Nearly $2.3 Billion in Industrial Capital and Maintenance Projects Scheduled to Kick Off in June 2005 for U.S. West Coast Region

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). According to information extracted from Industrialinfo.com's North American Industrial Database, about $2.3 billion in capital and maintenance spending is scheduled to get underway in June of 2005 in the West Coast states of California, Oregon, and Washington.

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Leading all industries is Industrial Manufacturing, with twenty projects that will get underway this month, with a whopping $1.3 billion in spending projected. Not surprisingly, two of the largest projects are in this industry. SEH America Incorporated is planning to begin construction on an a $500 million expansion of its silicon wafer manufacturing plant, and German wafer manufacturer Siltronic AG (Munich, Germany) will start construction on a grassroot $600 million plant in Portland, Oregon. Other projects include a new distribution center by Scandinavian Designs, a light rail project by MTA of San Francisco, and a new battery plant by Battery Systems Incorporated. Various other projects include expansions, maintenance work, and plant retrofits.

Coming in second, at $263 million in projected spending, is the Chemical Processing Industry. Five projects are scheduled to get underway, highlighted by a huge $250 million fertilizer plant in Boardman, Washington, planned by Pacific Chemical Corporation. Two additional $5 million projects are planned by AREVA and PPG Industries. In Richland, Washington, AREVA plans to expand its nuclear fuel pellets plant, and PPG will add a latex paint unit in Mojave, California. Two other projects involve a controls and tank addition project and a plant expansion.

The Oil and Gas Production Industry looks to break loose on $250 million in June. Occidental of Elk Hills Incorporated is planning to start an Enhanced Oil Recovery Addition project in Tupman, California, which will be under construction until the middle of 2008.

In the Pharmaceutical & Biotech Industry, seven projects worth $247 million are planned in June. The largest of seven projects in this industry is a $128 million Cancer Research Center addition to the University of California at San Francisco. Chiron is also planning a $70 million R&D center expansion in Emeryville, California

In the Food & Beverage Industry, three projects will begin in June, for a total of $82 million in spending. The highlighted project in this industry is the construction beginning on a $50 million expansion of the Tillamook Creamery in Boardman, Oregon.

The Power Industry is anticipating the start-up of construction on a $75 million, 96 megawatt peaking power plant by Riverside Public Utilities this month. Construction is scheduled to take a year to complete.

Five projects in the Pulp, Paper, & Wood Industry total about $48 million for June kick-off spending. Hampton Lumber Mill will begin a $20 million sawmill modernization in Randal, Washington, and Georgia Pacific looks to do $10 million in capital improvements at their facility in Toledo, Oregon.

In Petroleum Refining, Tesoro Petroleum will start a $20 million hydrotreater upgrade at its Martinez, California, refinery.

And rounding out the June kick-offs is the Metals & Minerals industry, with a single $5 million addition project. Sapa Incorporated is planning to add an aluminum extrusion press to its extrusion mill in Portland, Oregon.

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