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Grundfos opens virtual office Grundfos is to open a new virtual office in online 3D virtual world, Second Life. ”New ideas, the chance to invite users to take part, dialogue across national borders, innovation power and a large amount of curiosity are the reasons why Grundfos is going to open a new and completely different island in Second Life, ” said Thomas
Koldbæk from Grundfos eBusines, explaining the move, which makes Grundfos probably the first pump company to own a part of the virtual world. ”We want to examine all the possibilities of the computer made worlds,” he explained. “The natural thing for us is focus on sustainable development, and therefore
we have built our island with environmental issues and energy consumption as main topics. We want as much interaction as possible. In several places visitors are invited to support projects that, on a long view, will result in initiatives in the real world.” “For instance, users of Second Life are invited to buy virtual SQ Flex installations and thereby
contribute to donating a real SQ Flex installation for a water supply project in Africa in the real world.” “Our island in Second Life is a member of the Green Island Project which means that it – or the server that our island runs on are powered on sustainable and renewable energy (solar and wind energy),” Koldbæk told World Pumps.
Aker Kvaerner acquires drilling technology Aker Kvaerner has signed an agreement for acquisition of 50% of the shares in the German company Wirth Maschinen- und BohrgeräteFabrik GmbH with an option to buy the remaining shares within the next years. Wirth is a supplier of drilling equipment such as mud pumps,
drawworks and components for top drives. In addition the company provides tunnel and foundation boring machines for infrastructure projects and products for the mining and processing industries. Wirth has been a key supplier for the Aker Kvaerner subsidiary Aker Kvaerner MH for more than
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20 years and Wirth’s products have been included in many of the complete drilling packages recently awarded to Aker Kvaerner MH. “Wirth technology complements Aker Kvaerner’s technology portfolio and enables us to offer our own complete drilling packages. It also provides an
excellent foundation for further technology development,” says Mads Andersen, executive vice president in Aker Kvaerner. Wirth is a privately held company headquartered in Erkelenz, Germany, and currently employs 480 people. The company’s revenue in 2006 was 140 million.
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Grundfos opens virtual office Grundfos is to open a new virtual office in online 3D virtual world, Second Life. ”New ideas, the chance to invite users to take part, dialogue across national borders, innovation power and a large amount of curiosity are the reasons why Grundfos is going to open a new and completely different island in Second Life, ” said Thomas
Koldbæk from Grundfos eBusines, explaining the move, which makes Grundfos probably the first pump company to own a part of the virtual world. ”We want to examine all the possibilities of the computer made worlds,” he explained. “The natural thing for us is focus on sustainable development, and therefore
we have built our island with environmental issues and energy consumption as main topics. We want as much interaction as possible. In several places visitors are invited to support projects that, on a long view, will result in initiatives in the real world.” “For instance, users of Second Life are invited to buy virtual SQ Flex installations and thereby
contribute to donating a real SQ Flex installation for a water supply project in Africa in the real world.” “Our island in Second Life is a member of the Green Island Project which means that it – or the server that our island runs on are powered on sustainable and renewable energy (solar and wind energy),” Koldbæk told World Pumps.
Aker Kvaerner acquires drilling technology Aker Kvaerner has signed an agreement for acquisition of 50% of the shares in the German company Wirth Maschinen- und BohrgeräteFabrik GmbH with an option to buy the remaining shares within the next years. Wirth is a supplier of drilling equipment such as mud pumps,
drawworks and components for top drives. In addition the company provides tunnel and foundation boring machines for infrastructure projects and products for the mining and processing industries. Wirth has been a key supplier for the Aker Kvaerner subsidiary Aker Kvaerner MH for more than
WORLD PUMPS November 2007
20 years and Wirth’s products have been included in many of the complete drilling packages recently awarded to Aker Kvaerner MH. “Wirth technology complements Aker Kvaerner’s technology portfolio and enables us to offer our own complete drilling packages. It also provides an
excellent foundation for further technology development,” says Mads Andersen, executive vice president in Aker Kvaerner. Wirth is a privately held company headquartered in Erkelenz, Germany, and currently employs 480 people. The company’s revenue in 2006 was 140 million.
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