said: “This important order illustrates that the market for new-built power generation plants is today driven by Asia and the Middle East, with several projects destined for Saudi Arabia. In this increasingly competitive environment, we were able to win this contract thanks to the high quality of our product and our short delivery times. Our new project management approach, as well as Hyundai Heavy Industries’ positive experience with us on a similar project in Jeddah, contributed to this success.”

The 2640 MW plant is intended for the desalination of seawater and will be completed by 2017. Visit: www.vallourec.com

Tratos wins major Electricity North West cable order

Tratos, a leading European manufacturer of electrical, electronic and fibre optic cables, has won a £1 million Multiple Awardees Contract from Electricity North West Ltd for the supply of 132kv cables.

The cables, designed and manufactured in accordance with specification ES400C14, will be used across the Electricity North West 132kV distribution network, which connects 2.4 million properties and more than 5 million people in the region to the National Grid. Its network covers a diverse range of terrain, from isolated farms in rural areas such as Cumbria, to areas of heavy industry and urban populations including Manchester.

The 132kV high voltage cables are being manufactured in Tratos’ factory in Arezzo, Italy, which was recently extended, to the cost of €6 million, to house a Continuous Vulcanisation line for the completely dry curing of polymeric high voltage cables. Visit: tratos.eu

Contract from Mongolia for Vossloh rail fasteners

Vossloh Fastening Systems, a subsidiary of rail technology specialist Vossloh, has been awarded a contract to supply rail fastening systems for a new heavy-haul line in Mongolia. Around 270 kilometres in length, the line will run from the world’s biggest hard coal mines in Tavan Tolgoi up to Gashuun Sukhait at the border with China. In only a few weeks, shipments of the first fasteners will commence and, according to present plans, be completed in the first half of 2015.

For this line used to carry enormous loads across steppes and the Gobi desert, Vossloh has devised a new type of fastening system ideally adapted to the extreme requirements of coal haulage, as well as the tough climatic and challenging soil conditions prevailing in Mongolia. It was this special product and the longstanding global experience that enabled Vossloh, as a rail fastening specialist, to win over the Mongolian rail company. For Vossloh Fastening Systems this first order from Mongolia serves as an important reference project. Over the years ahead, additional lines of up to 5500 kilometres are due to be laid. Visit: www.vossloh-fastening-systems.com

Funkwerk secures new contract from Bombardier

Funkwerk AG, Kölleda, has secured a further contract from Bombardier Transportation for the supply of state-of-the-art audio systems to equip 60 multiple unit trains operating in the Hamburg suburban railway system (S-Bahn).

The electro-acoustic system (ELA) from Funkwerk is already in use and successful in suburban trains also supplied by Bombardier in Stuttgart and Frankfurt, enabling the new project to be implemented promptly. Use of standardised hardware and software components further allows for significant synergies to be realised – such as in spares pooling and through know-how transfer.

The Funkwerk audio system approved for use up to safety integrity level SIL 2 exhibits a significant degree of automation and high availability. Its key functions include driver announcements to passengers, control of on-board and off-train announcements on the correct side, and communication between passengers and the driver. Up to three vehicles operating in multiple traction can be interconnected. Visit: www.funkwerk.com