WEG367
06 December 2011
WEG is providing the highest levels of energy efficiency and protection in hazardous environments, following the launch of the W22X range of flameproof electric motors, which were shown as part of WEG’s extensive automation portfolio at the SPS/IPC/Drives 2011 exhibition at Nuremberg.
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WEG346
30 November 2011
WEG S.A. has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding and the concluding of a technology transfer agreement with M. Torres Olvega Industrial (MTOI) of Spain.
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WEG363 SPS
22 November 2011
WEG is exhibiting new motor and drive products at SPS/IPC/Drives 2011 that deploy intelligence and technology to provide sustainable solutions in any industry sector. These solutions achieve the highest levels of energy efficiency, at the same time delivering more production in less time, and at a lower cost for the user.
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WEG367 SPS
22 November 2011
WEG is providing the highest levels of energy efficiency and protection in hazardous environments, following the launch of the W22X range of flameproof electric motors, which are being shown as part of WEG’s extensive automation portfolio at the SPS/IPC/Drives 2011 exhibition at Nuremberg.
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WEG287 SPS
22 November 2011
In all industrial sectors worldwide there is a general requirement to reduce the size and weight of equipment installations, at the same time improving their efficiency to cut operating costs and improve competitiveness.
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WEG302 SPS
22 November 2011
WEG’s new WQuattro line of super premium efficiency motors employs a hybrid design to achieve the highest efficiency in the market, exceeding the requirements of the impending IE4 Super Premium Efficiency classification across its entire output range.
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WEG322 SPS
22 November 2011
WEG’s new Blackberry App is easily downloadable, http://www.weg.net/green/uk/blackberry-apps.html, providing motor users with a powerful, mobile tool to calculate energy savings, return on investment and reductions in CO2 emissions - and with the means to create reports across all electric motors in their organisations.
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WEG345 SPS
22 November 2011
WEG’s new online payback calculator for electric motors enables pump and fan users to quickly determine energy savings, payback times and reductions in CO2 emissions, when evaluating new projects, or the replacement of existing motors with higher efficiency types.
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WEG364 SPS
22 November 2011
WEG announced on 8th November 2011 the acquisition of Watt Drive Antriebstechnik GmbH (“Watt Drive”), an Austrian corporation that designs and manufactures gearboxes, gear motors, drives and control systems.
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WEG365 SPS
22 November 2011
WEG announced on 3rd November 2011 that it has signed an agreement with GE Energy to acquire the Electric Machinery unit of Converteam. The acquisition is expected to close before the end of the year and is subject to customary closing conditions and approval by the US Department of Justice. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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WEG366 SPS
22 November 2011
Upon this transaction, WEG will acquire 50%-plus-one-share of the joint venture company based on CESTARI’s assets related to the manufacturing of gearboxes and gear motors, with expectation to achieve revenues of approximately R$ 70 million in 2011.
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WEG352
07 October 2011
When David Cameron talked about manufacturing becoming the engine of future growth for the UK economy, the type of company he had in mind was probably H J Weir Engineering Co Ltd, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of flatwork finishing equipment. H J Weir has been providing separating, feeding, folding and stacking solutions for the global laundry industry for over 50- years.
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WEG361
28 September 2011
WEG celebrated its 50th birthday on 16th September 2011. In just five- decades the company has grown from modest beginnings, as a LV motor manufacturer in Jaragua do Sul, Brazil, to a global giant with earnings exceeding US $3 billion.
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WEG305
20 September 2011
Determining that electric motors are properly loaded enables users to make informed decisions about when to replace them; and decisions about which replacements to choose. Measuring motor loads is relatively quick and easy with the right equipment, and every company with a significant motor stock should be looking to perform a motor load and efficiency analysis as part of their preventative maintenance and energy conservation programmes.
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WEG331
24 August 2011
Rittal-CSM of Plymouth has completed the latest stage of its energy saving carbon reduction programme; working with specialist installer Drew & Company to install a more efficient system for pump control at its paint plant. The value of the project speaks for itself, achieving payback calculated at just a few months for the £17,000 package of WEG CFW-11 inverter drives.
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WEG329
24 August 2011
Brazilian oil major, Petrobras, has just launched P-57, a super FPSO- (floating production, storage, and offloading) type platform, Expected to commence oil production at Parque das Baleias – in the north of the Campos Basin, Brazil – in late November, P-57 will be anchored at a depth of 1260 meters, and be capable of processing up to 180,000 barrels of oil and 2 million cubic meters of gas per day.
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WEG360
28 July 2011
WEG is providing global Oil and Gas markets with the highest levels of energy efficiency and protection in hazardous environments, following the launch of its new W22X range of flameproof electric motors, which are being shown for the first time in the UK at Offshore Europe 2011.
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WEG299
18 May 2011
Engineering Steel Belgium (ESB) is saving €45,000 per annum on the operation of three cooling pumps on one of its electrical steel furnaces, since the installation of three WEG W22 132 kW, IE2 high efficiency motors, controlled by WEG CFW-09 variable speed drives.
