B&W Hosts Advanced Laser Welding Demonstration
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE: BWC) today hosted a heat exchanger tube sheet laser welding demonstration, sponsored by the Edison Welding Institute (EWI) Nuclear Fabrication Consortium, at the B&W Research Center in Barberton, Ohio. The technology and processes demonstrated could prove beneficial to the nuclear manufacturing industry and supply chain by decreasing the time required to perform heat exchanger welds while reducing negative effects such as tube distortion and heat-affected zones created by traditional welding techniques.
B&W Announces New Fleet-wide Maintenance and Project Support Contract
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that BWB Maintenance Services Company, LLC (BWB) has been awarded a master contract to provide fleet-wide maintenance and project support services on a task-specific basis for Progress Energy's nuclear power plants in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. BWB is a newly formed entity of BWB LLC, a joint venture between Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Maintenance Services, Inc. and Bartlett Holdings, Inc.
B&W Acquires German Material Handling Business
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced today the acquisition by one of its subsidiaries of Anlagenbau und Fördertechnik Arthur Loibl GmbH (Loibl), a privately held Straubing, Bavaria, Germany-based manufacturer of material handling equipment, for an undisclosed amount. The business will be integrated and managed by Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc.'s (B&W PGG) Allen-Sherman-Hoff division and will operate as Loibl Allen-Sherman-Hoff GmbH.
B&W Announces George Dudich President, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc.
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that George Dudich has been named President, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group, Inc. (B&W TSG), a subsidiary of B&W. Dudich replaces S. Robert (Bob) Cochran who left the company to pursue other opportunities.
B&W Awarded $115 Million Navy Fuel Contract
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that its subsidiary Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) has been awarded a $114.7 million contract for the manufacture and delivery of fuel and support activities for the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.
B&W Awarded $37 Million Environmental Construction Contract
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc. (BWCC) has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $37 million to provide construction services for a baghouse installation project at Consumers Energy's J.H. Campbell Generating Complex, near West Olive, Mich.
B&W Names Thomas A. Christopher to Board of Directors
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that it has named Thomas A. Christopher to its Board of Directors.
B&W Dedicates Small Modular Reactor Testing Facility
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) and Generation mPower LLC (Generation mPower) will dedicate the unique B&W mPower™ Integrated System Test (IST) facility in Bedford County, Va., at a ceremony today. The facility is located at the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER) at the New London Business & Technology Center.
B&W Awarded $205 Million in Renewable Energy Power Plant EPC and O&M Contracts
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., Inc. (BWCC) has been awarded a contract worth more than $186 million to engineer, procure and construct (EPC) a biomass power plant for Berlin Station, LLC in Berlin, N.H. A subsidiary of Delta Power Services, LLC, a B&W company, has been awarded a separate six-year contract worth more than $19 million to provide operations and maintenance services (O&M) for the plant.
B&W to Design and Supply $26 Million Emissions Control System for Michigan Power Plant
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has been awarded a $26 million contract to design and supply two spray dry absorber (SDA) systems for Consumers Energy's D.E. Karn power plant in Hampton Township, Mich.