Industry should improve safety standards covering hazardous waste processing, handling and storage facilities, says a case study from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), released following its investigation of the 2009 explosion and fire at the Veolia ES Technical Solutions LLC facility in West Carrollton, Ohio.
Charlotte-based SPX will enlarge and improve its Waukesha Electric Systems' manufacturing facility in Waukesha, Wis., with an investment of approximately $70 million.
AMT–The Association For Manufacturing Technology has joined forces with the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) to promote the importance of manufacturing and innovation in the U.S. economy.
Atlanta-based Newpoint Thermal LP was awarded a contract from Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, for the supply of fuel gas treatment equipment to the South Mississippi Electric Power Association.
Scientists at Purdue University, West LaFayette, Ind., have improved a strain of yeast that can produce more biofuel from cellulosic plant material by fermenting all five types of the plant's sugars.
GE has signed a contract to supply an ultrapure water system to GlobalFoundries’ new semiconductor manufacturing facility currently under construction at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Saratoga County, N.Y.
