GE supplies nuclear plant
Hydro-Québec selected GE Energy to perform a turbine island refurbishment designed to extend the operating life of the 675MW Gentilly-2 nuclear generating station. USA: Gulf of Mexico oil find
Repsol has made a significant new oil find in the deepwater area of the Gulf of Mexico, in US waters. Bingham named sales manager
William H Bingham has been named sales manager at Houston-based Alloy Metals and Tubes International Inc. Stainless steel flow meter
PKP Process Instruments, based in Hudson, Massachusetts, US, has introduced the model DS25 Flow Meter made of 316 stainless steel. Fermont iron drill program
Champion Minerals Inc. has announced that a 5000m drill program is being initiated to delineate iron mineral resources on the Fermont Iron Property located in the Fermont iron ore district, 250km north of the St Lawrence River port town of Port Cartier and centered 60km SW of Fermont in NE Quebec. 
US-based Arcos Industries LLC now offers a new stainless steel, bare wire electrode, Arcos 308LSi, which is designed for general purpose GMAW and GTAW welding. 
Advanced flanged thru-the-wall fittings, enabling only single-hole penetrations for piping, have been introduced by ModuTank Inc., Long Island City, New York, US. 
The Controls Division of SSI Technologies Inc., headquartered in Wisconsin, US, has announced Series ULG of ultra low gauge pressure sensors. 
Noshok, based in Ohio, US, has released the 300 Series compact-sized pressure transducer which is suitable for use in general industrial applications where space is limited and durability is essential.