KSR International, a Canadian company specializing in vehicle sensors, control modules and pedals, has launched a CAD 6.7 million expansion program at its Ridgetown, Ontario, plant. The investment is expected to create 40 new jobs and enable the company to produce a new range of products for the North American market. KSR has eight plants in North America, Europe and Asia and offices located…
Inter Pipeline announced a CAD 3.5 billion investment to build a petrochemical plant in Strathcona County, Alberta.
The new Heartland Petrochemical Complex will convert propane gas (22 thousand barrels per day), extracted from fields in the Canadian province (Redwater Olefinic Fractionator), into plastic polymers (PP and PHD), (more than 500 thousand tons per year), destined for the North…
Enel, through its U.S.-based subsidiary Enel Green Power North America, has been awarded two 20-year Renewable Energy Support Agreements for the generation and supply of 146 MW of new wind power capacity in Alberta, following a competitive bidding process by the province's electricity system operator, Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO).
The two contracts involve the construction of two new…
Italian photovoltaics supplier Fimer has sealed €9 million in financing from Sace and Deutsche Bank for the supply of conversion centres for two solar farms in Mexico.
Deutsche will issue two performance bonds worth US$4.3 million, which will be backed by Sace. The German bank will also issue a €5 million loan that will be used to finalise supply contracts.
Head of Milan branch at Sace,…
Eni, a multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Italy, has been granted 3 of 10 offshore blocks awarded by Mexico’s National Hydrocarbon Commission (CNH) in the Sureste Basin, in the Gulf of Mexico. This result boosts Eni’s presence in a market that only opened up to foreign investments in 2014, in line with the country’s Energy Reform, and which has huge growth potential.
The award is…
Large-scale PV projects dominate the Mexican landscape with two auctions so far yielding very competitive bids for PV power plants in Mexico. Even though these auctions were open to a variety of power generation technologies, solar PV surprised observers by capturing about seventy percent of the auctioned capacity. Many of these plants in the first and second auction rounds will be built next…
2016 saw the construction and start-up of the AMUT 6,000 Kg/Hr out-put PET recycling plant for UNIFI in Reedsville, North Carolina. This year, AMUT is constructing the new mega PET Recycling Plant for CARBONLITE in Dallas, Texas. The high quality standards required by these clients is achieved with the integration of the latest proprietary technologies such as the DE-LEBALLER, which helps…
Nova Siria Srl, an Italian based supplier of jointing, repairing and hot-tapping systems for land and marine pipelines performed an emergency repair at the Chugach Electric Association’s Cooper Lake in Alaska, last spring.
Working with McMillen (contractor) and MWH/Stantec (engineering), Nova Siria supplied 36” MultiGrip Couplings for the pipeline supporting the local Chugach Electric Association…
Makro Labelling North America is a branch of Makro Labelling SRL, a leading labelling technology provider based in Goito, Italy.
According to Michael Kucey, Makro Labelling decided to invest in Quebec to better serve its rapidly growing customer base in Canada and North America. In fact, over the past 2 years alone, Makro sold over 50 machinery and lines to North American clients.…
The Italian Government’s adoption of the National Industry 4.0 Plan for industrial technological and digital transformation represents a great opportunity for manufacturing companies operating in Italy. The plan aims to raise tax incentives for investments in goods and technologies that connect physical and digital systems, in order to conduct complex analysis (Big Data) and adapt manufacturing…