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LeTourneau Technologies a Cameron company. Thats how switchboard operators are answering the phone at LeTourneau for now as its integration into Cameron International (formerly known as Cooper Cameron Corporation) became complete in the fourth quarter of 2011. The sign on the building outside said only Cameron the operator said. The employees have been receiving internal communications on the integration which has been covered by financial and business publications but the company has not yet issued a press release on the final naming. For now LeTourneau is keeping its own Web site with a special banner link to a Web site called www.CameronAcquiresLeTourneauDrilling.com Read More

In reporting a net loss of $6.2 million for the three months ending September 30 2011 compared to net income of $7.1 million for the same three months a year earlier Orion Marine Group Inc. again blamed continued funding inaction by the federal government as dredging projects slowed in a climate of funding uncertainty. The same causes had led to a second-quarter loss of $3.2 million for Orion as it shed about 300 people from its workforce. Read More

Almost 40 percent of the attendees at Europort are directly involved in the dredging industry and these attendees represent countries that we do not reach with the other shows. In addition to Europe the conference is attended by potential customers from Africa the Middle East and the Far East to name a few. Read More

Rio de la Plata the mammoth sea-like estuary whose shores are home to Argentine capital Buenos Aires and the Uruguayan capital Montevideo is fed by two main tributaries: the Paran River which runs northward through Argentina and eventually becomes its border with Paraguay; and the Uruguay River which curves to the northeast creating borders between Uruguay Argentina and Brazil. Its no humble ambition: to make the Rio de la Plata river system become to South America what the Mississippi is to North America. But first the countries that border it must move past a decade of political stalemate and get on with the dredging. Read More

Aggregate dredging equipment manufacturers were a small but vital part of last year’s CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE show held March 22 through 26 2011 in Las Vegas. Producers turned out in… Read More

In 2008 Bosch Rexroth began the legal integration of its then-latest purchase the Swedish company Hgglunds Drives. Bosch Rexroth a subsidiary within the German Robert Bosch GmbH is one of the world-leading suppliers within drive and control technology. The Drive and Control Company develops produces and sells Bosch Rexroth components and systems in more than 80 countries. Read More

Weir Minerals Linatex Gallatin Tennessee has announced two new products and a product enhancement - pre-formed hose bends; Wear Indicator System; and cut end hose with enhanced aluminum flanged couplings. Read More

Short news items from Latin America. Read More

In reporting a net loss of $6.2 million for the three months ending September 30 2011 compared to net income of $7.1 million for the same three months a year earlier Orion Marine Group Inc. again blamed continued funding inaction by the federal government as dredging projects slowed in a climate of funding uncertainty. The same causes had led to a second-quarter loss of $3.2 million for Orion as it shed about 300 people from its workforce. Read More

Review of Sandra Brannan's mystery novels set in mines in Colorado and South Dakota. Read More