Wind turbine producer Nordex announces first project with utility Exelon

Nordex USA, Inc., a provider of turbines in the megawatt class with global headquarters in Hamburg, Germany and U.S. headquarters in Chicago, will be supplying 34 wind turbines to utility Exelon Wind LLC for the Beebe Community Wind Farm in Gratiot County, Michigan. The 81.6 MW wind farm will be the first major project worldwide [...]

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Solar Energy International provides first hands-on introductory solar training in Dubai

Solar Energy International (SEI) has partnered with PTL Solar Academy, Dubai’s first established renewable energy training institute, and The British University in Dubai, to provide the first on-site, hands-on introductory solar training of its kind in the United Arab Emirates. The training was recently completed in early February.  SEI is part of the UAE’s first [...]

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Alpha and Omega Semiconductor announces resignation of CFO

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Ltd. (AOS), a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of power semiconductors, announced that Ephraim Kwok, chief financial officer, has resigned due to health reasons as recommended by his physician, effective immediately. The Board of Directors for the company has appointed Mary L. Dotz to serve [...]

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Manufacturing technology orders up 66.4% in 2011

December U.S. manufacturing technology orders totaled $519.98 million according to AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology and AMTDA, the American Machine Tool Distributors’ Association. This total, as reported by companies participating in The United States Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) program, was up 12.2% from November and up 12.7% when compared with the total of [...]

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NEMA adds Charles Konigsberg as chief, strategy and policy

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association announced today that Charles S. Konigsberg, JD, will join the NEMA/Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) as chief of strategy and policy. Konigsberg is a 30-year budget and policy veteran who will use his bipartisan experience to help bolster the NEMA leadership team with a public policy focus. He will [...]

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Registration opens for webinar on the electric vehicle industry

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association has announced that registration is now open for the free webinar, “How the U.S. government will determine the success of the electric vehicle industry.” It will discuss the electric vehicle projects and infrastructure roll-outs that have been financed by the government in order to grow the industry to a predicted $250 [...]

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ISA creates social media community manager position, names Juliann Grant

The International Society of Automation announced that it is expanding its “commitment to provide automation professionals readily accessible sources for educational news and information,” with the creation of a social media community manager position. Juliann M. Grant, a veteran of the industrial automation field and social media consultant, will assume this position. Grant will be [...]

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Stahlin, Leviton, and Johnstone Supply launch new websites

The electrical manufacturing and distribution industry is taking to the internet in a big way, with a number of companies re-designing or launching new websites: Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures, the Belding, Mich.-based manufacturer of specified fiberglass enclosure products, has announced a complete re-design of their website that’s now available to view at www.stahlin.com. The “upgraded” site [...]

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Willier Electric to be featured in EA

While visiting the east coast for the holiday in December, I had the pleasure of meeting Don Willier Jr., his dad Don Willier Sr., and Don Sr.’s brother Jim Willier – the three partners behind Willier Electric. Their shop will be featured in the March issue of Electrical Apparatus. The company has an eclectic mix [...]

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Shermco Industries hires Dirk Rodekuhr and David Hooven

Shermco Industries, the Irving-Tex.-based provider of testing, repair, professional training, maintenance and analysis of rotating apparatus and electrical power distribution systems, has added Dirk Rodekuhr as technical sales specialist and David Hooven as senior account manager. Dirk Rodekuhr will be acting as a liaison between Shermco’s outside sales force and its production departments coordinating technical [...]

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