http://www.industrialinfo.com/ 2008 Industrial Info Resources, Inc. 360 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:07:48 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/ http://www.industrialinfo.com/images/indalert.gif 210 29 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147514 industrial projects are currently under construction in the U.S. The top 10 states for industrial construction account for nearly 50% of the project activity by value and include: Texas, New York, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, California, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147752 Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, Michigan), a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW) (Midland) and Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW) (Corning, New York), will invest more than $4 billion in the next five years. Industries to receive the investment are said to include solar energy, infrastructure, cosmetics and others. Sources from the senior management level of Dow Corning disclosed that most of the investment will come to the photovoltaic industry and will be focused on the Chinese market.]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147666 petroleum refineries in Beaumont and Port Arthur, Texas.

Other companies featured: ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO), Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated (NYSE:JEC), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (NYSE:CBI)]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147614 industrial projects either under construction or scheduled to begin construction this year. This includes $5.5 billion in projects scheduled to begin construction in 2009, $7 billion in projects that started construction in 2008, and about $8 billion in projects that started construction prior to 2008 and are still active.

Companies featured: Merck & Company Incorporated (NYSE:MRK), Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC), FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX)]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147413 industrial project activity planned to begin construction between June 2009 and the end of 2010. More than 850 projects ranging from multibillion-dollar oil sands projects in Alberta to million-dollar brewery maintenance shutdowns in New Brunswick have been identified. These projects have been categorized for the purposes of a new wall map that Industrial Info has developed. The Canadian Industrial Market Opportunities in 2010 Wall Map analyzes industrial project spending by equipment and service provider requirements and by province.]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147845 Southern Company (NYSE:SO) (Atlanta, Georgia) has announced its participation in two carbon-capture initiatives. Southern Company and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (TYO:7011) (Tokyo, Japan) announced plans in late May to build an amine-based carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) demonstration project that would capture carbon dioxide emissions from Southern's coal-fired power plant near Mobile, Alabama. Officials at Southern and the Department of Energy also announced the creation of a new National Carbon Capture Center, which will be operated and managed by Southern at its research and development complex near Birmingham, Alabama.

Other companies featured: American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP), Arch Coal (NYSE:ACI), Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU), RioTinto plc (NYSE:RTP)]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147809 renewable and alternative sources of energy becomes more prevalent, various forms of more environmentally friendly types of power generation are becoming increasingly common. Windfarms are springing up in rural locations throughout the U.S., while solar power is becoming an increasingly economic and viable way to generate energy. Another form of alternative energy generation is the conversion of landfill gas to energy. While Industrial Info saw only a handful of project starts in this area last year, 20 large landfill-gas-to-energy projects with a combined total investment value of more than $490 million are currently set to begin construction this year in the U.S.

Companies featured: Lafarge SA (OTC:LFRGY)]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148018 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147764 The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) (Atlanta, Georgia), is making detailed designs on a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system to be installed on Unit 6 at the Crist Power Station in Pensacola.

Other companies featured: Alstom (EPA:ALO), Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ:FWLT)]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147613 Holly Corporation (NYSE:HOC) (Dallas, Texas) is planning to build a 25,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) hydrotreater and sulfur recovery unit to allow its Tulsa refinery to produce ultra-low-sulfur diesel. The refinery was acquired from Sunoco (NYSE:SUN) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) in June 2009 for $65 million, and Holly is planning to select a company in the summer to perform engineering, procurement and construction services.

Other companies featured: ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147529 General Motors Corporation (OTC:GMGMQ) (GM) (Detroit, Michigan) has been treading water, struggling to keep itself from drowning as the automotive market collapsed, the economy imploded and the housing market crashed. After six months of taking monies from the United States government, GM finally succumbed to the inevitable and filed for bankruptcy on June 1, after failing to create a viable restructuring plan before the federally mandated deadline. GM's bankruptcy is the largest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history. Now, just over a week after that historic day, GM has begun the fire sale of its assets, and everything must go.

