FMC Technologies to Supply Material Handling Systems for Prairie State Energy Campus Project.HOUSTON -- FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FTI FTI Free thyroxine index, see there ) announced today that it has signed a purchase order with Prairie State Generating Company to design and supply material handling systems for the greenfield Prairie State Energy Campus Project in Lively Grove, Illinois. Financial terms of the order were not disclosed. FMC Technologies will supply coal and limestone handling systems for the two-unit, 1600-megawatt, mine-mouth power plant in Lively Grove. The coal handling system to be provided includes conveyors, vibratory vibratory /vi·bra·to·ry/ (vi´brah-tor?e) vibrating or causing vibration. vibratory vibrating or causing vibration; vibritile. feeders, a crushing system, transfer towers and silo feed trippers. The limestone handling system that FMC Technologies will supply includes a railcar unloading system, belt feeders, conveyors, a storage dome and vibratory feeders. "Our engineering, project management and technology address some of the most demanding challenges facing today's power generation industry," said Robert L. Potter, FMC See fixed mobile convergence. Technologies' senior vice president of energy processing systems. "We are pleased to have a role in providing the technology for a world-class material handling system for this project." FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FTI) is a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry and other industrial markets. The Company designs, manufactures and services technologically sophisticated systems and products such as subsea Subsea is a general term frequently used to refer to equipment, technology, and methods employed to explore, drill, and develop oil and gas fields that exist below the ocean floors. This may be in "shallow" or "deepwater". production and processing systems, surface wellhead well·head n. 1. The source of a well or stream. 2. A principal source; a fountainhead. 3. The structure built over a well. wellhead Noun 1. systems, high pressure fluid control equipment, measurement solutions, and marine loading systems for the oil and gas industry. The Company also produces food processing equipment for the food industry and specialized equipment to service the aviation industry. Named by FORTUNE Magazine as America's Most Admired Oil and Gas Equipment, Service Company in 2005, 2006 and 2008, FMC Technologies employs approximately 13,000 people and operates 33 manufacturing facilities in 19 countries. For more information visit www.fmctechnologies.com. This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward-looking statements are information of a non-historical nature and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are beyond the Company's ability to control. These risks and uncertainties are described under the caption "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2007 and may be modified in subsequent quarterly reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission that may be accessed on the Company's website. The Company cautions shareholders and prospective investors that actual results may differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. |
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