Actuant Announces Eiffage / Millau Viaduct Hydraulic System Project Win.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2002 Actuant Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ATU (ADSL Transceiver Unit) A device that provides ADSL modulation of the telephone line. The device at the telco side is the ATU-C (Central), which is a line card plugged into the DSLAM. ) announced today that Enerpac, a unit in its Tools and Supplies segment, has been awarded a contract to supply the hydraulic system Noun 1. hydraulic system - a mechanism operated by the resistance offered or the pressure transmitted when a liquid is forced through a small opening or tube for lifting and pushing the bridge spans and piers for the Viaduct viaduct (vī`ədŭkt') [Lat.,=road conveyor], type of bridge for carrying a highway or railroad over a valley, over low ground, or over a road. of Millau in France. The multi-span cabled-stayed viaduct, with a total height of 343 meters, is expected to be the highest viaduct in the world, and will form the final link in the A75 AutoRoute The A75 is an autoroute (motorway) in France. Known also as la Méridienne, it is a developmental project with the aim of speeding up and reducing the cost of car travel from Paris southwards, and apart from the Millau Viaduct, it is entirely free for the 340 km from Paris, France to Barcelona, Spain. Eiffel, a worldwide steel construction company and part of the Eiffage group, is responsible for the steel part of the project (i.e. the deck and the temporary piers), and awarded the contract to Enerpac. The project will begin in the summer of 2002, and will continue for the next several years. Other terms of the order were not disclosed. Commenting on the project, Todd Hicks Todd Hicks is an American footballer. He is a left back. He played six seasons with the Baltimore Blast (NPSL). He is currently [2007] the President of the Todd Hicks Pro Soccer Academy in Carrol county, MD and York county, PA. He is also a full-time Phys. , President of Enerpac stated, "This project with Eiffel represents a significant achievement for Enerpac, and represents one of the largest projects Enerpac has ever been awarded. Similar to other large infrastructure projects that are the hallmark of Enerpac, we utilized our Construction Center of Excellence with its extensive field experience and knowledge in hydraulic systems for bridges to design a system for the complex Millau Viaduct The Millau Viaduct (French: le Viaduc de Millau) is a large cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau in southern France. . This program utilizes hundreds of high pressure hydraulic cylinders and pumps to push the deck spans in place, and a PC synchronized lifting system to lift the auxiliary piers." Eiffage group is one of six major European construction and concession companies. With more than 500 subsidiaries around the world, Eiffage organizes its business around five main branches represented by Eiffage construction (building, earthworks earthworks: see land art. and civil engineering), Appia (road construction), Forclum (electrical contracting), Eiffage Concessions (car parks, motorways) and Eiffel (steel construction). Enerpac is the leading manufacturer of hydraulic tools and components for a variety of applications and markets worldwide. The company's products are designed to increase productivity while offering top quality, safety and total customer satisfaction. Actuant, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a diversified industrial company with operations in 15 countries. The Actuant businesses are market leaders in highly engineered position and motion control systems and branded hydraulic and electrical tools. Products are offered under such established brand names as Enerpac, Gardner Bender, Milwaukee Cylinder, Nielsen Sessions, Power-Packer, and Power Gear. For further information on Actuant and its business units, visit the Company's website at www.actuant.com. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.060302/bb15 |
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