Other companies featured: Penske Automotive Group Incorporated (NYSE:PAG)]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147777 Steel Industry in the Chicago area is set to experience nearly $150 million of projects that will kick off this year. The majority of this value is coming from A. Finkl & Sons Company's closure of its existing steel forging plant and its relocation across town. After more than 100 years at the company's current steel forging plant and headquarters located on North Southport Avenue in Chicago, the steel manufacturer is relocating approximately 15 miles south of its current location. The move will allow the company to increase its steel production from approximately 100,000 tons per year to 500,000 tons per year.]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147842 wind power seems to be achieving throughout the world, certain companies are making large investments in the manufacture of solar panels and cells. Industrial Info, as part of its North American Industrial Database, is currently tracking more than $780 million of current and planned projects that involve the construction and/or expansion of plants that manufacture solar panels and cells.

Companies featured: BP plc (NYSE:BP)]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147889 coal-fired power plant that had started in Nemacolin, Pennsylvania, has had to demobilize and cease construction. The Greene Energy Resource Recovery project being developed by Wellington Development Corporation (Manchester, Maryland) started site preparation in 2005 but has been delayed many times because of legal challenges filed by environmental groups and a change in prime contractors.]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147682 biomass-fired power plant have packed up the project and moved it to a nearby county after citizens and community leaders raised objections. Biomass Gas & Electric LLC (Norcross, Georgia) moved the former Tallahassee Renewable Energy Center project and its potential financial windfall to another location.]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147424 Imperial Oil Limited (TSX:IMO) (Calgary, Alberta) recently announced that its board of directors has approved major construction for Phase I of the grassroot Kearl oil sands project. Located 70 kilometers northeast of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the $8 billion (U.S. $7.3 billion) project is a joint-venture integrated oil sands surface mining, processing and synthetic crude production operation between Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil Canada (Calgary), a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas).

Other companies featured: Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR)]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147397 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147489 Florida Power & Light Company (Juno Beach, Florida) is developing preliminary designs for a repowering project at the company's Riviera Beach Power Station in Palm Beach County, Florida.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147552 industrial construction, is experiencing a noteworthy amount of industrial project activity mainly because of increased activity for infrastructure and Pharma-Biotech Industry construction. The list takes into account active industrial construction projects in the U.S., starting with those in the civil/site preparation stage through to mechanical completion. New York has 66 active industrial construction projects totaling $11.3 billion.]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148114 Mid-Atlantic region when it comes to industrial project development. More than 150 industrial projects are scheduled to begin construction in the state during this period.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147519 power generation utility Ontario Power Generation (Toronto) currently has 15 operational coal-fired units at four power stations that produce a total of 6,532 megawatts (MW). Ontario's Ministry of Energy has been working to replace that power with renewable energy or cleaner natural-gas-fired energy by 2014.]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147367 cement manufacturers are studying the ramifications of proposed National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP), specifically mercury, at plants manufacturing Portland cement. The ruling proposes to implement emission-reduction equipment additions and recordkeeping in order to reduce and monitor mercury emissions at cement plants. Proposed equipment additions depend on the type and size of the pyroprocessing system used at any given plant, along with consideration for the type of limestone and other raw materials heated in the pyroprocessing system.]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147952 Dynegy Incorporated's (NYSE:DYN) (Houston, Texas) 1,042-megawatt (MW) Morro Bay Power Station, located in Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County, California, has been studied by multiple groups that have determined that the facility's current units need to be retired and the site modernized with new natural-gas-fired combined-cycle units that would be capable of producing 1,200 MW of power.]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147416 carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project is about 70% complete, on time and on budget, and is scheduled to become operational by October, an engineering manager with American Electric Power (NYSE:AEP) (Columbus, Ohio) told Industrial Info Resources.]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147401 geothermal units at 42 sites providing approximately 3,270 megawatts (MW) of clean renewable energy to the nation's electrical grids. These units are located in the Rocky Mountain region, West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii. Most of the geothermal generation is in California.

