Tag: Mexico
Baccara expands into North America
Israel-based valve manufacturer Baccara recently announced its expansion to North America with the opening of a Tucson, AZ distribution center and a production facility in Mexico. This company also has distribution centers in Australia and the Benelux.
FMC Technologies awarded wellhead contract
FMC Technologies, Inc. recently signed a three-year contract with Pemex Exploration and Production for the manufacture and supply of surface wellheads to support its drilling and well maintenance programs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Waste to energy plant emerging in Mexico
The city of Saltillo, Mexico, is the site of a new waste-to-energy plant that will begin construction in November, 2011. Early in September, a consortium including Eco Energía Renovables, Canromex, Guascor de México, Colibrí Capital, Biogás y Energía, Desarrollo de Proyectos de Energía Renovables, and Desarrollo Ecoambiental de México was awarded the contract for what will initially be a 2MW plant.
New energy minister for Mexico
Mexico's President Felipe Calderón is replacing energy minister José Antonio Meade with Jordy Herrera, the current director of PGPB, the gas and basic petrochemicals subsidiary of Pemex.
Mexico’s first solar-thermal power plant planned
Abengoa is set to construct Mexico's first solar-thermal power plant in Agua Prieta. The facility will be one of the first solar and gas-fired hybrid power plants in the world.