INDUSTRY TRENDS The Fluid Handling Div. of Keene Corp. recently demonstrated its Marine Discharge Control System to a group of Soviet marine pollution experts.
Chemapec Inc. (Hoboken, N.J.) has received contracts to make and install FUNDA Filter radiation waste equipment for Long Island Lighting Co. (N.Y.) and Mississippi Power & Light Co.
Marine Construction & Design Co. (MARCO, Seattle, Wash.) has received a $3.1 million U.S. Navy contract to supply the Naval Sea Systems Command with 24 oil spill recovery vessels.
Dravo Corp. is installing over 169,000 ft of pipe for sludge transport in Greene Township, Pa., as part of a $65 million scrubber waste disposal system.
Interdata, Inc. (Oceanport, N.J.) has signed a contract for $8 million with the Australian Dept. of Defence for over 70 Interdata 32-bit Model 7/32 mini-computer systems. C-E Tec, Inc., a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering, Inc., will do master planning for eight cities in the East-Central State of Nigeria for $10.8 million. A Center for Regional and Urban Studies is included in the contract. Du Pont’s Analytical and Physical Measurements Service is providing clients with new and more sensitive infrared spectroscopy technique for ambient air analysis. Environmental Data Corp. has recently established its tenth service office at Seattle, Wash., to provide maintenance and calibration for stack monitoring instruments in the Pacific Northwest. Boise Cascade Corp. plans to build a combination small and large log sawmill and chipping facility near Aberdeen, Wash. Envirotech Corporation’s Emission Control Div. received seven orders for its Buell electrostatic precipitators between December 1974 and March 1975. Total value: about $37 million. Dallas Power and Light Co. (Tex.) signed an agreement with V/O Licensintorg (Moscow, USSR) to purchase Soviet underground coal gasification technology for under $2 million. Betz Environmental Engineers (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) is expanding its fleet of air quality TraveLabs for stationary source and ambient air sampling. Dual Fuel Systems Inc. (Los Angeles, Calif.) is offering service training for those who use the company’s conversion kit that enables vehicles to run on natural gas. Georgia-Pacific Corp. has won a national award for its process to remove mercury traces from industrial sludge and effluent.
American Can Co. dedicated its new plant for making lightweight beverage cans at San Antonio, Tex. The compa-
ny says that these cans will require less materials and energy for fabrication. Lonza Inc. (Fair Lawn, N.J.) has received registration approval from the EPA for a general purpose disinfectantsanitizer-deodorizer marketed as Barquat MB-50. The National Association of Recycling Industries, Inc. has formed a new “Resource Recovery Task Force for State Liaison” to represent recyclers in the 50 states.
THE AIR POLLUTION ABATEMENT MARKET The market for air pollution control equipment and related goods and services will continue t o expand rapidly during the next five years from a level of $1 billion in 1974 to more than $1.7 billion by 1979 (average annual rate is 10.5%). Frost & Sullivan has completed a 233-page report analyzing and forecasting the market through 1985 for these equipments and setvices: particulate control (electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, mechanical collectors and scrubbers); gaseous control (scrubbers, absorbers and others); engineering and construction services; fans and blowers; wastewater treatment and disposal equipment; ductwork and stacks; and process controls. Capital expenditures through 1985 are estimated for pollution control facilities. Federal programs, including many R&D tasks, are reviewed, and a detailed analysis of various methods to control sulfur oxides is presented.
Price $445. Send your check or we will bill you. For free descriptive literature plus a detailed table of contents contact: FROST & SULLIVAN, INC. 106 Fulton Street New York, N. Y. 10038 (212) 233-1080
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