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South Africa’s Cabinet approves new Eskom Board
South Africa: The Cabinet of South Africa has approved a new Board for South African power utility Eskom on a three-year term subject to an annual review.
Megger appoints new Group CEO
Megger has announced that Jim Fairbairn has been appointed as the Group’s Chief Executive Officer.
Eskom Board rotates Group Chief Executive role
South Africa: The Eskom Board has decided to rotate current executives in the role of Interim Group Chief Executive to ensure exposure, and announced the appointment of Sean Maritz, Eskom’s CIO and group executive for information technology, as the Interim Group Chief Executive with immediate effect.
Schneider Electric appoints VP of energy business in U.S. and Canada
Schneider Electric has named Emily Heitman as vice president of the company’s energy businesses in the U.S. and Canada.
Grand Transformers appoints new CEO
Grand Transformers, appointment, CEO, Stephen A. Paul
Large fire erupts from substation in Metro Manila
Fire broke out at a power substation near the central business district in Makati City Saturday afternoon, prompting road closure in the area.
Transformer fire leaves 14,000 without power
A transformer on a power pole caught fire yesterday, cutting electricity to about 14,000 people in the Belmont area. A Western Power spokeswoman said the incident was related to eccesive rain the day before.
A generational change at ebm-papst announced
Gerhard Sturm, the founder and co-owner of ebm-papst Group, a German manufacturer of fans and motors, will transfer his membership in the ebm-papst Group advisory board to his son, Ralf Sturm, on 1 August 2017.
University receives 4 transformers for study purposes
Malaysia: Curtin University in Malaysia has received four German-manufactured three-phase cast-resin transformers for research and teaching purposes, donated by Offshore Industries Sdn. Bhd.
Schneider Electric appoints new Southern Africa Energy VP
Schneider Electric has appointed Taru Madangombe Vice President of Energy in Southern Africa.
6.5 earthquake damages all transformers in Leyte
Philippines, the Visayas: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake that hit the islands of Visayas last week damaged four out of six transformers Ormoc City in Leyte, according to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
Transformer fire damages Georgia Power plant
USA, Georgia: A transformer caught fire on the grounds of Plant Bowen in Georgia, nation’s ninth-largest power plant in net generation of electricity.
Transformer explosion left 140,000 LA customers without power
USA, California: 140,000 customers in the San Fernando Valley lost power after an explosion at a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power plant in Northridge caused a fire that burned for hours.
Huge explosion rocks a substation in Siberia
Russia, Siberia: A huge explosion that rocked the Vostochnaya substation in the city of Tomsk in Siberia left some 150,000 people without electricity for hours.
Schneider Electric appoints new Country President for SA and Yemen
Saudi Arabia, Riyadh: Schneider Electric has appointed Najib Abdulaziz Al-Naim as the Country President for its operations in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Eskom appoints acting Group Chief Executive
South Africa: The Eskom Board announced the appointment of Mr. Johnny Dladla as acting Group Chief Executive with immediate effect.
Eskom Chairman resigns with immediate effect
The Chairman of South Africa’s state-run power utility Eskom, Dr Ben Ngubane, has resigned from his position with immediate effect, reports Reuters.
Virginia Transformer Corp. appoints new President
USA, Virginia: Anoop Nanda has been named president of Virginia Transformer Corp., The U.S. second-largest provider of custom-engineered power electrical transformers.
Eskom former CE Brian Molefe to resume position
South Africa, Johannesburg: Brian Molefe, the former Eskom Chief Executive, is expected to resume his position as head on Monday 15 May 2017, after Eskom decided to revoke its decision to pay him a pension pay-out, reports ESI-Africa.
ACTOM appointed new Group CEO
South Africa: Mervyn Naidoo has been appointed new Group CEO of ACTOM, South Africa’s largest manufacturer and supplier of electrical equipment, including power transformer,
ABB appoints new Presidents for AMEA and Europe regions
ABB has appointed China Managing Director Chun-Yuan Gu as the new President of the Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) region, while Frank Duggan succeeds Bernhard Jucker as President of the Europe region, the company announced in a press release.
Transformer explosions leave 1.5 million people in the dark in Panama
Panama: A power outage in Panama caused by a series of transformer explosions at a generation and distribution station plunged about 1.5 million people into darkness over the weekend.
Bernhard Jucker to retire from executive roles at ABB
ABB announced today that Bernhard Jucker (62), President of the Europe region and long term Member of the Group Executive Committee, has decided to retire from his executive roles effective June 30, 2017, after a distinguished career at ABB spanning more than 35 years.
Siemens changed U.S. leadership
USA, Washington: On 1 January 2017 Judith Marks replaced Eric Spiegel as CEO of Siemens in the U.S., who retired at the end of 2016. Effective the same date, Lisa Davis was appointed Chair and CEO of Siemens Corporation.
