Honeywell and Texas-based CPS Energy have kicked off a two-year program that seeks to help local business facilities manage their electricity costs by implementing smart grid technology. CPS Energy will also leverage Honeywell’s automated demand response tools and services for the municipal utility to maintain the stability of Texas’ power grid during peak usage times, Honeywell said […] More

Matthew Rose will join Fluor Corp.’s board of directors on April 30, when the company will look to his gain from his experience in transportation, logistics and at the “vital intersection” of governmental policy and business development, chairman and CEO David Seaton said Tuesday. “Matt“™s perspectives, gained from his leadership of BNSF Railway, are a […] More

Nathan Manning has joined Eaton‘s aerospace group as vice president and general manager of the fluid and electrical distribution division. Manning will be based in Fort Worth, Texas and will report directly to Aerospace Group President Uday Yadav, the company announced Tuesday. Manning joins the company from serving as the president and CEO of Shanghai, China-based […] More

Stephanie Payne has been appointed to serve as the director of human resources for the aerospace group at Eaton. Payne will report directly to Nate Manning, vice president and general manager of Eaton’s fluid and electrical distribution division, the company announced Tuesday. “Stephanie’s experience in compensation, employee relations and recruitment combined with her human resources generalist background make […] More

Benjamin Yiu has been appointed general manager of Asia-Pacific operations for the aerospace group at Eaton, where he will handle all the company’s business activities in the region. He will based in Shanghai, China and report directly to Uday Yadava, Eaton aerospace group president, the company announced Friday. Yiu was most recently the mobile business […] More

Deborah Doyle McWhinney, former CEO of CitiGroup‘s global enterprise payments business, has joined Fluor Corp.’s board of directors, Fluor said Thursday. Prior to Citi, McWhinney was president of Schwab Institutional, a division of Charles Schwab, Inc. where she was responsible for the global risk committee. “The perspectives we will gain from her experience in banking, finance and government […] More

Aerospace facilities owned and operated by Eaton in Toccoa, Ga. and Jackson, Mich. were selected to receive supplier performance awards from the Defense Logistics Agency‘s land and maritime division. Both facilities received bronze awards after garnering 12-month scores of 98 and 98.9 percent, respectively, from DLA’s Automated Best Value Supplier evaluation system, Eaton announced Thursday. Eaton’s […] More

Astronics Corp.“™s AeroSat subsidiary has introduced a satellite broadband service that uses Harris CapRock“™s technologies in a move aimed to fulfill communication requirements of customers that carry out VVIP flights. The FliteStream VVIP service features AeroSat“™s Ku-band antenna technology and includes a installation design and supplemental-type certificate data package, Astronics said Oct. 22. Tom Eaton, president of […] More

Glenn Gilkey, senior vice president for human resources and administration at Fluor Corp., has been appointed chairman of industry consortium Construction Industry Institute for 2013. Fluor said Gilkey becomes the first company executive to chair the CII, which is comprised of 100 owner, engineering-contractor and supplier companies from both the public and private arenas. “Glenn […] More

Fluor Corp. CEO David Seaton has said that shale gas and its derivatives will revive the manufacturing industry in the U.S., according to a Bloomberg article. In an interview in Dubai November 30, Seaton said the US is the only developed country that can “really grow” shale gas. In fact, Seaton said there is a […] More

James Scotti, Fluor Corp.’s senior vice president and chief procurement officer, was inducted into the National Academy of Construction at the organization’s annual meeting. The company said Scotti is the first procurement executive in the construction industry to be inducted. Currently, Scotti oversees procurement, contract management, material management, sourcing, supplier quality, travel services, logistics and […] More

  Harris“™ CapRock Communications has won a five-year contract with Farstad Shipping to deliver turnkey Very Small Aperture Terminal communications to its fleet of 53 vessels. Harris will deploy end-to-end VSAT communications via a Time Division Multiple Access network to enable corporate networking, Internet access, crew calling solutions and email service. “Harris CapRock Communications and […] More