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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based LB Foster Company has completed the relocation of its threaded products water well group from Houston to a new facility in Magnolia, Texas.

The Magnolia plant uses advanced technology and has extended operating hours to increase production capacity. "The new facility provides our production team with single flow manufacturing that expedites the movement of pipe through our threading process," said Merry Brumbaugh, vice president, LB Foster Tubular Products.

Alan Swaby looks at one of the largest crane manufacturers in the world—which ironically comes from one of the smallest countries in the world.

Watch any strong man competition and the odds are there will be a Finn in the final. For a country with a population of far less than Greater London, Finland manages to create some of the biggest and strongest specimens in the world.

UK-based Subsea 7 has won a contract worth $185 million from Elf Exploration UK on the West Franklin Field in the Central Graben area of the North Sea.

The scope of the subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) contract includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of the Sealine Package associated with the West Franklin Phase 2 Development.

The Sealine Package consists of a 6.2 kilometre pipeline bundle incorporating two insulated pipe-in-pipe production pipelines to connect the new West Franklin A and Elgin B platforms.

Air Products and Dow Corning have entered a long-term supply agreement for electronic-grade silane, a material used for manufacturing flat panel displays, semiconductors and photovoltaic cells.

Dow Corning is a global leader in silicones and innovative silicon-based technology and the agreement will provide Air Products with access to significant silane volume to meet the present and future needs of its global customers, as well as the future growth of the electronics and solar industry.

Alan Swaby talks to Brent Thompson, senior vice president of the Mining & Minerals practice of a global based engineering business that puts almost as much effort into differentiating itself from the opposition as it does on the engineering itself.

Ford Motor Company and Toyota Motor Corporation are to collaborate on the development of an advanced new hybrid system for light truck and SUV customers.

The world’s two leading manufacturers of hybrid vehicles have signed a memorandum of understanding on the product development collaboration, with the formal agreement expected by next year.

Boeing and Siemens are to form a strategic alliance for the joint development and marketing of "smart grid" technologies to improve energy access and security for the US Department of Defense.

The alliance's microgrid management solution will be designed to implement economical energy-efficiency tools that allow for analysis, control and automation of energy processes; use smart energy controls to provide real-time data to manage energy use; and integrate renewable energy sources and storage.

Mars Chocolate North America has announced plans to build a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Topeka, Kansas.

The new facility will be the first Mars Chocolate site built in the US in 35 years.

Rajhi Steel Industries turns out more than one million tons of steel products each year; but the round figure keeps cropping up, as commercial vice president Abdul Aziz Al-Hudaib explains.

When the Canadian/Australian minerals company Equinox Minerals Limited ventured into Saudi Arabia, it knew little about the region. Just a few months on it’s becoming clear that it made the right decision, though, as Robert Rigo, vice president of project development, told John O’Hanlon.

Equipment rental dealers need technology solutions to manage their fleet, their customers and their supply chains. Thomas R. Cutler examines the requirements of this complex industry.

When a customer calls an equipment rental company, nothing is more important than the ability to provide accurate information regarding availability and scheduling. It is equally critical to manage effectively the utilization of the rental fleet in order to maintain profitability. 

In the oil well drilling business, having the latest equipment helps; but it’s the human element that still makes the difference, as Alan Swaby learns.

Whatever else the Norwegian equivalent of Father Christmas brings Frank Tollefsen this year, his largest—and most anticipated—present by far will be a brand new drilling ship costing the best part of half a billion dollars.