Dresser-Rand Group Inc. opened its new Gas Engine Technology Center (GETC) in Fort Collins, Colo. The new center focuses on technologies for reducing emissions and improving automation and reliability among reciprocating engines used in natural gas production and transmission.
Administered by the company’s Enginuity business unit, the GETC comprises an engineering and development staff, state-of-the-art catalyst management and support facility, aftermarket support operation, and expanded warehouse capacity.
“The world is waking up to the fact,” said Chad Fletcher, general manager, “that reducing emissions such as hazardous air pollutants and greenhouse gas, as well as improving efficiency of machinery and equipment, are simply the right things to do.”
Dresser-Rand not only addresses such issues with its controls, automation equipment, and aftermarket services, but also with the design and construction of its new facility. Low volatile organic compound carpeting, energy-saving lighting, and use of recycled materials throughout the center exceed local and national standards.
Dresser-Rand has long been known for its focus on high levels of client service and a consultative approach to meeting client needs. The company also has led the industry in delivering leading emission reduction technologies that recently have achieved recognition for advanced automation and reliability. It is among the largest suppliers of rotating equipment solutions to the worldwide oil, gas, petrochemical, and process industries.
The company operates manufacturing facilities in the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, India and China, and maintains a network of 35 service and support centers covering more than 140 countries. In 2008, Dresser-Rand acquired the assets of Enginuity LLC, a private, U.S.-based company specializing in reducing exhaust emissions and improving operations through combustion, catalytic and automation based technologies. Following the acquisition, Dresser-Rand formed a new business unit – Enginuity – where staff members focus on bringing energy and the environment into harmony when meeting client needs.