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State of West Virginia Agrees to Provide $10 Million for Development of Babcock & Wilcox BrightLoop™ Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Project
11 Dec 2024
B&W's subsidiary has signed an agreement for funding of up to $10 million from the West Virginia Department of Economic Development for the development of a BrightLoop™ hydrogen production and carbon capture facility in Mason County, W. Va.
Babcock & Wilcox Announces Leadership Appointments
03 Dec 2024
B&W announced leadership changes that will become effective January 1, 2025. Lou Salamone to retire as Chief Financial Officer; Cameron Frymyer named Chief Financial Officer; Chris Riker named Chi
Babcock & Wilcox Receives Full Notice to Proceed on $246 Million Contract for Indiana Power Plant Coal-to-Gas Fuel-Switching Project
14 Nov 2024
Babcock & Wilcox announced today that its B&W Thermal business segment has received full notice to proceed under an agreement for a coal-to-natural gas conversion project at AES Indiana’s Pete
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Babcock & Wilcox Awarded Contract to Evaluate Carbon Capture System for Sweden Waste-to-Energy Plant
11 Nov 2024
Babcock & Wilcox Announces Closing of Previously Announced Sale of its Italian and Swedish Businesses
31 Oct 2024
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. announced the closing of the previously announced sale of the Italy-based SPIG S.p.A. group of companies and Sweden-based Babcock & Wilcox Vølund AB — formerly known as Götaverken Miljö AB (GMAB).
Babcock & Wilcox Sets Third Quarter 2024 Conference Call and Webcast for Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 5 p.m. ET
30 Oct 2024
Babcock & Wilcox will host a conference call and webcast on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 5 p.m. ET.
Babcock & Wilcox Reaches Agreement to Sell its Italian and Swedish Businesses
10 Oct 2024
B&W announced today it has reached an agreement to sell its Italy-based SPIG S.p.A. group of companies and Sweden-based Babcock & Wilcox Vølund AB formerly known as Götaverken Miljö AB (GMAB).
Babcock & Wilcox Awarded Front-End Engineering and Design Contract for Canada’s First Waste-to-Energy Plant with Carbon Capture and Sequestration
05 Sep 2024
Babcock & Wilcox announced today that it has been awarded a contract to conduct front-end engineering and design (FEED) for Varme Energy Inc.’s planned waste-to-energy with carbon capture and sequestration project in Alberta, Canada.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.