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Barberton operation now Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc.
By Jim Mackinnon
Beacon Journal business writer
Published on Thursday, Nov 29, 2007
The Barberton company that makes massive coal-fired boilers and pollution-control equipment for electric utilities the world over has a new, but still very familiar, name as part of a larger corporate restructuring and re-branding.
Say hello to Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc., still headquartered at its familiar place in Barberton.
And say hello to corporate parent the Babcock & Wilcox Co., formerly the Babcock & Wilcox Cos., which is headquartered in Lynchburg, Va., but used to be in Barberton. With the new corporate name also comes a new corporate logo.
B&W announced this week it is realigning its operations and renaming subsidiaries as part of a process that started in 2006. The changes better reflect what is going on with B&W's customers, the company said.
The changes also reflect the growing resurgence in interest in nuclear power plants.
The operational changes and new subsidiary names will not affect employment in Barberton or the other B&W facilities, a company spokeswoman said.
B&W basically is fine-tuning its fossil-fuel operations and creating a Virginia-based nuclear power subsidiary called Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group Inc.
Another subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Technical Services Group Inc. in Lynchburg, Va., will focus on providing services for government and industry customers.
Barberton-based Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, also known as B&W PGG, will focus on steam-generating equipment and pollution controls for coal-fired utilities, as well as providing coal utility service. It has about 1,450 employees in Barberton and Copley, and about 10,000 people worldwide. Brandon C. Bethards is the Barberton subsidiary's president and chief operating officer.
Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group has a plant on Stirling Avenue in Barberton that employs about 500 hourly and salaried people. The nuclear operations group also has a newly purchased facility in Euclid that employs 250.
B&W in 2006 announced it was going to recombine with spinoff company BWX Technologies, which focused on nuclear power technology, and relocate corporate headquarters to Lynchburg.
Jim Mackinnon can be reached at 330-996-3544 or jmackinnon@thebeaconjournal.com.
The Barberton company that makes massive coal-fired boilers and pollution-control equipment for electric utilities the world over has a new, but still very familiar, name as part of a larger corporate restructuring and re-branding.
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