Weir, Mitsubishi team up on nuclear pumps

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 149 KB
• Volume: 2010
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1359-6128
• DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6128(10)70218-4

✦ Synopsis

T he Weir Group plc and Mitsubishi

Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) are to jointly develop activities in the UK nuclear new build market under the Weir-MHI brand.

MHI will design and manufacture nuclear pumps and pumping equipment for nuclear power plants, while Weir will provide sales support, project management, installation and after-sale services. The agreement will initially focus on the UK nuclear new build market, but may extend to other locations.

Keith Cochrane, chief executive of Weir said: "MHI's considerable experience and technical expertise in the design and manu-