BASF opens new engineering plastics compounding plant in Shanghai
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- BASF opens new engineering plastics compounding plant in Shanghai
- Symposium to focus on opportunities from AMD plant
- Sandvik expands Pune design centre
- South Korea’s years in desert pay off with Mideast orders
- New plant likely to bring Pa. workers: Hagerstown jobs could come…
- Harnessing Methane Cutting Waste Recycling Tiles
BASF opens new engineering plastics compounding plant in Shanghai
chemie.de – May 22, 2007
The new facility came on stream in March 2007 and is a world-scale plant with an annual capacity of 45000 metric tons. According to the company it is one of the most modern compounding plants in the world today with the highest environmental standards and the most efficient production capabilities available.
Symposium to focus on opportunities from AMD plant
Bizjournals.com – May 22, 2007
of Sunnyvale Calif. must decide by July 2009 whether to build the plant in order to qualify for hundreds of millions of dollars in state taxpayer subsidies. Malta is located 10 miles south of Saratoga Springs. The symposium at the Century House on Route 9 is hosted by the. of New York and the Associated General Contractors of America… Speakers are John Frank vice president electronics for M&W Zander in the United States; Todd Helfrich executive director Eastern Contractors Association; Dick Sheehy of CH2MHill. The moderator will be. For more information call 518-452-8611.
Sandvik expands Pune design centre
Hindu Business Line – May 22, 2007
The 130-people strong centre is now geared to design various machines and projects handling coal and iron ore of over 20000 tonnes per hour. Spread over 28500 sq. ft it will enable Sandvik to provide enhanced engineering capacity for bulk handling machines and for plant contracts undertaken in India. Mr Hakan Kingstedt Managing Director & President Sandvik Asia said “The expansion is in line with our strategy to strengthen our Asian platform. The continuous expansion of Sandvik’s engineering capacity and related building infrastructure in India demonstrates the confidence of the company’s global project team in the ability of the Indian subsidiary to consistently deliver high quality engineering solution and services… The 130-people strong centre is now geared to design various machines and projects handling coal and iron ore of over 20000 tonnes per hour. Spread over 28500 sq. ft it will enable Sandvik to provide enhanced engineering capacity for bulk handling machines and for plant contracts undertaken in India. Mr Hakan Kingstedt Managing Director & President Sandvik Asia said “The expansion is in line with our strategy to strengthen our Asian platform. The continuous expansion of Sandvik’s engineering capacity and related building infrastructure in India demonstrates the confidence of the company’s global project team in the ability of the Indian subsidiary to consistently deliver high quality engineering solution and services. ” Sandvik’s Pune centre will cater to higher engineering demand from group companies in Europe and other parts of the world. It is equipped to undertake concept design basic design detail engineering structural calculations and design 3-D modelling electrical engineering and design of control and automation related to machines and projects of bulk materials handling while generating 250000 engineering hours annually.
South Korea’s years in desert pay off with Mideast orders
International Herald Tribune – May 22, 2007
” Hyundai Engineering has been managed by creditors since ctober 2001 after it struggled with losses from unpaid bills for construction of pipelines and other projects in Iraq Libya and elsewhere. Hyundai Heavy “went through a very expensive learning process to get to where we are now” said Han Dong Jin the company's senior executive vice president. “The plant and engineering division is expected to become profitable this year as we are winning more orders from the Middle East. ” Earlier this year the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority chose Doosan Heavy which is based in Changwon South Korea to build two power stations in the port city of Jebel Ali. The contracts valued at $1. 8 billion were the authority's first major awards to a South Korean company. “Definitely they are competitive in terms of both their prices and technology” an authority spokesman Abdullah al-Hajri said.
New plant likely to bring Pa. workers: Hagerstown jobs could come…
Free with registration – Baltimore Sun – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 22, 2007
(22-MAY-07) Baltimore Sun (Baltimore MD). workers: Hagerstown jobs could come later.
Harnessing Methane Cutting Waste Recycling Tiles
New York Times – May 22, 2007
This biomimicry produced Entropy now one of Interface’s hottest patterns. Its randomness allows it to be applied any-which-way and tremendously reduces the amount of finished tiles that must be rejected as “off-quality. ” The nylon cloth facing for Entropy and other patterns is made a few miles from here in another Interface plant at West Point. An engineer there figured out that running the tufting machines with many relatively small creels of fiber rather than fewer large creels would greatly reduce waste “about $180000 worth of first-quality nylon” annually Mr. The rubbery backing for the tiles is applied at the plant here where some of the company’s greatest progress has been made. For example company engineers worked with city engineers to find out how much methane a greenhouse gas was coming out of the LaGrange municipal dump.
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