CompressorTechTwo - 2010 (Sample)

Exline Inc. Acquires NAK
Engineering

Exline Inc. of Salina, Kansas, U.S.A., has acquired NAK Engineering Inc., the OEM for Nordberg engine parts and accessories. Located in Santa Rosa, California, U.S.A., NAK Engineering supplies Nordberg engine owners and operators support in the form of parts service and technical support worldwide.

“This acquisition will greatly enhance our ability to grow revenues in the gas transmission, power generation and marine markets. Our already existing field services and component part repair capabilities will blend well with the Nordberg product line to provide a complete service to the Nordberg engine owner-operator. This move will position Exline to take the well-established parts business NAK engineering perfected and leverage it to grow X. lines parts sales providing component parts for engines and compressors such as Cooper Bessemer, Clark, Worthington and Ingersoll Rand,” said Rob Exline, president and CEO of Exline Inc.

Exline Inc. operates four business units
including Repair and Manufacturing, Field
Services, Parts Sales, and Ignition and Auto-
mation, each designed to provide a full
range of products and services to its natural
gas transmission, petrochemical, power util-
ities and marine and industrial customers.

Cummins Inc.

Cummins Inc. announced that Rich Freeland has been named the next president of the company’s Engine Business. Freeland, currently president – Components Business, will succeed Jim Kelly whose planned departure from his current role was announced previously.

Kelly will leave current his role as president of the Engine group in March 2010 to lead a number of key cross-busi-ness strategic projects.

“Earlier this year, Jim expressed his desire to retire and for a smooth leadership transition in the Engine Business. I am extremely pleased that he has decided to remain with Cummins awhile longer in order to help us tackle some important enterprise-wide initiatives,” said Cummins President and Chief Operating Officer Tom Linebarger.

With Freeland moving to the Engine
group, Anant Talaulicar will succeed
Freeland as president of the Components
business while continuing to serve in his
current capacity as managing director of
Cummins India. Both Freeland and
Talaulicar will also assume their new
roles in March 2010.

GE Oil & Gas

GE Oil & Gas recently celebrated the completion of US$5 million in upgrades to its European drilling and production equipment repair, maintenance and refurbish-ment global services facility in Montrose, Scotland. The renovated facility consolidates GE’s previous drilling and production services operations in Aberdeen, Scotland, into one, central technology location.

The new site includes extensive warehouse facilities and a new production control systems (PCS) building. The 20,000 sq.ft. (1860 m2) PCS building houses a clean room, test and assembly bays and is fully equipped for all testing and flushing requirements on PCS equipment. It also houses a real-time diagnostic data link to GE Oil & Gas’ U.K. subsea production controls center of excellence, or SmartCenter, at Nailsea, near Bristol. The new 30,000 sq.ft. (2790 m2) warehouse is fully racked and offers enhanced consolidation and protection for cus-tomer-owned and rental stock.

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