http://www.industrialinfo.eu/ 2008 Industrial Info Resources, Inc. 240 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:06:50 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/ http://www.industrialinfo.eu/images/indalert.gif 210 29 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163920 Lubrizol Corporation (NYSE:LZ) (Wickliffe, Ohio) is only a few months from beginning construction on several major investments that will create growth opportunities in multiple regions worldwide. Several years ago, Lubrizol began planning a new plant in China, and earlier this year the company announced those plans were closer to reality. In North America, Lubrizol plans to construct a unit to expand production of its Carbopol polymer product at a plant in Calvert City, Kentucky.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163909 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163881 infrastructure projects are in different stages of progress throughout India, one resounding sentiment that arises from these projects is that India is unable to keep up on two fronts: the speed at which projects need to be completed and the expertise needed to ensure sound quality.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163889 sucralose.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163919 Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) (Dearborn, Michigan) is planning a retooling of the company's sports utility vehicle plant in Louisville, Kentucky. Plans are to retool the existing Explorer SUV assembly plant to begin production of the Ford Escape and the Kuga, a smaller, compact crossover SUV that is currently made in Germany.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163918 Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) (Tulsa, Oklahoma), an integrated natural gas firm, showed strong profits in the second quarter of 2010 as a result of improvements in product margins and prices, despite a dip in natural gas production. Net income for the quarter stood at $185 million, a 30.28% increase from the same period last year.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163910 Xcel Energy (NYSE:XEL) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) reported strong earnings results for the company's second quarter of the 2010 fiscal year. Net income was $140 million, up 20% from the same quarter of the previous year. Xcel President and Chief Operating Officer Benjamin Fowke III discussed progress made during the quarter on some of the company's significant projects. Industrial Info is tracking 58 Xcel projects with combined total investment values of more than $2.4 billion, details of which can be found in our North American Industrial Database.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163874 coal-fired Sandy Creek Energy Station near Riesel, Texas, has reached the halfway mark and is on schedule for completion in mid-2012 completion. Site work for the project began in 2007, while actual plant construction began in the spring of 2008. The pulverized coal-fired project is owned by three companies.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163887 Stora Enso (OTC:SEOAY), compañía sueco-finlandesa manufacturadora de productos forestales, papel y packaging, está planeando interrumpir permanentemente la producción de papel periódico y papel de directorio en la planta Varkaus, Finlandia, durante el mes de septiembre.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163876 paper, packaging and forest company Stora Enso (OTC:SEOAY) (Helsinki, Finland) is planning to cease permanently the production of newsprint and directory paper at the company's mill in Varkaus, Finland, by the end of September.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163880 nuclear power equipment manufacturing. Kakodkar was addressing industry representatives and experts at the third annual session of the Visionary Leaders for Manufacturing Programme, which was conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (New Delhi). In the next 15 years, India's domestic nuclear power equipment demand is expected to reach 35,000 megawatts (MW). Given this background, the scope for domestic and international power equipment manufacturers is tremendous.

Other companies featured: Larsen & Toubro Limited (BSE:500510) Rolls Royce Group plc (LSE:RR), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BSE:500103)]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163875 NMDC Limited (BSE:526371) (Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh), is considering the possibility of acquiring two coking coal mines from Russian coal producer OOO Kolmar (Moscow, Russia) located in the Yakutia region of Siberia. Currently one of the underground mines is operational with a production capacity of 500,000 tons per year, while the other will be made operational. The transaction is expected to cost NMDC about $400 million. Meanwhile, Japanese steel major Kobe Steel Limited (TYO:5406) (Kobe, Japan), is keen to partner NMDC and acquire a majority stake in Australia's Ridley iron ore project, owned by Atlas Iron Limited (ASX:AGO) (West Perth, Australia).]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163898 POSCO (NYSE:PKX) (Pohang, South Korea) to supply onsite nitrogen and hydrogen for POSCO's new steel plant at Vile Baghad in Maharashtra. INOX Air Products, a joint venture of Air Products & Chemicals Incorporated (NYSE:APD) (Allentown, Pennsylvania) and the former owners of the Industrial Oxygen Company, the Jain family, has more than 35 plants in India.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163873 management of NSC's planned grassroot Phu My steel pipe and sheet mill in Vietnam, construction of which is scheduled to commence in October.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163886 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163878 Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) (Manamah, Bahrain) will begin expansion efforts on the GPIC Complex in Sitrah, a reclaimed island belonging to the Kingdom of Bahrain, just south of Manamah.]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163872 National Aluminium Company Limited (BSE:532234) (NALCO) (Bhubaneshwar, Orissa) has decided to relocate a proposed 500,000-ton-per-year aluminum smelter and 1,260-megawatt (MW) captive power plant from the Jharsuguda district in Orissa. The second project, which entails an investment of $3.5 billion, has been facing problems related to water and environmental clearances. NALCO has submitted a request for change of location to the state government.

