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French automaker
awards a major contract
for TruDisk disk lasers
OVER the next two years, PSA Peugeot Citroën will be equipping
its production sites with additional, next-generation TruDisk
disk lasers, according to a agreement announced recently with
Trumpf.
The French automaker has asked Trumpf to supply the
company with disk lasers in a range of output levels and beam
qualities from its TruDisk series. PSA will now have a quantity of
TruDisk lasers that number in the double digits for welding and
soldering body components on its various models of cars.
PSA has used disk lasers for many years for the welding and
soldering involved inautobody construction.Thecompanyawarded
the order based on TruDisk’s low operating and investment costs
and its high degree of availability in production.
Trumpf – USA
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Shell and the Technip-
Samsung consortium
take next step on
Prelude floating
LNG facility
SHELL has signed two contracts with the Technip and Samsung
Heavy Industries consortium for the Prelude floating liquefied
natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of Western Australia.
These contracts formalise the announcement made by Shell in
October 2009 that Prelude is in the engineering and design phase
of development.
The first contract covers the front-end engineering design
(FEED) elements specific to the Prelude project, taking into
account the composition of the gas, local weather conditions and
other site-specific factors.
The second contract details the terms under which the floating
LNG facility would be built, if the final investment decision for the
Prelude project is made.
Planning for Prelude is progressing well and the signing of the
deal follows a July 2009 master agreement between Shell and the
Technip-Samsung consortium to work on the design, construction
and installation of multiple floating LNG facilities over a period of
up to 15 years. The floating design will allow Shell to place gas
liquefaction facilities directly over offshore gas fields, precluding
the need for long-distance pipelines and extensive onshore
infrastructure. This provides a commercially attractive approach
for developing offshore fields.
Technip – USA
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