Companies featured: Ormat Technologies (NYSE:ORA), Sierra Geothermal Power Corporation (CVE:SRA), Nevada Geothermal Power Incorporated (OTC:NGLPF), Raser Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:RZ)]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147896 energy is produced and consumed in the U.S. This is the most far-reaching piece of energy and environmental legislation to be considered by Congress in years. Waxman-Markey aims to significantly lower U.S. carbon-dioxide emissions from a 2005 baseline.]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147765 Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) (Santa Clara, California) and involve upgrades of semiconductor-fabrication plants.]]> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147938 Great Lakes region of the country has suffered greatly over the past two years. Job losses and plant closures are at all-time highs, and the reliance on the automotive sector that has bolstered the region for decades has decimated the region in recent times. However, despite a nationwide recession, a collapsed automotive sector, a down housing market and credit woes that are affecting Wall Street, Main Street and the neighborhood street, some capital and maintenance spending has continued to occur in the region. For the majority of this year, the state of Illinois has been the lucky recipient of many of these projects, and a look at what is currently scheduled to begin construction in the third quarter shows that Illinois will remain strong in the coming months as well.]]> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148098 NRG Energy Incorporated (NYSE:NRG) (Princeton, New Jersey), has completed construction of the $400 million, 550-megawatt expansion project at its Cedar Bayou Power Station.

Other companies featured: PNM Resources Incorporated (NYSE:PNM)]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147409 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147471 Total SA (NYSE:TOT) (Paris), with Saudi Aramco holding a 62.5% stake and Total holding remaining 37.5%.

Other companies featured: Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147710 power generation capacity of 1,889 megawatts (MW). The state currently only has 26 MW of renewable energy provided by landfill gas, amounting to about 1.37% of the total capacity. All of the renewable generation capacity comes from the Ridgewood Landfill-Gas-to-Energy Plant in Johnston Rhode Island, owned by Ridgewood Rhode Island Generation LLC, a subsidiary of Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC (Ridgewood, New Jersey). The majority of the energy, 1,854 MW, is produce by natural-gas-fired units. There are also some diesel units that can produce a little over 5 MW.]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147601 General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) (Fairfield, Connecticut), has secured a significant contract to retrofit five gas turbines at one of Europe's largest combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants with its latest dry low-nitrogen-oxide (NOx) combustion system.

Other companies featured: GDF Suez SA (EPA:GSZ) (Paris) and Enel SpA (BIT:ENEL)]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148091 utility infrastructure and coal and gas development, a group of energy experts recently predicted. "Natural gas prices will remain low because industrial demand has been soft and storage rates have been high," said Neil Gamson, an economist with the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the data and statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy.]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148020 Chrysler Group LLC (Auburn Hills, Michigan), the "new" Chrysler, will officially dust off its equipment, turn on the lights and start up assembly lines once more at seven plants as it begins its journey into the unknown future.

Other companies featured: Fiat SpA (OTC:FIATY), General Motors Corporation (OTC:GMGMQ)]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147423 Progress Energy Incorporated (NYSE:PGN) (Raleigh, North Carolina), has completed construction and start-up testing of the $675 million, 1,370-megawatt (MW) repowering and expansion project at the Paul L. Bartow Power Station in St. Petersburg.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148171 Johnson Controls Incorporated (NYSE:JCI) (Milwaukee), is planning to construct a $100 million recycling center in Florence, South Carolina.]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147430 renewable energy (hydroelectric, 125 MW; landfill gas, 11 MW; and wind, 2,163 MW).