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WEG277
23 February 2011
WEG Germany has won a major contract from Outotec, the global leader in sulphuric acid plant design and delivery, for a total of 21 MV motors, including slip ring types up to 5200kW, 24 WEG transformers, six liquid rheostat starters, and project management to install and commission the package.
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WEG256
31 January 2011
A range of high-efficiency three-phase induction motors that offers significantly lower energy consumption, lower noise and vibration, higher reliability, easier maintenance and lower cost of ownership has been introduced by WEG.
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WEG292
31 January 2011
With 220 companies in the industry, and an area of 2-million hectares under cultivation, Brazil is the fourth largest producer of cellulose worldwide: its output of 12.7- thousand tons a year putting it behind only the US, China and Canada. However, output in Brazil is set to change this situation;
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WEG310
31 January 2011
WEG has further advanced its position as a leading global supplier of power transformers, with the inauguration of a new state-of-the-art transformer manufacturing plant in Mexico.
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WEG328
31 January 2011
WEG is set to provide Middle Eastern Oil and Gas markets with the highest levels of energy efficiency and protection in hazardous environments, following the launch of its new W22X range of flameproof electric motors at ADIPEC 2010.
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WEG327
31 January 2011
WEG Middle East is exhibiting its CFW-11 range of variable frequency drives (VFD) at ADIPEC 2010. Designed to optimise the energy efficiency of pump, fan and compressor motors in Oil and Gas applications, the CFW-11 range integrates ‘plug-and-play technology’ which makes it simple to program and quick to install.
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WEG326
31 January 2011
WEG Middle East’s (WME) participation at ADIPEC 2010 in Abu Dhabi, the biggest oil and gas show outside North America, is designed to showcase WEG in the region; to raise its profile and demonstrate the technical competences of WEG as a Global Solutions provider to the Oil and Gas industry.
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WEG340
31 January 2011
The WEG Middle East exhibition stand at ADIPEC 2010 in Abu Dhabi attracted a large number of visitors and promises to deliver a significant increase in order value during next year.
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WEG318
28 January 2011
Responsible for 33% of the sugar produced in Ecuador, the Ingenio Valdez sugar mill will operate with a completely automated extraction process, following the installation of WEG automation and control equipment.
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WEG339
27 January 2011
WEG high efficiency motors are providing up to 30% savings in energy on the operation of the largest and most sophisticated paper making machine in the world for producing high quality paper.
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WEG322
27 January 2011
WEG’s new Blackberry App is easily downloadable, (http://www.weg.net/green/uk/blackberry-apps.html), providing motor users with a powerful, mobile tool to calculate energy savings, return on investment and reductions in CO2 emissions - and with the means to create reports across all electric motors in their organisations.
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WEG311
27 January 2011
Major environmental and financial benefits have been achieved by WEG, following the installation of an automated extraction filtering system at one of its foundry plants in Brazil.
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WEG337
09 December 2010
Middlesbrough's iconic Transporter Bridge has been given a new lease of life, following replacement of its original electric motor and drive system, which had given nearly 100-years of service, with WEG motors and inverter drives supplied and installed by WEG distributor, Deritend RMB.
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WEG284
10 November 2010
WEG is supplying new, lighter traction motors that save over 400kgs in weight on the latest generation of trolley buses. The buses employ the traction motor and a matched inverter on their differentials to increase power, reduce weight and improve economy.
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WEG312
02 November 2010
Hidral-Mac, the largest manufacturer of hydraulic presses in Latin America, has established a partnership with WEG for the supply of electrical control panels for all its lines of hydraulic presses.
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WEG309
08 October 2010
WEG has manufactured its largest ever medium voltage inverter for an oil industry-related application in the USA. The inverter, an 8000-HP (5996kW) 950A unit is claimed to be highest efficiency (99%) and the most reliable (22-yr MTBF) medium voltage inverter in the world. It has been supplied to control a 7500-HP WEG motor driving mud drilling pumps while on test.
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WEG304
27 August 2010
WEG Middle East has successfully overcome a tough challenge to engineer and supply – at short notice – 250kW HGF motors to fit in the same space envelope previously occupied by three 132kW Loher pump motors, at the Daleel Petroleum Oil Field in, Oman.
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WEG291
16 August 2010
BY REPLACING STANDARD MOTORS WITH WEG’S WMagnet LINE, TEKA IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY AND SAVES ENERGY
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WEG289
28 July 2010
Famous across the world for its traditional aguardente (a strong alcoholic beverage obtained from sugarcane) the Ypióca group is investing in a new market: ethanol.
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WEG288
29 June 2010
The first W22 high efficiency motors supplied by WEG in Europe - 3 off 200kW machines - are (appropriately) engaged in a ‘green’ process for the production of sustainable bio-fuels.
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WEG269
17 May 2010
WEG’s new NEMA W22 range of High and Premium efficiency three-phase electric motors offer the highest levels of energy efficient performance, reducing losses by between 10% and 40% when compared with competitive motor types.
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WEG302
20 April 2010
WEG’s new WQuattro line of super premium efficiency motors employs a hybrid design to achieve the highest efficiency in the market, exceeding the requirements of the impending IE4 Super Premium Efficiency classification across its entire output range.
