TPT May 2010

French automaker awards a major contract for TruDisk disk lasers OVER the next two years, PSA Peugeot Citroën will be equipping its production sites with additional, next-generation TruDisk disk lasers, according to a agreement announced recently with Trumpf. The French automaker has asked Trumpf to supply the company with disk lasers in a range of output levels and beam qualities from its TruDisk series. PSA will now have a quantity of TruDisk lasers that number in the double digits for welding and soldering body components on its various models of cars. PSA has used disk lasers for many years for the welding and soldering involved inautobody construction.Thecompanyawarded the order based on TruDisk’s low operating and investment costs and its high degree of availability in production. Trumpf – USA Website: www.us.trumpf.com Shell and the Technip- Samsung consortium SHELL has signed two contracts with the Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries consortium for the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) project off the coast of Western Australia. These contracts formalise the announcement made by Shell in October 2009 that Prelude is in the engineering and design phase of development. The first contract covers the front-end engineering design (FEED) elements specific to the Prelude project, taking into account the composition of the gas, local weather conditions and other site-specific factors. The second contract details the terms under which the floating LNG facility would be built, if the final investment decision for the Prelude project is made. Planning for Prelude is progressing well and the signing of the deal follows a July 2009 master agreement between Shell and the Technip-Samsung consortium to work on the design, construction and installation of multiple floating LNG facilities over a period of up to 15 years. The floating design will allow Shell to place gas liquefaction facilities directly over offshore gas fields, precluding the need for long-distance pipelines and extensive onshore infrastructure. This provides a commercially attractive approach for developing offshore fields. Technip – USA Email: kstewart@technip.com Website: www.technip.com take next step on Prelude floating LNG facility

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