Johns Manville Breaks Ground
Johns Manville (JM), the Denver-based manufacturer of fiber-glass materials and building products, broke ground for a new $100 million pipe-insulation plant in Defiance, Ohio, Jan. 18.
The facility, where Micro-Lok fiber-glass pipe insulation will be manufactured, replaces a JM plant in Defiance that was destroyed by fire in 2003. Production is planned to begin in mid-2006.
Complimentary Boiler Reports Offered
“Lower Cost Steam” is the name of a complimentary resource kit available from Invensys/Foxboro. The kit includes a personalized efficiency report for up to three boilers, the white paper “Optimizing Excess Air for Maximum Economic Return,” and “Advanced Control Concepts in Industrial Boiler Control,” a reprint of an article from the January 2003 edition of HPAC Engineering's biannual Boiler Systems Engineering supplement.
To receive the kit, go to www.lower-cost-steam.com/9.
Vilter Manufacturing Corp. Purchased
Vilter Manufacturing Corp., the Cudahy, Wis.-based maker of compressors, condensers, evaporators, and packaged refrigeration systems, recently announced its purchase by private equity firm J.P. Kotts & Co.
Vilter's management team, led by President and Chief Executive Officer Ron Prebish, continues to operate the company.
AERCO Wins Frost & Sullivan Award
AERCO International Inc. is the recipient of a 2004 Frost & Sullivan Technology Leadership Award for “leading the way in high-efficiency-boiler technology.”
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Scott Arnold
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Described by a colleague as "a cyborg ... requir(ing) virtually no sleep, no time off, and bland nourishment that can be consumed while at his desk" who was sent "back from the future not to terminate anyone, but with the prime directive 'to edit dry technical copy' in order to save the world at a later date," Scott Arnold joined the editorial staff of HPAC Engineering in 1999. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for daily newspapers and a specialty-publications company. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University.