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for contracts from Rosneft, and other Russian and international oil and gas majors.’

Contact:

TMK, 40, Bld. 2a Pokrovka Street,

Moscow 105062, Russia. Tel: +7 495 775 7600,

Fax: +7 495 775 7601, Email: tmk@tmk-group.com,

Web: www.tmk-group.com

Company News

Roxtec helps combat humidity problems on onshore wind-farms

Cable-seal manufacturer Roxtec Ltd has been selected to supply

products to four onshore wind-farm projects in the UK for ScottishPower Renewables UK Ltd (SPR).

The company says this latest agreement reinforces its position as a key player in the wind-farm sector. The deal will see the firm supplying products to a wind-farm in Arecleoch, in South Ayrshire, Scotland for an upgrade project, and three, new-build wind-farms in Middleton, near Newton Mearns and Harestanes, near Moffat, and Carland Cross, Cornwall.

Graham O’Hare, Managing Director, Roxtec UK, commented: ‘We are pleased to win this work. Roxtec is now becoming the industry standard for sealing cables in the wind-farm sector. Roxtec seals the cables in the trench that connects the wind-farm array cables to the substation.’

‘For Carland Cross, Arecleogh and Middleton we are supplying our H3 trefoil seals, which are specialist substation seals. They are meticulously designed to seal 150-mm ducts and tested to be strong enough to carry the weight of high-voltage single-core cables at the point they enter the substation – which trans-ports power to the national grid.’

Sealing 33-kV substations effectively is important to protect them from leakage and humidity.

‘Roxtec has a problem-solving ethos. Humidity is a big issue in substations and can be a disruptive and expensive problem. Our seals work by allowing several cables to be sealed at one point of the substation wall.’

‘This immediately reduces the risk of water leakage, known as ingress, because by reducing the number of entry points required for the cables you also reduce the potential leak points.’

Roxtec’s retrofit sealing also cut costs for operators by reducing the time required to manage the cables.

‘The watertight substation seals provide plenty of spare capacity for upgrades. The beauty of this is that new holes do not need to be cut to install new cables, which saves money in engineering time and prevents costly disruptions. Roxtec’s seals are also designed to cater for triplex forma-tion power cables,’ concluded O’Hare.

Contact:

Roxtec Ltd, Unit C1, Waterfold Business Park, Bury,

Lancashire BL9 7BQ, UK. Tel: +44 161 7615280,

Fax: +44 161 7636065, Email: info@uk.roxtec.com,

Web: www.roxtec.com

Lamons opens manufacturing facility in Mississippi

Gasket and bolt supplier Lamons has opened a manufacturing

facility in Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA.It says the move highlights its ability to

locally manufacture small-diameter and large-diameter spiral-wound, Kammprofile and soft gaskets, and produce stud bolts and develop corrugated metal technologies.

In addition to manufacturing, it holds a healthy stock of inventory which supports the local mar-ket with goods available for immediate delivery.

This facility is designed and equipped to provide timely sales, and service and technical support to end-users, distributors and manufacturing licensees throughout the region, says the firm.

Contacts:

Lamons, 7300 Airport Boulevard, Houston, TX 77061,

USA. Tel: +1 713 222 0284, Fax: +1 713 547 9502,

Web: www.lamons.com

Lamons, Pascagoula, 5904 Old Mobile Avenue,

Suite B Pascagoula, MS 39581, USA.

Tel: +1 228 205 7642, Fax: +1 228 205 7643

Bal Seal achieves NORSOK compliance for oilfield sealing polymers

US-based Bal Seal Engineering Inc, a major producer of custom-

engineered seals for equipment used in oil and gas processes, has achieved

January 2014 Sealing Technology

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John Crane receives responsible partnership award from PetrobrasUS-based John Crane has received a respon-sible partnership award from Brazilian energy company Petróleo Brasileiro Sa (Petrobras). This is the fourth consecutive year that the firm has received this award. The company was ranked the highest for outstanding performance out of 17 similar companies, based on ratings across eight areas, including leadership, strategy, com-munity, process and results. John Crane pro-vides Petrobras with products and services for oil and gas exploration and production, and oil and natural gas refining. These include mechanical seals, seal systems and power transmission couplings

James Walker Web-site now available in FrenchJames Walker’s entire Web-site is now avail-able in French. The company says the mam-moth task was completed over a six-month period using a dedicated translation resource with all content being double checked for linguistic and technical accuracy by a team at James Walker France.

More information:Web: www.jameswalker.biz/fr

Jeremy Burks elected to AmCham Shanghai Board of GovernorsThe American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai recently announced that Jeremy Burks, President, Dow Corning, Greater China, has been elected to its 2014 Board of Governors. Burks commented: ‘It is an hon-our to be elected to the AmCham Shanghai Board of Governors. Over the years it has been successfully promoting a healthy busi-ness environment in China, strengthening US–China commercial ties and provid-ing high-quality business information and resources. I hope to be able to help AmCham Shanghai continue and grow and I am especially excited to be in the role just as the first steps are taken with the Shanghai Free Trade Zone.’

DuPont expands research and development centre in ChinaE.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co has opened the second phase of its China Research and Development Center. With this expansion, the size of this centre has increased by 17 500 m2 and will house an additional 150 researchers, focusing on new material applications in solar energy, bio-based materials and automotive materials and testing capabilities.