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Weir Power & Industrial will be exhibiting at Powergen International 2009, Las Vegas between 8th - 10th December 2009. You will find them at Booth C1-123. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Weir Specialty Pumps was recently approached by a customer to investigate clogging on a typical non-clog pump installed on a main influent pump station.
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Weir Specialty Pumps has had exceptional success with its self-primer product line since its launch in 2005 and recent additions have now given Weir a complete product range in the self-primer market. As well as the WEMCO Self-Primer line, Weir has added the WEMCO Classic Self-Primer and WEMCO High Head Self-Primer models.
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With the nuclear market booming, Weir Power and Industrial is in a strong position to deliver valves to the nuclear power industry. One such success story for Weir is the US facility in Ipswich, Massachusetts, which manufactures the Tricentric triple offset butterfly valve. The facility now possesses an ASME III N stamp, enabling them to produce nuclear grade products. Thanks to this certification and the hard work of the nuclear sales team, a significant nuclear valve order from Westinghouse was secured earlier this year. This order gives Weir Power and Industrial the responsibility for the installation of “N” stamped valves in the new units at Sanmen and Haiyang sites in China.
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Weir Power & Industrial’s South Africa team has had an excellent first half with order input increasing by more than 35% and sales output performance up 15%.
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It is commonly accepted that English is the world’s ‘business language’ and that there is a growing interest in the English language across China. In recognition of this the Weir Power & Industrial Emerging Markets Chinese operation has set up The English Club.
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The Weir Power & Industrial team has further strengthened its position in the Chinese market by recently securing a number of new contracts from customers across the territory.
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Weir Power and Industrial Suzhou redefine the possibility of improvement on On Time Delivery. To focus on improvements in customer service Weir Power & Industrial Suzhou has made great improvements in on time delivery performance.
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The Weir Power & Industrial Emerging Markets operation in India has seen sales output grow by over 100% in the last twelve months. The success is due to a number of factors, including the drive and focus the team has placed on the pump upgrade and overhaul business, as well as the introduction of valve sales into the operation.
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Weir Power & Industrial France has been awarded a contract to supply Sarasin–RSBD safety valves for general service applications to the industrial company Maersk Oil.
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As part of a consolidation of marketing activities, Weir Power and Industrial has been showcasing its product and service capabilities at key industry exhibitions across Europe, North Africa and China.
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Over 100 staff from the Power & Industrial and Oil & Gas divisions in Scotland moved to a new custom built facility in the fourth quarter of 2008.
The former Services Division teams, who had been based at the now leased Cathcart site, have re-located to Pegasus House on the Scottish Enterprise Technology Park in East Kilbride.
The new offices were officially opened by Group CEO Mark Selway in October and showcased to staff and customers during a day of celebration.
Personnel include the technical engineering team, tendering engineers and various support functions with responsibilities covering regional activities for UK, Europe and the Middle East. The site is also home to the Power & Industrial divisional team headed by divisional managing director Phil Clifton.
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Weir Power & Industrial have secured several aftermarket orders for services, spare parts and replacement valves through its facilities in South Africa and the Middle East.
The service orders are for plant outage work at Kriel and Hendrina power stations in South Africa and Dugas in the Middle East. The significant installed base of Weir products in the emerging regions and increasing demand for power plant extensions and upgrades has driven the requirement for increased customer service support and spare parts. This has increased requirements for replacement valve products including repeat business for Maersk in conjunction with Prometal.
The Middle East operation recently secured spares contracts for the refurbishment of the Kindasa Water Services plant in Saudi Arabia. Andrew Will, Power & Industrial Emerging Markets, sales & marketing director, said “The availability of local aftermarket support for product overhauls, spares and replacement valves gives Weir Power & Industrial a real advantage in this active key region and is aligned with Weir Group being a truly global supplier.”
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Weir Valves & Controls UK Ltd has won a repeat order for Batley Butterfly Valves (BV) 22000 series from British Energy. This follows the successful development and delivery of a solution specifically developed for British Energy.
The valves will be used at Heysham 2 Nuclear Power Station which is capable of supplying over 1.5 million homes with electricity. Polyethylene pipe work has been installed within the Reactor Sea Water System to reduce the effects of corrosion and support more durable operation.
The valves were manufactured using Super Duplex stainless steel providing improved strength and corrosion resistance, particularly in ambient sea water applications. Mike Craddock, system health engineer for Steam & Rotating Plant at Heysham 2 Power Station said, “We are extremely pleased with the performance of the BV 22000 valves and also with Weir Valves & Controls UK’s ability to develop, manufacture and deliver the valves in a short time frame, which was a key requirement.”
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Weir Power & Industrial Services at Alloa continued their success in the hydro power rehabilitation market with the award of a major project for ScottishPower. The contract, granted in December 2008, is scheduled to complete in October 2009.
The project is for ScottishPower’s Cruachan pumped storage hydro electric station located on the north shore of Loch Awe, on the west coast of Scotland. The plant was built and commissioned in 1965 and the station has four 100MW vertical axis Francis turbine/ pump units; two Boving machines and two English Electric machines which combined generate a total of 440 MW.
Weir’s contract is to complete refurbishment of the turbine and generator comprising, site dismantling, condition assessment in the Alloa workshop, rotor pole renovation and stator cleaning, refurbishment of specified turbine components, site reassembly and commissioning.
Project manager Stuart Wilkins commented, “We are delighted to receive this prestigious contract which reflects on the groups track record of delivering projects in a safe, environmentally responsible manner, on time and within the budget and performance expectations of the customer.”
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