High School Welding Class Receives Flame-Resistant Uniforms
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Sharpe Hydrofoil Mixing Impeller Split-Hub Design Is Strong and Adjustable
SEATTLE, WA — (Marketwired) — 11/11/14 — has introduced a line of that incorporate a split-hub design which is stronger, more adjustable, and easier to install and remove than conventional one-piece or bolted-blade impellers.feature four blades with a narrow, low-pitch section at the tip where the speed is fastest and a wider, higher-pitch section near the hub where it is slower for maximum efficiency. In 24" dia. and larger sizes, the blades are welded directly to a split-hub that ca
Read more ›Liquid Light Voted #1 in Biofuels Digest Hot 40 Rankings
Chosen by Industry as Hottest Small Company in the Advanced Bioeconomy Just Eight Months After Unveiling Technology
Read more ›METHANEX WARNS OF MINI TENDER OFFER
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 11/10/14 — Methanex Corporation (TSX: MX)(NASDAQ: MEOH) – Methanex has been notified of an unsolicited mini-tender offer made by TRC Capital Corporation ("TRC Capital") to purchase up to 1,500,000 of Methanex–s outstanding common shares, or approximately 1.6% of the shares, at a price of CAD 61.15 per share. Methanex cautions shareholders that the mini-tender offer has been made at a price that is below the market price, representing
Read more ›Geismar Ethylene Outage Costs Williams Partners $200 Million in Third-Quarter 2014, an Industrial Info News Alert
SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwired) — 11/10/14 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Williams Partners (NYSE:WPZ) (Tulsa, Oklahoma) reported lower results for third-quarter 2014 during an earnings conference call on October 30. The company reported net income of $217 million, compared with $284 million in the same period last year. Williams said it had expected the lower earnings, which it attributed to the ongoing shutdown at its plants in Geismar, Louisiana, and a he
Read more ›BASF and Volkswagen Present Science Award Electrochemistry to Vanessa Wood, Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
STANFORD, CA and FLORHAM PARK, NJ — (Marketwired) — 11/07/14 –Award Honors Outstanding Research Results in the Area of Lithium-Ion BatteriesAward Ceremony at Stanford University, California, by Chairmen of the Companies BASF and Volkswagen, Dr. Kurt Bock and Prof. Dr. Martin WinterkornThe international "Science Award Electrochemistry" from Volkswagen and BASF was awared to Vanessa Wood, Ph.D., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Department of Information Technology and El
Read more ›Westlake Chemical Sees Results From Expansions, Upgrades in Third-Quarter 2014, Expects up to $2 Billion in Spending, an Industrial Info News Alert
SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwired) — 11/07/14 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Westlake Chemical Corporation (NYSE:WLK) (Houston, Texas) executives say they–ve begun to see results from the –s recent expansions and upgrades. The company has embarked on a series of capital and strategic investments from 2013 through 2015, totaling $1.8 billion to $2 billion, according to a recent presentation at the Credit Suisse Basic Materials Conference. Industrial Info is tra
Read more ›Top Industrial Market News Stories for the First Week of November 2014, an Industrial Info News Alert
SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwired) — 11/07/14 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Here are Industrial Info–s most-read stories from the past week. Browse other breaking industrial news stories at .Virdia, which recently was acquired by Stora Enso, has announced plans to build a $43 million pilot facility in Raceland, Louisiana. The plant will use patented technology to convert cellulose in biomass into a high-purity, five-carbon called xylose.While the region has
Read more ›Alliance Media Group Holdings, Inc Announces New Name for Its New Direction — Alliance BioEnergy +
WEST PALM BEACH, FL — (Marketwired) — 11/06/14 — . announced today that it filed a Pre 14C proxy statement to change the Company name to Alliance BioEnergy +, Inc., in order better reflect the Company–s new direction. With a majority of shareholders already on board the new name should take effect in early December 2014.One of the new initiatives in the works is the Company–s Research Institute to be helmed by CTS inventor Dr. Richard Blair. Currently being designed in Orlando, Florida th
Read more ›Maduro Government Affirms Expropriation of Clorox de Venezuela; Venezuela Asset Sale Process Ends
OAKLAND, CA — (Marketwired) — 11/06/14 — The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) today reported that the Venezuelan government published a resolution this week granting a government-sponsored Special Administrative Board full authority to restart and operate the business of Corporación Clorox de Venezuela S.A. (Clorox Venezuela), thereby reaffirming the government–s expropriation of Clorox Venezuela assets. Further, this week, President Nicolás Maduro announced the government–s intent
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