Contech to close steel forging plant
According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by Contech LLC, the company will close its steel forging plant in Albemarle, North Carolina, in August of this year. USA: biomass-fueled cogeneration unit
Peregrine Energy Corp. (Peregrine Energy) is planning to develop a new woody biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at Sonoco’s Hartsville Manufacturing complex in South Carolina. Modular fume extraction system
Lincoln Electric has announced that it has released a modular fume extraction hood with Statiflex filter banks to control and remove weld fumes and grinding particulate. Michigan hydrogen plant
Air Products has signed an agreement to construct a hydrogen production facility in Detroit, Michigan, for Marathon Petroleum Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corp. Canada: subsea pile installation contract
BJ Services Co. has been awarded a contract to provide subsea pile installation services by Technip Canada Ltd. 
Arcos Industries LLC has introduced Arcos 316/316L bare wire and covered stainless steel electrodes, which are designed with lower carbon levels to increase resistance to intergranular corrosion. 
Revvo Caster Co. Inc., West Seneca, New York, has introduced its new range of stainless steel casters to prevent corrosion under conditions where there is exposure to moisture, cleaning agents, steam, and caustic or corrosive chemicals. 
PPL has announced that it will file a new application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a project that would add 125MW of clean, renewable electric generating capacity at the Holtwood hydroelectric plant on the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 
Peregrine Energy Corp. has announced that it will build a USD 135 million new wood biomass-fueled power plant at Sonoco's Hartsville manufacturing complex in South Carolina.