INDUSTRY
Tognum Buys Katolight
Tognum GmbH, headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany, announced that
it will acquire Katolight Corp., the Mankato, Minnesota, U.S.A.-based manufacturer of diesel- and gas-powered engine generator sets for industrial and agricultural applications, as well as for emergency electric power supply, covering a
power range of 15 to 3250 k W. With around 340 employees, Katolight posted
sales revenues of approximately US$135 million in 2006-2007 (fiscal year ending March 31, 2007). Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed by
either company.
The new company in the Tognum Group will play a key role in the Systems
and Components division offering standardized power generators. Katolight
will be operated as a brand for generator sets based on diesel engines. It complements the well-known Tognum brands MDE and CFC Solutions, which specialize in gas-engine generators and fuel-cell generators, respectively.
A business relationship has existed between Tognum and Katolight for many
years and some of Katolight’s generator sets are based on diesel engines from the
core Tognum company MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH. Its subsidiary, MTU
Detroit Diesel Inc. Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A., supplied more than 170 of its
Series 60, Series 2000 and Series 4000 engines to Katolight last year. A
BY MIKE MERCER
siderations, according to a report in the
LA Times newspaper. SCAQMD officials passed three regulations last year
designed to cut idling time and measure health risks in neighborhoods near
rail yards. SCAQMD said its authority
to regulate emissions such as these fall
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Wood Wins Double Siemens Contracts
Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines Ltd. (WGLIT) has won two long-term
Siemens gas turbine maintenance contracts from Cefla s.c. in Italy. Under the first
contract WGLIT will provide repair, maintenance and diagnostic support for six
years for a Siemens Tornado gas turbine, power turbine and controls package in the
Riwal ceramics factory near Maranello, Italy.
The second contract gives WGLIT responsibility for the provision of annual
maintenance for a Siemens Typhoon gas turbine package in the Oxon Italia S.p.A.
chemical works in Mezzana Bigli, near Milan. It is the first time Cefla has selected a
non-OEM service provider for its Siemens equipment. A
Court Says SCAQMD Cannot Regulate Rail Emissions
A federal judge has ruled that local air-quality regulations, specifically rail-idling
regulations recently enacted by the U.S. state of California’s South Coast Air Quality
Management District (SCAQMD), are exempt because of interstate commerce con-
Wood and Pasch
Join Forces
The Gas Turbine Services Division
of Wood Group and Spanish company PASCH Y CIA, S.A., have
agreed to collaborate in the maintenance and supply of gas turbines,
parts and components for the
Spanish and Portuguese markets.
The agreement will offer local operators of gas turbines an experienced
and competitive alternative for
maintenance and supply of components and parts, in order to increase
the availability of the installation
and achieve a reduction in costs, the
companies claimed.
Wood Group said it will combine
its experience in the repair and overhaul, manufacturing of parts, components and other services for a
wide range of gas turbines, with
PASCH’s knowledge of the supply,
installation and maintenance of
steam and gas turbines, and their
understanding of the local structure
and organizations. A
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