The News Review:
- Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA
- Work pours in for new engineering firm
- ARC forum discussions reflect changing operations/IT paradigm.
Malaysian National News Agency :: BERNAMA
Bernama – Mar 1, 2008
Meanwhile Maser chairman Datuk Ismail Ahmad said at the contract signing in Miri this week that the company was encouraged by this success and intends to move higher up the value chain particularly in the supply of quality products and services for the expanding oil & gas industry in Malaysia and the region. Last year the company completed the design fabrication supply delivery and commissioning of a multiphase pump for Petronas Carigali. In the power sector it is a joint venture partner with a TNB-led consortium in the upcoming 300 MW coal-fired power plant in Lahad Datu Sabah and is setting up an independent mini-hydro power plant in Sungai Rek Kelantan even as it is involved in a 50MW coal-fired plant in Pontianak Indonesia. In the water sector it has formed a joint venture with Ion Exchange of India for the design engineering supply and installation of water treatment plants. The JV is also in the process of setting up a plant to manufacture water treatment chemicals and resins in Malaysia apart from being involved in building a water treatment system for a Petronas-owned facility in Turkmenistan… In the power sector it is a joint venture partner with a TNB-led consortium in the upcoming 300 MW coal-fired power plant in Lahad Datu Sabah and is setting up an independent mini-hydro power plant in Sungai Rek Kelantan even as it is involved in a 50MW coal-fired plant in Pontianak Indonesia. In the water sector it has formed a joint venture with Ion Exchange of India for the design engineering supply and installation of water treatment plants. The JV is also in the process of setting up a plant to manufacture water treatment chemicals and resins in Malaysia apart from being involved in building a water treatment system for a Petronas-owned facility in Turkmenistan.
Work pours in for new engineering firm
Engineering News (press release) – Mar 1, 2008
“This partnership enables us to focus on our core business ascorporate services are provided by RSV” says Symonds. The company was established in February this year and expandedrapidly – it is currently involved in projects with anestimated capital value of between R600-million andR750-million. The company’s project speciality is gold plant projects anda good example is the CIP plant where it has progressed to thedetailed design phase. The company is also working on a uranium project in which it hasreached a detailed budget phase. Further the company is consulting on a new heavy-minerals projectin the sub-Saharan Africa region. It has completed a number of feasibility studies in the platinumindustry and other projects are in the materials-handling industry. Black economic empowerment and skills “ur vision forblack economic empowerment is that we endea- vour to empower ouremployees in the field to learn skills by tapping into ourknowledge base” says Symonds.
ARC forum discussions reflect changing operations/IT paradigm.
highbeam.com – Mar 1, 2008
All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) By Kevin Parker editorial director (kparker@reedbusiness. com) Following a day’s worth of conversations a visitor to ARC Advisory Group ‘s 12th annual rlando Forum might be justified in having concluded: 1) Corporate IT departments have become the ‘decider’ when it comes to plant operations solutions; and 2) the shortage of plant engineering skills is becoming increasingly severe. In fact the two developments are quite probably related. ‘Companies are managing across regions and integrating from the enterprise down’ says Jack Bolick president Honeywell Process Solutions. ‘Reasons include variation in available resources on the one hand-switching from light to.