Babcock & Wilcox
![The Babcock & Wilcox nuclear steam generator is seen at the company's plant at Barberton, Ohio prior to shipment via the Penn Central Railroad to a Duke Energy site in Oconee, S.C. This generator can convert more than 10 million pounds of water per hour into steam.](/Images/godic/202412/22/PCPOST_BabcockWilcox_Vessel5041.png")
![Babcock & Wilcox Co. works, Bayonne, New Jersey, circa 1919](/Images/godic/202412/22/Babcock_&_Wilcox_Co_-_Works_-_Bayonne,_New_Jersey_-_circa_19195041.jpeg")
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Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises (NYSE: BW) is an American power generation company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On June 30, 2015, Babcock & Wilcox completed a spinoff from BWX Technologies, its former parent which is now headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia. The two companies began trading separately on July 1.