Industry News
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Explosion at Canola Crushing Plant
An explosion and fire at the Louis Dreyfus canola crushing plant in Yorkton, Saskatchewan caused extensive damage and injured one Friday morning. The fire occurred in a meal pellet storage area and not the main building of the canola-crushing plant. The employee was taken to the hospital with what...
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Dow Chemical Sales, Profit Soar
The Dow Chemical Co. reported sales of $14.4 billion, up 5 percent versus the year-ago period. Gains were driven by price increases associated with tightening demand conditions in key regions, with increased sales reported in most operating segments. Sales gains were led by Performance Plastics (up...
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Spiroflow Systems Expands Robotic Automation, Engineering Teams
Spiroflow Systems Inc. has announced key additions to its organization: Mark Langenfeld has joined the company’s robotics automation team; David Moses and Christopher Sales have joined the engineering team as project design engineers. Langenfeld has provided customers with cost effective...
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Malvern Instrument’s Hessemann Honored
For Malvern Instruments marketing manager Renate Hessemann, this year’s Powtech exhibition in Nürnberg, Germany was her last as a member of the Powtech advisory committee on which she has served for almost 20 years. In recognition of this long commitment, she was presented with a special...
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“Think Outside the Bag” Contest Announced
The Plastics Industry Trade Association and JASON Learning launched the 2014 “Think Outside the Bag!” plastic film recycling contest. Sponsored by SPI’s Flexible Film and Bag Division (FFBD), with support from plastic bag manufacturer and recycler Hilex Poly, and JASON Learning, a...
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Aerodyne Announces New Dust Testing Options
Aerodyne Environmental, a manufacturer of industrial cyclonic dust collectors and dust collection valves, is offering a new service that will help manufacturing companies determine how to solve dust collection problems. Aerodyne now offers factory dust testing options for customers in order to...
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Clariant Launches Innovation Center in India
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has inaugurated its first Regional Innovation Center in India (RIC India). Located in Navi Mumbai, the new facility will host approximately 100 technical employees in chemical research and application development in the near future. Research efforts...
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Chemineer Receives 3A Certification for Static Mixers
Chemineer has received 3A certification for Kenics sanitary static mixers. The static mixers feature an alternating helical element string that creates flow division and efficient radial mixing. They provide in-line, continuous mixing and processing with no moving parts, no maintenance, and no...
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U.S. Demand for Rigid Bulk Packaging to Reach $7.3 Billion in 2018
Demand for rigid bulk packaging is projected to increase 4.0 percent per year to $7.3 billion in 2018. Growth will represent an improvement from the performance of the 2008-2013 period as manufacturing output and construction activity recover further from post-recession troughs. The resurgence...
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Conveying Equipment Orders Soar
The Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Association (CEMA) reports that its August 2014 booked orders increased 27.5% when compared to August 2013 orders. When compared to July 2014 booked orders, August 2014 booked orders were up 49.5%. August booked orders were down 6.2% for Bulk Handling...
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