Puglia regional government approved Nuovo Pignone srl to present a definitive project for an investment of about €19.26 million at its Bari plant, with a regional grant of €6.74 million and four new jobs.
BHGE-Nuovo Pignone won a contract to supply 18 compression trains and power generation equipment to Venture Global LNG for the Calcasieu Pass project in Louisiana, with total liquefaction capacity of 10 million tonnes per year.
The Tuscany regional government and Italy's Ministry of Economic Development signed a EUR 65 million addendum funding Baker Hughes' Galileo R&D program, including a new axial compressor platform for NovaLT gas turbines and digital solutions, carried out through Nuovo Pignone in Tuscany. The signing took place on January 29, 2018 in Florence.
Nuovo Pignone inaugurated a new production line for gas seal panels for centrifugal compressors at its Massa plant in Tuscany. The investment of about EUR 12 million also renovated the site.