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Westinghouse gets Aggressive, CIA school

Monday, 19 November 2007

Westinghouse has announced theacquisition of Carolina Energy Solutions(CES) and an extention to its agreement with control system providerEmerson. CES supplies welding and machining services for a wide rangeof energy industries and its acquisition also brings affiliatesAggressive Equipment and the Construction Institute of America (CIA).All three entities are to be brought into Westinghouse's existing WECWelding and Machining business. Jimmy Morgan, the business's Presidentsaid the acquisition "positions the company to continue supporting theoperating nuclear fleet, while ramping up resources to meet the demandsof new nuclear construcion." A Westinghouse statement highlighted the"strategically important" addition of the CIA Welding School, whichproduces 120-150 apprentice welders per year. Westinghouse's othernews, a ten-year contract extension with Emerson should see thatcompany's Ovation control and information system used in forthcomingAP1000 nuclear power plant sales. The two companies have had a closerelationship since Emerson bought Westinghouse's non-nuclearinstrumentation and control business in 1998. Westinghouse iscontracted to provide four AP1000s in China and involved in projectsaiming to build 12 more in the USA.

Westinghouse has announced the acquisition of Carolina Energy Solutions (CES) and an extention to its agreement with control system provider Emerson. CES supplies welding and machining services for a wide range of energy industries and its acquisition also brings affiliates Aggressive Equipment and the Construction Institute of America (CIA). All three entities are to be brought into Westinghouse's existing WEC Welding and Machining business. Jimmy Morgan, the business's President said the acquisition "positions the company to continue supporting the operating nuclear fleet, while ramping up resources to meet the demands of new nuclear construcion." A Westinghouse statement highlighted the "strategically important" addition of the CIA Welding School, which produces 120-150 apprentice welders per year. Westinghouse's other news, a ten-year contract extension with Emerson should see that company's Ovation control and information system used in forthcoming AP1000 nuclear power plant sales. The two companies have had a close relationship since Emerson bought Westinghouse's non-nuclear instrumentation and control business in 1998. Westinghouse is contracted to provide four AP1000s in China and involved in projects aiming to build 12 more in the USA.