Swagelok® variable area flowmeters (VAFs) are the latest addition to the company’s broad line of fluid system components. Used to measure liquid and gas flow rates by means of a tapered tube and float, Swagelok flowmeters provide highly accurate measurement with individually calibrated scales and a 10:1 turndown ratio. All Swagelok VAFs are factory calibrated [...]
Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial, healthcare, and financial services companies, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ferro Corporation’s Fine Chemicals business, a leading manufacturer of electrolytes used in the manufacture of lithium ion batteries, as well as high performance [...]
Raser Technologies, Inc., a leader in geothermal power generation, inaugurated late yesterday its first commercial-scale power plant, in Beaver County, Utah, demonstrating the viability of advanced technology that can make geothermal a major price-competitive resource for this country’s energy supply. The plant’s output has already been committed to supply electricity to Anaheim.
The company noted that [...]
GreenMan Technologies announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Welch Products, has been awarded 15 new playground surfacing and ADA compliance services projects through its Master Agreement with the State of Iowa. A portion of the funding for these projects is provided by the IDNR Scrap Tire Development Program, whose funding recipients are required to use [...]
Hydro International, a leading provider of environmentally sustainable products and innovative solutions that control and treat stormwater, wastewater and combined sewer overflows, today announced an agreement to supply the City of Ottawa, Canada, with 940 Reg-U-Flo® Vortex Valve inlet control devices to alleviate basement flooding in the downtown area.
The City expects to install 485 Reg-U-Flo [...]
A PPL Corporation subsidiary has filed an application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to build and operate a new nuclear plant under consideration near Berwick, Pa.
The Bell Bend nuclear plant would be built near the company’s existing two-unit Susquehanna nuclear power plant, a facility that has been generating safe and reliable [...]
Dennis Geherman announced that Geherman acquired ownership over 627,000 trust units of PetroWest Energy Services Trust on December 4, 2008 and ownership over 845,000 trust units on December 19, 2008 (collectively, the “Acquired Units”), representing approximately 4.5% of PetroWest’s issued and outstanding units. Geherman, together with persons who may be joint actors, owns or has [...]
Headwaters Incorporated today announced the closing of its offering of $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7-5/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (the “Notes”). The Notes are senior secured obligations of Headwaters and are guaranteed by certain of Headwaters’ existing and future domestic subsidiaries.
Net proceeds from the offering were approximately $393.3 million (after deducting the [...]
Renegy Holdings, Inc., a renewable energy company focused on acquiring, developing and operating a growing portfolio of biomass power generation facilities, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week with elected officials and other dignitaries to formally commemorate the recent startup of its 24 megawatt (“MW”) biomass power generation facility located in Snowflake, Arizona. Renegy’s Snowflake biomass [...]
NF Energy Saving Corporation of America, a Chinese leader in energy efficient flow control systems and energy efficiency projects, today announced the company has successfully completed the sale of 500,000 energy efficient lighting lamps, and is starting up the 2nd batch of 2 million energy efficient lighting lamps in June 2009. Total contract value amounts [...]