Westinghouse gets Aggressive, CIA school

Westinghouse has announced the
acquisition of Carolina Energy Solutions
(CES) and an extention to its agreement with control system provider
Emerson. CES supplies welding and machining services for a wide range
of energy industries and its acquisition also brings affiliates
Aggressive Equipment and the Construction Institute of America (CIA).
All three entities are to be brought into Westinghouse's existing WEC
Welding and Machining business. Jimmy Morgan, the business's President
said the acquisition "positions the company to continue supporting the
operating nuclear fleet, while ramping up resources to meet the demands
of new nuclear construcion." A Westinghouse statement highlighted the
"strategically important" addition of the CIA Welding School, which
produces 120-150 apprentice welders per year. Westinghouse's other
news, a ten-year contract extension with Emerson should see that
company's Ovation control and information system used in forthcoming
AP1000 nuclear power plant sales. The two companies have had a close
relationship since Emerson bought Westinghouse's non-nuclear
instrumentation and control business in 1998. Westinghouse is
contracted to provide four AP1000s in China and involved in projects
aiming to build 12 more in the USA.

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