Enviroplan, Inc. (Rutherford, N.J.) was awarded a contract to do detailed air pollution prediction modeling studies for Wisconsin Power and Light Co., at Sheboygan, Wis. Contract value is more than $200 000.
INDUSTRY TRENDS Alsid, Snowden & Associates was formed at Bellevue, Wash., to specialize in ambient and source evaluations, environmental impact assessments, and business consulting services. Aluminum Corp. of America (Alcoa) has commenced operations at its new magnesium plant at Addy, Wash. More than 15% of investment in the plant went for environmental controls. Air Resources, Inc. has received contracts to upgrade water treatment facilities at refineries of Quaker State Oil Refining Corp., Farmers Valley and Emlenton, Pa., and St. Mary’s and Newell, W. Va., to meet 1977 and 1983 requirements. The Bendix Corp. (Southfield, Mich.) has completed work on the Laser Geodynamic Satellite (LAGEOS). To be launched this month, LAGEOS will help with earthquake prediction, and determine other geological factors. It will be in polar orbit. Beukers Laboratories, Inc. (Bohemia, N.Y.) has received at $150 000 contract from the U S . Air Force Eastern Test Range (Patrick AFB, Fla.) for three upper air meteorological sounding systems.
Combustion Engineering, Inc.’s Power Systems Group has an order for a 675MW coal-fired steam generator from Iowa Southern Utilities Co. Three other Iowa utilities will benefit. Dorr-Oliver Inc. received an order from the Miami-Dade (Fla.) Water and Sewer Authority to replace existing Dorr-Oliver clarifiers, installed in 1928 and 1936, with new ones. Du Pont’s Instrument Products Division has started up its new plant to produce chemical reagent test packs at Jonesboro, Ark. The packs are used to test blood serum and other body fluids. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI, Palo Alto, Calif.) has allocated $50 million for 44 new, and 26 on-going projects. Some of these projects will involve cleaner uses of coal.
Fluitek Corp. has started operations at Cookeville, Tenn., to market top performance-rated products of the filtration industry under its own brand identity. Specialized filtration products, made all over the world, will be available from one supply source.
Environmental Research & Technology, Inc. (Concord, Mass.) will provide operation, maintenance, reporting, and other environmental services for Detroit Edison Co., at Port Huron and Monroe, Mich. General Signal Corp. (New York, N.Y.) reported net income of $24.5 million for 1975, as compared to $20.6 million for 1974. Increased 1975 sales were ascribed largely to record performance by the firm’s environmental and industrial process controls group. Grumman Corp. (Bethpage, N.Y.) has a $6.8 million contract for software for a ground-based satellite attack warning system for the Air Force’s Space and Missile System Organization. Hercules Inc. has begun construction of a new nitroglycerine facility at its dynamite plant at Bessemer, Ala., in which personnel exposure to the product will be minimal. Honeywell’s Process Control Division has a $1.5 order for analog controls with computer-based acquisition systems for the Springfield, Mo., Southwest wastewater treatment plant.
The Beverage Industry Recycling Program (BIRP, Phoenix, Ariz.) bought almost 13.5 million Ib of used non-returnable containers for almost $1.03 million during 1975, a record. BIRP is also constructing a solar-heated office building in Tucson. The Boeing Aerospace Co. will act as management support contractor in a program aimed at stimulating widespread solar energy use. The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is lead agency.
Camp Dresser & McKee has completed expansion of its laboratory in downtown Boston, Mass. The Carborundum Co. (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) has a worldwide license from Chemfix Inc. to practice the Chemfix process for treatment of hazardous and toxic wastes.
Chemical Data Systems (Oxford, Pa.), a firm manufacturing monitoring equipment for organics and bacteria in water, announced that Leon Industries, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo.) has bought a significant stock position in Chemical Data Systems. Chemical Separations Corp. (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) received a $6.1 million contract for condensate demineralizers for proposed TVA nuclear plants. This contract, involving ion exchange, is the largest such contract in the world. CIRCLE 1 ON READER SERVICE CARD
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