WEIRBULLETIN | FEBRUARY 2012 04 IN THIS ISSUE
Welcome From Keith Cochrane, Chief Executive
04 Acquisition Update Weir welcomes Seaboard International
Novatech slots into place at Weir
08 Weir People Q&A – Lindsay Dixon, Group Financial Controller
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10 Safety Need to know: Weir EHS system
Safe acts audits behind improvement in Fort Worth safety performance Mill rescue drills
12 Weir People Q&A – Luke Logan, Divisional Engineering Director, Power & Industrial
15 Collaboration Weir Power & Industrial plays its part in early project completion
Oil & Gas Forum goes on the road Collaboration attracts magnetic pumps to South African market
19 Global Capability Good progress at Weir’s Chinese oil & gas joint venture
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Control valves: two years of rapid growth Weir Minerals Mexico opens hose shop Weir Gabbioneta looks East, as it focuses on value engineering
22 Innovation New pump range at Weir Gabbioneta
Going for gold with premium pump liner Linatex illuminates its customers
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Excellent Engineering Solutions
WEIRBULLETIN | FEBRUARY 2012 The Magazine for The Weir Group PLC
WARMAN is a registered trademark of both Weir Minerals Australia Ltd and Weir Group African IP Ltd; CAVEX, HAZLETON and MULTIFLO are registered trademarks of Weir Minerals Australia Ltd; VULCO is a registered trademark of Vulco S.A.; GEHO and BEGEMANN are registered trademarks of Weir Minerals Netherlands b.v.; ISOGATE and HERO are registered trademarks of Weir do Brasil Ltda; FLOWAY is a registered trademark of Weir Floway, Inc.; LEWIS PUMPS is a registered trademark of Envirotech PumpSystems, Inc.; LINATEX is a registered trademark of Linatex, Ltd; ATWOOD & MORRILL and TRICENTRIC are registered trademarks of Weir Valves & Controls (US) Inc.; BATLEY VALVE, MAC VALVES, BLAKE- BOROUGH and HOPKINSONS are registered trademarks of Weir Valves & Controls (UK) Ltd; SARASIN-RSBD, SEBIM and STARFLOW are trademarks of Weir Power & Industrial France SAS; ROTO-JET is a registered trademark of Envirotech PumpSystems, Inc.; SPM is a registered trademark of SPM Flow Control Inc.; WEIR and ALLEN STEAM TURBINE are registered trademarks of Weir Engineering Services Ltd.; DESTINY is a trademark of S.P.M. Flow Control, Inc.; AMERICAN HYDRO is a trademark of Weir American Hydro, Inc.; GABBIONETA is a trademark of Weir Gabbioneta S.r.L.; BDK is a trademark of Weir India (Pvt) Ltd.
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