Companies featured: FPL Group (NYSE:FPL)]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147717 integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) and carbon capture and storage (CCS). Although both techniques have been used separately, this would be the first time that a power plant is being built combining the two technologies on a large scale. It is estimated that the power plant would be able to reduce carbon emissions by as much as 90%.]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147518 automotive interior-trim manufacturing plant in Cullman, Alabama.]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147389 solar power tower projects across the world has been moving forward slowly for more than a decade. Traditional solar technologies, such as photovoltaic and concentrated solar power, are far less costly and can produce electricity in the amounts needed for commercial use. Other technologies are being developed to take advantage of the economies of scale, and these projects are considered as a way to take advantage of the renewable energy tax credits and incentives that are being offered by the federal and state governments of the U.S. to meet the country's renewable energy goals.]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148050 life-science capital projects are scheduled to start construction throughout 2009. The financial impact is increasingly evident considering that this figure represents the cumulative total derived from only the top 10 projects for the year, working out to an ivy-league worthy average total investment value (TIV) of $340 million each.]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147830 North American Project Database an estimated 250 capital and maintenance projects are expected to begin construction during the third quarter of this year with a value estimated at just more than $1 billion. The extreme slowdown of economies across the world have impacted the petrochemical and plastic sectors of the CPI more than most, as they are so closely tied to consumer spending and confidence.]]> Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147642 Food & Beverage Industry have plans to invest more than $6.5 billion at manufacturing and distribution assets in the United States and Canada during the next two years. Industrial Info has identified 428 active Food & Beverage projects that have scheduled construction kickoff dates beginning this month and into 2011.

Companies featured: General Mills Incorporated (NYSE:GIS), Kraft Foods Incorporated (NYSE:KFT), ConAgra Foods Incorporated (NYSE:CAG), Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE:SLE)]]> Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147998 Industrial Manufacturing Industry shows that some significant money was doled out during this period. Despite being in the midst, or rather later half, of a nationwide recession that has affected spending within all industries and facing several sector breakdowns such as the automotive collapse and the housing market bust, the Industrial Manufacturing Industry has managed to spend almost $17 billion during the first part of the year, spending that has been driven mainly by the rail sector and the semiconductor and computers sector.

Other companies featured: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)]]> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147681 SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWRA) (San Jose, California), one of the leading manufacturers of photovoltaic (PV) power technology in the U.S., spoke at two conferences last week and expressed optimism about the company's current projects as well as the boost that could potentially be given to the solar power industry in the form of federal stimulus funds and government regulation.]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148124 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=148056 rail expenditures have been growing on an annual basis. As oil prices and, as a result, gas prices, have increased in recent years, many states, counties and cities have increased their interests in rail investment as it provides a method of mass transportation that does not revolve around the price of oil. However, during the Bush administration, rail was not high on the agenda, and governmental financing was hard to come by. With President Obama taking office this year, interest in rail investment has increased dramatically. This can easily be seen in portions of the stimulus bill that allocated billions of dollars to rail projects, as well as the high-speed rail initiative that the president has put forth.

Companies featured: CSX Corporation (NYSE:CSX), Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI), Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP)]]> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147382 Bechtel Group (San Francisco, California), an engineering, construction and project management consultant, has been selected to manage the Borouge 3 petrochemical project in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. Borouge (Ruwais, Abu Dhabi) is a 60:40 joint-venture company formed in 1998 between state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) and leading plastic manufacturer Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria). The feasibility study of the Borouge 3 project was completed by the local office of WorleyParsons Limited (ASX:WOR) (New South Wales, Australia) in late 2008.

Other companies featured: Schneider Electric SA (EPA:SU), Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ:FWLT), Linde AG (FRA:LIN), Tecnicas Reunidas SA (MCE:TRE), Maire Tecnimont SpA (BIT:MT), Samsung Engineering Company Limited (SEO:028050)]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.industrialinfo.com/showAbstract.jsp?newsitemID=147919 Pharmaceutical-Biotech Industry has revealed some surprisingly positive news in the form of 40 new manufacturing plants and research centers. Every market region has enjoyed the addition of at least one new site becoming operational during the first six months of this year.

Other companies featured: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company's (NYSE:BMY), Laboratory Corporation of America (NYSE:LH)]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0500