Other companies featured: Hindalco Industries Limited (BSE: 500440), Vedanta Resources (LSE:VED), Larsen & Toubro Limited (BSE:500510)]]> Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163888 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163821 FOAMGLAS® insulation, a cellular glass product with proven performance, value and versatility that has been used for more than 60 years in a variety of applications. As an industrial insulation product, FOAMGLAS® insulation provides superior protection for process piping, tanks and vessel applications and can be fabricated in different shapes and sizes to protect equipment of any size.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163837 capital and maintenance (MRO) projects during the third quarter of 2010. A recent survey taken from Industrial Info's PECWEB Direct forecasts 156 projects with a cumulative total investment value (TIV) of $5.4 billion are ready to begin construction in the third quarter. The projects are scattered throughout the region, which comprises Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, and carry an average TIV of $35 million.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163834 Constellation Energy Group (NYSE:CEG) (Baltimore, Maryland), the company's chairman, president and CEO Mayo A. Shattuck III expressed concern about the time required for the loan-guarantee application process for nuclear power construction in the United States. Shattuck warned that Constellation was reducing its spend rate on the Calvert Cliffs nuclear addition project in Maryland because of the long wait for a decision regarding a loan guarantee from the federal government.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163822 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163829 Northland Power Incorporated (Toronto, Ontario), has begun construction on the $145 million, 86-megawatt (MW) Tantallon Peaking Power Project, adjacent to the Tantallon Switching Station in the town of Tantallon, Saskatchewan.

Other companies featured: General Electric (NYSE:GE)]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163828 ethanol production capacity. Industry leaders POET LLC (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) and Abengoa Bioenergy Corporation (Chesterfield, Missouri) are leading the charge on commercial-scale plant development.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163838 oil and gas titan ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) (Houston, Texas) reported significant gains for the second quarter of 2010, based in part on improvements in the refining and marketing segment and revenue from a divestment in a large asset. Net income for the quarter stood at $4.16 billion, compared to only $859 million in the same period last year. The company also announced that it has decided to sell a 7.6% interest in integrated oil and gas company LUKOIL (MCX:LKOH) (Moscow, Russia).

Other companies featured: BP plc (NYSE:BP)]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163830 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163816 Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland), is nearing completion of a multi-million expansion at a facility in Hager City, Wisconsin. The company will install a second dryer and a spray-dryer tower, which is an 85-foot structure, and expand the current freezer to double capacity and hold meats from two to four days.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163813 Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen's (Orlen) (Plock, Poland) Plock refinery will have maintenance repairs performed in some processing units during the second quarter of 2012.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163819 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163833 productos forestales, papel, y pulpa, abrió una nueva oficina comercial en Shangai (China) en las primeras semanas del mes de julio. Arauco ha abastecido de pulpa a China por mas de treinta años y posee aproximadamente trescientos clientes en ese país. Alrededor del 40% de las ventas de la compañía son realizadas en el continente asiático.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163824 pulp, paper and forestry products, opened a new commercial office in Shangai, China, in the first part of July. Arauco has been a pulp provider for China for more than 30 years and has approximately 300 customers in the country. About 40% of the company's sales are carried out in Asia.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163814 electricity generation must reach a level of 60,000 megawatts (MW) by 2020. As of December 2009, the country had only 8,634 MW of installed capacity.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163812 Power Generation Company Limited (KPGCL) (Ahmedabad, Gujarat), a subsidiary of Adani Power Limited (BSE:533096) (APL) (Ahmedabad), has invited tenders to undertake the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its proposed 3,330-megawatt (MW) power project at Bhadreshwar, in the Kutch district of Gujarat. The $2.78 billion project will use supercritical power technology. The contract will be awarded on the basis of an international competitive bidding process.