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WEG301
20 April 2010
WIMES – the Water Industry Mechanical and Electrical Specification, is one of the key tools used by the UK water industry in its continuing drive to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
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WEG300
20 April 2010
WEG is supplying 160 large (MW) synchronous vertical motors, plus excitation panels and brake systems, for use on pumps in the HNSS Project in Andhra Pradesh, India, one of the largest irrigation projects in the world.
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WEG264
20 April 2010
WEG has developed a special control panel which monitors the ventilation circuits, temperature, humidity, lighting and feeder lines for Plasson, a company that both manufactures equipment and sells services for Aviculture.
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WEG276
16 April 2010
By replacing the standard induction motors used on its ring spinning machines with permanent WMagnet motors from WEG, Buettner, a textile manufacturer, has reduced its annual power consumption by 33% and increased its machine utilisation by 80%.
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WEG257
30 March 2010
WEG electric motors, generators, transformers, electrical switchboards, and an automation system for energy management, are all providing optimised operation on the first of a new generation of more fuel efficient cargo vessels built by Wilson Sons UltraTug Offshore, a joint venture between Wilson Sons and Magallane Navegação of São Paulo state in Brazil.
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WEG274
24 March 2010
The Fläkt Woods Group is using WEG premium efficiency smoke extraction motors on the ranges of ventilation fans it is supplying as part of a US $1billion project to construct a new underground line (Line 4) for the Sao Paulo Metro in Brazil. Scheduled to open in 2010, the new line will serve 17m people in what is the largest city in South America.
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WEG287
25 February 2010
In all industrial sectors worldwide there is a general requirement to reduce the size and weight of equipment installations, at the same time improving their efficiency to cut operating costs and improve competitiveness.
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WEG268
16 February 2010
WEG Germany GmbH has supplied a 45-tonne, 14,000kW, 10,000V high voltage slipring motor for the testing of huge radial, axial, and geared compressors at MAN Turbo AG’s Oberhausen plant.
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WEG251
21 January 2010
WEG motor control packages, comprising low maintenance motors, ruggedised CFW-09 inverter drives and direct-on-line (DOL) starting controls, are helping EN-FAB, Inc., of Houston in Texas.
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WEG252
13 January 2010
The newest – and probably the largest - floating platform unit (FPU) to be deployed by Brazilian oil major, Petrobras, in the Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil relies heavily on WEG HV electric motors, inverters and generators for its continuous reliable operation in the worst of environmental conditions.
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WEG267
13 January 2010
Scottish Water is benefiting from improved reliability on the operation of three large sludge pumps at its Laighpark waste water facility, since replacing the ageing DC pump drive motors with matched W21 high efficiency AC motors and CFW-09 drives from WEG.
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WEG262
13 January 2010
WEG, a leading global supplier of motors, drives, controls, transformers, and generators, has introduced its CFW-08 Multi-pump AC drive, a new system that saves energy in pumping systems, by allowing the control of up to four pumps from one variable frequency drive (VFD).
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WEG261
13 January 2010
Combining state-of-the-art technology in manufacturing equipment for the castings industry with WEG Wmagnet motors has resulted in “The highest efficiency in the market,” according to Enrique González, a Director of Mecaltec.
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WEG266
13 January 2010
From a rollercoaster to water pumps and compressors; WEG motors, inverters and soft starters are providing safe and efficient operation of all types of equipment at Beto Carrero World; the largest theme park in Latin America
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WEG255
13 January 2010
WEG’s new SRW01 smart relay is a state-of-the-art low voltage, electric motor management system designed to provide greater protection and quick and easy fault identification on motor control centres (MCC) that have networking communication capabilities.
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WEG253
13 January 2010
WEG is providing greater protection for inverter drive applications in food, beverage, and chemical industries, with the launch of its new IP56-rated, CFW-08 ‘Wash’ frequency inverter.
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WEG254
12 January 2010
WEG has extended the application range of its benchmark CFW-11 variable frequency inverter, with an IP54 variant of the highly successful plug-and-play drive.
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WEG249
24 August 2009
A 6,865KW WEG electric motor is being used to drive the world’s largest industrial shredder - capable of reducing 450 end-of-life vehicles into tiny pieces every hour
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WEG254
23 June 2009
WEG EXTENDS OPERATING RANGE OF BENCHMARK CFW-11 PLUG-AND- PLAY INVERTER WITH IP54 VERSION FOR DUSTY & WET ENVIRONMENTS
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WEG265
22 June 2009
NEW MANDATORY EFFICIENCY LEVELS FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS WILL DRIVE DOWN CARBON EMISSIONS
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WEG252
21 June 2009
WEG Motors, Generators and Panels Provide Power & Control on PETROBRAS P-53, one of the world's largest floating oil platforms.
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WEG130
20 February 2008
WEG AC induction motors, inverter drives, soft starters and transformers are playing a major role in a drilling machinery package that is helping to construct the world’s longest railway tunnel in the Swiss Alps.
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WEG248
19 February 2009
Cost saving and increased efficiency have driven the selection of WEG MV motors at Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal fired power station in the UK.
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