Investors Wary the Philippines is Backtracking on Energy-Sector Reforms

Investors in the Philippines’ energy sector drove a 270% increase in committed investment in the first half of 2008, but are increasingly wary that the Philippines is backtracking on committed reforms. Speaking before members of the American Chamber of Commerce recently, Philippines Department of Trade & Industry Undersecretary Elmer Hernandez... 

Safe, Reliable, and Cost-Efficient Compressed Natural Gas Refueling Systems Use Revolutionary Ionic Liquid Pistons

Flowserve Corp., a leading global provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today announced it has entered into a joint venture agreement with The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company, to commercialize and deploy iKompressorTM natural gas and biogas refueling systems. Called Flowserve... 

The Sterling Group, L.P. Completes the Sale of Hudson Products Holdings, Inc.

The Sterling Group, L.P., a middle-market private equity firm based in Houston, Texas, today announced that they have finalized the sale of Hudson Products Holdings, Inc. to Riverstone Holdings LLC. Since 1939, Hudson Products has designed and manufactured air-cooled heat exchanger equipment to serve the oil, gas, and petrochemical processing industries.... 

Carrier Corp. Secures Nearly 70 Percent of HVAC Contracts for Beijing Games

Carrier Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp., achieved another milestone in its connection to the 2008 Beijing Games, securing nearly 70 percent of all heating, ventilating and air-conditioning contracts for the venues. Carrier supplied a full line of integrated systems to the Summer Games facilities, ranging from AquaSnap® air-cooled chillers...