Trendsetter Engineering appeared on the list of finalists announced on Friday, September 5, 2014 for the Houston Business Journal's Best Places to Work List. The HBJ's Best Places to Work program honors top employers in the Houston area for their employee retention, unique company cultures, benefits and pay. Employees submitted surveys anonymously to a third party, Quantum Workplace. Final rankings will …

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. has been awarded a contract for module hardware design and overall integration of a subsea well-based High-Integrity Pressure Protection System (HIPPS) for ExxonMobil’s Julia field development within the Gulf of Mexico. The Julia field is located in 7,500 feet of water approximately 15 miles from the host platform.  The Julia HIPPS is a pressure protection system designed …

Trendsetter Engineering was awarded a contract by Noble Energy to design, manufacture and test a total of five subsea pipeline end termination (PLET) and inline sled (ILS) structures for their ongoing Gunflint development.  The Gunflint Development is a tieback to the Gulfstar I platform in the Gulf of Mexico. “Trendsetter is excited to expand on our history of supplying innovative …

Trendsetter ranked #88 on the Houston Chronicle’s Chron 100 list. The list consists of the biggest privately held companies headquartered in Houston based on 2013 revenue.  

As part of its long-term strategic vision of growth and innovation, Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. is pleased to announce the promotion of Ron Downing as president.  Downing assumes this responsibility from Mario Lugo who remains Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).  Downing brings with him a wealth of experience in business analysis and management, product development, sales and marketing.  He previously acted as …

The Houston Business Journal ranked Trendsetter #10 on its annual Fast 100 list, a list comprised of the 100 fastest-growing Houston-area private companies. All of the companies listed have conducted business for at least five years and are ranked based on three-year revenue growth.   “It’s an incredible honor to be recognized for our company growth, as well as for …

Trendsetter has been awarded a contract to provide key components of a worldwide response subsea containment system, for Oil Spill Response, Ltd. (OSRL).  OSRL is an industry-owned co-operative and the largest global provider of oil spill response and preparedness services. OSRL is collaborating with the Subsea Well Response Project (SWRP) to make a new integrated intervention system available to the …

Trendsetter successfully completed the design, manufacturing and delivery of four state-of-the-art capping stack toolboxes. The cutting edge well capping equipment is designed so that it can be deployed around the world in the event of a subsea well control incident. It is available to oil and gas companies across the industry, marking a major advancement for international oil spill response …

Trendsetter ranks on both the Houston Chronicle’s Top Workplaces list and the Houston Business Journal’s Best Places to Work list.  Both programs are based on feedback from employee surveys conducted by a third party.                 “We believe our employees are our greatest assets, and we are honored to have received this award.” Mario Lugo, P.E. President & CEO …

Trendsetter was awarded a contract to provide a worldwide response subsea containment system. The project will utilize an innovative flow back and capture solution for subsea well blowouts. This system also minimizes storage and maintenance costs, simplifies and expedites the mobilization and installation effort, and makes the system very modular to accommodate a wide range of water depths and scenarios.