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EuroWire – January 2008 26
english corporate news
Award-winners!
Tenova Goodfellow has been recognised
by the Canadian Engineering Community
for the process control technology work
conducted at the Toyohashi Factory, Topy
Industries Ltd, plant in Japan.
This project involved the successful transfer
of Canadian technology and engineering
skills in the International Category.
The merits of this project were improved
environmental benefits which include
a 45% reduction in the use of kerosene,
13% reduction in carbon consumption
along with reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions (specifically 5% CO, 18% CO2
and 7% H2).
The overall success of this project has
provided for a cleaner environment along
with an annual cost savings of $1.5M for
the client.
The Canadian Consulting Engineers of
Canada Awards, launched 39 years ago,
are the most important national mark
of recognition for projects recently
completed by Canadian consulting
engineering firms.
This award represents the second Award
of Excellence in 2007 for project work
completed at Toyohashi Factory, Topy
Industries Ltd, Japan with the first award
being received from the Consulting
Engineers of Ontario (CEO) in May 2007.
The company has also finalised contract
negotiations to apply the Goodfellow
EFSOP® process control technology as
part of Wheeling-Pittsburgh’s 270 ton
Consteel® installation at Steubenville/
Mingo Junction, Ohio, USA.
This furnace is unique in the industry due
to its capacity to charge hot metal and
scrap simultaneously.
The scope of work for the project includes
providing process technology and
equipment to sample and analyse the off-
gas (CO, CO2, O 2 and H2) from the electric
arc furnace.
Specific benefits include safety
(maximised post combustion plus CO
and HH2 measurements in the off-gas);
energy efficiency improvements which
will include identifying periods of low
energy transfer (energy waste) in the EAF;
tracking the efficiency of oxygen injection
operations to aid in adjustment of lancing
profiles and monitoring carbon recovery
to aid in the adjustment of carbon
injection profiles.
EFSOP® will also be utilised to recognise
and track changes in the scrap quality.
Tenova Goodfellow Inc – Canada
Fax: +1 905 567 3899
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Radici Group Plastics and Lati Industria
Termoplastici SpA have signed a letter
of intent to form a 50-50 joint venture to
develop the Chinese engineering plastics
market.
The constant growth of this Asian
market offers attractive opportunities for
businesses with a strong international
presence and a wide range of products.
The booming Chinese auto industry,
the huge potential arising from the
modernisation of the electric power grid
and electrical equipment, the growing
pool of domestic appliance buyers, the
large investments in infrastructure and the
increasing hunger for high quality goods
are the factors that will have an increasing
influence on Chinese growth.
Lati SpA is among the world leaders
in self-extinguishing compounds for
the electrical and household appliance
sectors.
In the plastics sector, RadiciGroup is
a leader in engineering plastics for
automotive applications.
The joint venture’s headquarters and
production base will be in Suzhou, 80km
from Shanghai, at the RadiciPlastics
Suzhou Co Ltd compounding plant.
The joint venture will manufacture and
sell a broad range of engineering plastics
under their corresponding brand names
in the Southeast Asian market — China,
Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore, in
particular.
The production base at Suzhou near Shanghai, China ▲
Joining forces in the Chinese auto market
Radici Partecipazioni SpA – Italy Fax: +39 035 715477
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New name, same excellent service
Scapa has introduced a new cable division – Scapa Cable Solutions.
Under the new name, Scapa will bring together its extensive range of cable
wrapping tapes and components, whilst continuing to develop and invest in new
products and technologies to add to the current portfolio of cabling solutions.
Scapa UK Limited – UK Fax: +44 161 3017 445
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