Other companies featured: Linc Energy Limited (ASX:LNC), Adani Enterprises Limited (BSE:512599)]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163825 energy sector is under the oversight of the Ministry of Energy, which has four sub-sectors: power, fossil fuels, biomass and renewables. Kenya's energy supply mix is 68% biomass, 22% petroleum, 9% electricity, and 1% coal and coke.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163832 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163811 wind power venture near Mora, Sweden. The windfarm will be located on Kyrkberget hill, 10 kilometers northeast of the Mora municipality. Siemens Wind Power A/S (Brande, Denmark), a wholly-owned branch of Siemens AG (NYSE:SI) (Munich, Germany), has been contracted to provide the Kyrkberget project with the company's 2.3-MW turbines.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163831 coal output of China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region reached 324 million metric tons in the first half of 2010, an increase of 38.23 million metric tons, or 13.4%, from the same period last year; and the death rate reached 38 persons, up from 21, according to the Coal Mine Safety Supervision Bureau of Inner Mongolia.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163809 Tokyo Electric Power Company (TYO:9501) (TEPCO) (Tokyo, Japan), which is Japan's largest utility provider and the fourth-largest in the world, is in the preliminary design phase of a Unit 4 addition for the Kannagawa Power Plant, the construction of which is scheduled to begin during the second quarter of 2015. The plant is approximately 100 kilometers northwest of Tokyo near Ueno, in the Gunma prefecture, and operates at a capacity of 1,410 megawatts (MW). When complete and operational during second-quarter 2019, the US$1 billion Unit 4 addition will provide an additional 470 MW of electricity for the local grid.]]> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163827 renewable energy sources. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published its first Annual Energy Statement, outlining 32 actions to transform the U.K.'s energy mix as the country heads toward a severe energy crisis when older fossil-fuel and nuclear plants begin closing in the coming decade. However, nuclear power has been given the cold shoulder, as the government has ruled out any subsidies for building new nuclear plants.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163744 Booth 706 at the upcoming Coal-Gen 20-Ten Conference & Exhibition, which runs August 10-12 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Booth 706 is where members of the Industrial Info Resources team will be available to demonstrate database tools that identify business opportunities in the coal and power industries.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163778 Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) and Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC) (Pasadena, California) recently reported quarterly results. Earnings for Fluor's second quarter (ended June 30) and Jacobs' third quarter (ended July 2) were both down from the same period of the previous year, although the companies' backlog activities for the quarter differed significantly.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163745 automotive sector. Sales were lagging and poor management decisions, poor planning and a lack of fiscal responsibility had the "Big Three" American automakers hurling in the direction of a major downfall. Upper management at Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) (Dearborn, Michigan) made some fateful decisions to attempt to change the way they were doing business and as a result mortgaged all of their facilities, their corporate offices and even their logo in order to accumulate enough cash to see the company through the difficult times that appeared to be coming. General Motors Corporation (Detroit, Michigan) and The Chrysler Group LLC (Auburn Hills, Michigan) both fell into bankruptcy after borrowing billions from the United States government.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163746 manufacturing plant in Muskogee, Oklahoma.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163767 petrochemical production. Established companies are bringing online new capacities of chemicals for sale in Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand at a brisk pace. PTT Public Company Limited (BAK:PTT) (Bangkok, Thailand) has been in business since 1978. Formed during a rough time for petroleum supplies, and at that time named Petroleum Authority of Thailand, PTT was committed to exploring and developing the oil reserves that existed in and around Thailand.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163761 mining companies that are ending a capital investment strike in Australia in response to the Gillard government's restructuring of the proposed tax on mined resources. The strike by OZ, which was threatening to delay a decision on an underground development at the Prominent Hill copper-gold mine in South Australia, became redundant when the revised resource rent tax excluded all minerals other than iron ore and coal.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163765 energy and gas company Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) (San Antonio, Texas) showed strong overall results for the second quarter of 2010. The company reported large gains in operating income in all major segments, including $109 million in the U.S. and Canadian retail segments, which is a second-quarter record for Valero. Total net income for the quarter was reported to be $583 million, compared to a loss of $254 million in the same period last year.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163757 secondary fiber unit that will allow the mill to increase processing capacity of recycled material by 500 tons per day. The Morrilton site has a two secondary fiber units: a 210-ton- per-day unit and a 310-ton-per-day unit.]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163770 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163771 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.eu/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=163741 nuclear power plants, each with capacities of more than 1,000 megawatts, by 2025.

Companies featured: Areva SA, WorleyParsons Limited]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500