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The 2nd Annual Hydro Plant Maintenance and Reliability Conference seeks to provide the hydro generation industry with effective maintenance strategies to integrate into their current programs and to aid in budget restraints.

The ASM Consortium recently conducted an Operations Outreach Seminar demonstrating how to keep people and plants safe.

Sam Houston State University has received a $25 million pledge from Therm-Omega-Tech to support the university's engineering technology components within the current industrial technology program and to establish a new engineering technology program.

Fulton Companies has closed a deal in which its China operations has acquired 100% of Costerm Swiss AG.

The world market for hydraulic components used in industrial applications grew 25% to reach $7.9 billion in 2010 as almost two thirds of revenues lost during the downturn in 2009 were recovered.

ABB and Newave Energy Holding SA have agreed that ABB will acquire Newave in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately CHF 170 million.

According to the December 2011 Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) Business Conditions Report, metalforming companies predict a spike in business conditions during the next three months.

Atlas Copco North America LLC has agreed to acquire Houston Service Industries, Inc., a U.S. manufacturer of low-pressure blowers and vacuum pumps.

In this Plant Services Special Report, we take a look at the driving forces behind CMMS and EAM software feature development; what users of CMMS and EAM software should expect from their vendor partnerships and the role industry specialization is playing in this feature development.

ABB and Thomas & Betts Corporation announced that both companies' boards of directors have agreed to a transaction in which ABB will acquire Thomas & Betts.