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Kleen, O & G Sued For Safety Violations In Deadly Blast
February 23, 2010 3:37 am | by John Christoffersen, Associated Press Writer | News | CommentsNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Two workers injured in a power plant explosion filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that proper safety procedures were not followed, and an attorney said that included live electricity running through the site, workers welding and a gas-fueled torch heater running when the blast happened.
Ace Makes The Grade
February 22, 2010 9:53 am | by Carrie Ellis, Editor, Chem.Info | Articles | CommentsAce Hardware Corp. manufactures only one product that bears its name brand amongst all of the do-it-yourself tools, equipment and other miscellany occupying its more than 4,600 retail stores nationwide. That product is paint, or more specifically, an entire line of interior and exterior water-, latex-, oil- and solvent-based paints, stains, varnishes and coatings.
Hydrostatic Load Cells Bear The Weight Of Washdown
February 22, 2010 8:01 am | by Rudi Baisch, Emery Winslow | Articles | Comments“We just lost another load cell on mixer scale number three” is not what any operations or maintenance manager wants to hear in a busy food processing facility. When a scale goes down, and accurate weight data is no longer available, it creates a real problem for production. When Plumrose USA, premium meat product provider, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, decided to do something about it, they turned to Emery Winslow Scale Company for help.
What Smells Like Eggs?
February 22, 2010 7:59 am | by by David Mantey, Editor, PD&D | Blogs | CommentsThe situation is nothing to rival the coffee crisis of 2009 or the interoffice email crisis . We lost many good Cubites in the conflicts that ended with the dismantling of the Great Foam Wall. The site of our latest office scandal hangs over an olive-colored bog wading through the aisles of a once great, now crumbling foam city.
Uncloaking The Food Industry
February 22, 2010 7:59 am | by by Krystal Gabert, Associate Editor, Food Manufacturing | Blogs | CommentsSome American consumers seem to believe that a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy with regard to the production of our food is the only thing that keeps Americans eating pre-packaged and processed foods—that if we were exposed to the real processes by which our food made it to the shelf, we’d all fork over the extra dollars and spend the extra hours required to cook fresh produce and free range meat.
Die Casting Ladles
February 22, 2010 6:26 am | Product Releases | CommentsNorthern Iron and Machine (St. Paul, MN) is now offering an expanded line of replacement ladle cups and mounting brackets for most model die casting machines. The cups now come in eleven models with capacities from 0.44 lbs to 33.70 lbs. The replacement cups are heavy-duty, ¼” ductile iron, and have contoured shapes for smooth pouring and resistance to metal build-up.
Guard Your Energy
February 22, 2010 6:26 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe ENERGY GUARD from Serco (Carrollton, TX) provides a perimeter seal along the sides and rear hinge of a dock leveler to block dirt, debris, and insects, and most importantly, prevent energy loss. The design seals the gaps between the dock leveler and concrete pit walls up to 9” above the dock.
Get A Handle On Stress
February 22, 2010 6:25 am | Product Releases | CommentsAltech (Flemington, NJ) offers the ATEX polyamide strain reliefs for cable entries to provide increased safety in explosion-endangered areas by eliminating any potential for arcs, sparks, or hot surfaces. The IP68-rated strain reliefs offer neoprene seals and promote optimized sealing and protection against contaminants.
Short But Powerful
February 22, 2010 6:24 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe new CM25 self-contained, ceiling-mounted air conditioner from MovinCool (Long Beach, CA) offers a high cooling capacity at a lower cost than conventional solutions, such as precision cooling systems. The CM25 was designed specifically for spaces with dense heat loads and small spaces, at only 20” high.
Pediatricians Push For Better Choking Warnings On Food
February 22, 2010 4:02 am | by Lindsey Tanner, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsCHICAGO (AP) — When 4-year-old Eric Stavros Adler choked to death on a piece of hot dog, his anguished mother never dreamed that the popular kids' food could be so dangerous. Some food makers including Oscar Mayer have warning labels about choking, but not nearly enough, says Joan Stavros Adler, Eric's mom.
High-Tech Waste Strangling 3rd World
February 22, 2010 3:59 am | by Jim Gomez and Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Writers | News | CommentsBALI, Indonesia (AP) — Sales of household electrical gadgets will boom across the developing world in the next decade, wreaking environmental havoc if there are no new strategies to deal with the discarded TVs, cell phones and computers, a U.N. report said Monday. The environmental and health hazards posed by the globe's mounting electronic waste are particularly urgent in developing countries, which are already dumping grounds for rich nations' high-tech trash, the U.
Del. Negotiates Pollution Deal At Specialty Steel Plant
February 22, 2010 3:53 am | News | CommentsCLAYMONT, Del. (AP) — Delaware officials say they are working on a new pollution control settlement for Evraz Claymont Steel. Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin O'Mara told lawmakers recently that company officials appear ready to make new investments to control metallic dust and other problems at the site.
Whitacre Earns $9 Million As GM CEO
February 22, 2010 3:44 am | by Dan Strumpf, AP Auto Writer | News | CommentsNEW YORK (AP) — General Motors Co. CEO Ed Whitacre will receive a salary of $1.7 million this year, plus stock awards that will bring his total pay package to $9 million at a later date, the automaker said Friday. In a surprise announcement, GM also said former CEO Fritz Henderson has been rehired as a consultant.
212 Jobs Lost In Ark. Air Conditioning Plant
February 22, 2010 3:27 am | News | CommentsFORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) — Officials say 212 workers are likely to lose their jobs by the end of the year at a Fort Smith plant that makes air conditioning systems, mostly for homes. Ingersoll Rand, the parent firm of Trane Residential Solutions, said Friday that some of the production at the Trane plant at Fort Smith will be moved to a plant in Lynn Haven, Fla.
Surviving The 1,000-Mile Commute
February 22, 2010 3:26 am | by Sharon Cohen, AP National Writer | News | CommentsJANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — In the early dawn, after another week building cars, Michael Hanley leaves his job in Kansas. He quickly zips into Missouri, then heads up a ribbon of highway past grain silos and grazing deer, across the frozen fields of Iowa, over the Mississippi River and into the rolling hills of Wisconsin.
