Babcock & Wilcox Wins U.S. $2 Million Package Boiler Contract.Business Editors BARBERTON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2000 The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. ), has been awarded an order valued at approximately U.S. $2 million from Cerveceria Polar, "Polar Brewery," to supply a high-pressure FM boiler and associated equipment for the Cerveceria Modelo Unit in Maracaibo,Venezuela. Under the turnkey contract, B&W will supply one FM boiler, burner management system and combustion controls, burner assembly, an economizer e·con·o·mize v. e·con·o·mized, e·con·o·miz·ing, e·con·o·miz·es v.intr. 1. To practice economy, as by avoiding waste or reducing expenditures. 2. with associated duct work, support steel, stack, condensing con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. heat exchanger and attemperator, and a forced draft fan equipped with a Variable Frequency Drive system. The B&W steam generating system will provide 132,000 pounds of superheated steam per hour to the turbine generators. The unit will operate at 1,050 psig at the turbine inlet, with 788 F main and reheat Re`heat´ v. t. 1. To heat again. 2. To revive; to cheer; to cherish. Verb 1. reheat - heat again; "Please reheat the food from last night" steam temperature. Fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of the FM boiler and all associated equipment will be performed at B&W's West Point, Miss., facility. Delivery is scheduled for April 2001 with start-up in August 2001. Polar is the leading producer of food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. products in Venezuela and currently operates 10 FM boilers throughout its Venezuelan plants. The Babcock & Wilcox Company is a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc., a leading worldwide energy services company. McDermott subsidiaries manufacture steam-generating equipment, environmental equipment, and products for the U.S. government. They also provide engineering and construction services for industrial, utility and hydrocarbon processing facilities, and to the offshore oil and natural gas industries. Babcock & Wilcox is located on the Internet at www.babcock.com. Journalists will find company news, fact sheets, and industry links at http://www.babcock.com/pgg/pr/pressroom.html. Though there are many companies that contain the name Babcock, the U.S.-based Babcock & Wilcox is the original, founded by George Babcock and Stephen Wilcox in 1867. |
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