Young Named VP Production Ops at Austal USA
Austal USA promoted Chris Young to Vice President of Production Operations. Young, formerly Senior Director of Production, is a 26-year veteran of Austal with 19 of those years spent at Austal USA’s new construction manufacturing facilities in Mobile. Young’s tenure with Austal began immediately following school in Perth, Australia, when he joined the company as a structural engineering apprentice. Young was soon asked to travel to the US to join the Austal USA team as it stood up operations in Mobile, Ala. After a brief return to Australia, Young came back to Mobile in 2004 to assist
350 New Jobs: Haizea Bilbao to Supply Monopiles for UK's East Anglia Three Offshore Wind Farm
facilities in the Port of Bilbao. Also on Wednesday, the Basque First Minister Iñigo Urkullu, the Chairman of Haizea Wind Group Dámaso Quintana, and the Chairman of Iberdrola Ignacio Sánchez Galán, together with other authorities, laid the first stone of the new manufacturing facilities, which will require an investment of more than €150 million.Currently, Haizea Bilbao has 48,800 square meters and employs 500 workers. After signing this latest contract with Iberdrola, Haizea Bilbao’s plant will now be enlarged to over 200,000 m2. This expansion has meant
Siemens Gamesa, GRI Renewables Invest in NE England Offshore Wind Production
Siemens Gamesa and GRI Renewables Industries will invest more than $360 million into offshore wind manufacturing facilities in northeast England.Siemens Gamesa will invest a total of $258m to expand its blade manufacturing site located near Hull - Britain's largest offshore wind manufacturing facility - readying it for the next generation of offshore wind turbines and blades greater than 100 metres, the government said.Siemens Gamesa will add 200 workers to the 1,000 it already employs in the factory, the company said in a separate statement.GRI Renewable Industries will spend more than $100m to
Port of Portland Aims to Add Jobs
business park targeting employers who provide quality jobs. The Specht/Colas team, which includes Jones Lange Lasalle as the real estate broker, will partner with the port and city of Gresham on marketing and economic development. The project expects to develop multiple build-to-suit manufacturing facilities, which are buildings specifically constructed to meet the design needs and specifications of one particular user.Specht Development Inc. is a Portland-based developer founded in 1992 with experience in all aspects of real estate: as advisor, buyer, seller, partner and developer. The company
Hunting Slashes 25% of Workforce
had 2,956 employees across its global operations at the end of last year, said it would cut 739 jobs by the end of the month.Hunting, which manufactures a wide range of tools and solutions used in oil and gas exploration, said it would close three distribution centres in North America and two manufacturing facilities in Oklahoma City and Texas."Our business is likely to continue to see volatile trading throughout Q3 2020, but the group's cost base has now been recalibrated to current market conditions," Chief Executive Jim Johnson said.Sales at the company's biggest unit Hunting Titan
The Emerging U.S. Offshore Wind Industry in a Post-COVID-19 World
American Wind Energy Association predicts that the offshore wind projects could create up to 83,000 jobs and $25 billion in annual economic output by 2030. Already, the AWEA reports, companies have announced well over a billion dollars in port-related infrastructure, transmission infrastructure, manufacturing facilities and supply chain development.Meanwhile, in other parts of the world, offshore wind development and infrastructure is already well developed, particularly in places like northern Europe where the first offshore wind farm was erected in 1991. Unsurprisingly, many companies from those markets
Brunswick Celebrates 10-year Safety Milestone
of our employees is paramount as we strive every day to promote safety awareness and eliminate risks." BCGP was also recently presented the Sustained Safety Performance Award from its parent company - the Brunswick Corporation. This special designation is an acknowledgement of manufacturing facilities with outstanding safety records, where the highest levels of safety performance are consistently achieved over extended periods of time
Inland Marine Service Appoints New Leadership
relations needs. Luna has 20 years of experience in employee management, human resources, event planning, marketing, and sales. She was most recently Human Resource Specialist for Toyota, where she was responsible for recruitment, performance management, payroll and benefits in nine separate manufacturing facilities. Garza will be based out of the Houston office and will be responsible for oversight of the tankering division, regulating safety and compliance. With almost two decades of experience in the maritime industry, Garza was most recently Barge Operations Manager/Tankerman Service for
Hydro Group Plans for Asia Pacific Growth
activities in the region. “These new agreements allow us to increase efficiency and ensure regular interaction with customers across the region. We look forward to working with our new Business Partners and fulfilling increasing demand for our products.” From its manufacturing facilities in Scotland, Hydro Group develops the complete subsea electrical and optical interconnect package, built to withstand harsh environmental conditions. Hydro Group employs more than 100 full time staff worldwide and operates on a global platform providing total solutions to
Twin Disc Slashing Costs under Market Pressure
a further $6 million of annual savings announced in the fiscal 2015 fourth quarter. The company’s current plan includes reducing base salaries for corporate officers, as well as base salaries and wages of salaried and hourly employees at the company's headquarters and domestic manufacturing facilities. The plan will also see the elimination of 15 salaried positions and temporary layoffs at its Racine operation, plus reduced marketing, travel and professional service expenses. Twin Disc President and CEO John H. Batten said, “As we discussed over the past two
ABB Strengthens Commitment to India’s economic development
while maintaining the highest quality standards. Continued significant investments in India ABB India employs more than 9,000 people, generated revenues of more than USD 1.3 billion in 2014 and invests around USD 100 million per year. ABB India today has 12 manufacturing facilities and 22 branch offices nationwide. These facilities serve the Indian market and export to countries all over the world. ABB manufactures more than 100 products in India, and has several centers of excellence devoted to developing solutions with global applications in both power and industrial
Houston May Outgrow its Skilled Labor Supply
. Tudor Pickering Holt, an investment bank, has tallied up $40 billion that companies from Dow Chemical to Exxon Mobil have said they will invest in Gulf Coast petrochemical projects over the next several years. The American Chemistry Council says $113 billion is planned nationwide for new manufacturing facilities in the next decade. "Everybody is trying to do these expansions at the same time," said John Poisson of the Accenture consultancy's chemicals group. That means "acute near-term need when everybody wants to access the construction skills, the supply-chain skills, on the
UK's Oil Services Firms to Cut Jobs to Ride Out Price Slump
provides well maintenance equipment, have over the past year announced a number of measures. Weir said in February that it would let go of around 650 people, or about 22 percent of its North American workforce in its oil and gas division and also said it would consolidate five smaller manufacturing facilities to save cash. Hunting has slashed about 20 percent jobs since the beginning of the year. (By Esha Vaish and Aashika Jain; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila
Rolls-Royce Marine Unit to Cut 600 Jobs
from $115 a barrel to $45 a barrel between June 2014 and January this year as supply swamped the global market. It was trading at around $67 a barrel on Monday, well below its 2011-14 average of around $108. Half of the 600 jobs cuts would be in Norway, where the Marine unit's main manufacturing facilities are located, with the other half at the company's other global locations, Rolls-Royce said. Following a troubled year, Rolls-Royce announced in April that Chief Executive John Rishton was stepping down, to be replaced from July by Warren East, the former chief executive of chip
PSG Names Paulson VP of Human Resources
, a Dover Company. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of the execution of the company’s global strategic plan related to each of the three business unit’s growth strategies. While at Waukesha Bearings, he led the Human Resources functions for all of the U.S.-based manufacturing facilities, along with the international manufacturing locations in the U.K., China and Latin America as well as sales and engineering offices in the UK, India and Russia. Prior to that, Paulson was the Global Human Resources leader at Danaher Corporation and Director of Human Resources and Compensation
