Technical support for plastics processors using fiberglass-reinforced plastics (FRP) is available over the phone and via e-mail thanks to a new service from Ashland Composite Polymers, Dublin, Ohio.
A massive explosion and fire at the CAI/Arnel ink and paint products manufacturing facility occurred because CAI lacked safeguards such as alarms and automatic shutoffs that would have prevented a 10,000-lb mixture of flammable solvents from overheating in the unattended building, said investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.
Cleveland-based Elster Gas North America, part of Elster Group, redesigned the web sites for its advanced metering infrastructure as well as integrated metering and utilization solutions.
An order worth more than $150 million (EUR 100 million) to upgrade the paint shop at BMW’s Spartanburg, S.C. facility was awarded to the Durr Group, Stuttgart, Germany.
A Morganton, N.C.-based automotive upholstery manufacturer, Viscotec Automotive Products succeeded in reducing the time for process heating in its upholstery dye machines by purchasing six Miura LX Series boilers, which can produce steam within five minutes.
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Mokon, a manufacturer of circulating liquid systems, has expanded its distribution globally by naming representative organizations covering China and Korea.
