USA: Solvay polymers & Chevron Phillips announce site for new poyethylene plant

Advanced Battery Technology,  Oct 2000  

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Solvay Polymers, Inc. and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (CPC) have selected a CPC site in Texas as the location for their jointly owned 700MM pounds per year high-density polyethylene (HDPE) slurry loop plant. The two Houston-based companies will each own 50% of the plant and will share in production of general-purpose blow molding HDPE resins. Each also will independently market its share of production. The plant, largest of its kind in the world, will use CPC technology.

Engineering for the facility is under way and start-up is slated for the fourth quarter of 2002. With the signing of the formal agreements, both companies have approved completion of the basic engineering and the obtaining of final engineering, procurement, and construction bids. The companies intend to build a second shared facility at a Solvay Polymers site in the 2005-2007 time frame as market demand grows.

USA: WG Acquires Battery Engineering

Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. (WG) of Clarence, New York, has completed the acquisition of Battery Engineering, Inc. (BEI) from Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. of Tokyo pursuant to a stock purchase agreement. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Based in Canton, Massachusetts, BEI will become part of WG's Electrochem Battery Division, which provides products to the petroleum industry, among others. BEI has about 90 full-time employees.

WG is a leading independent manufacturer of innovative power sources and precision components for medical science and similar technically demanding applications.

For more information, contact WG's Larry T. DeAngelo, (716) 759-5674.

USA: First AABC Conference to be Held

The first international Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, February -8, 2001, and will address the surging requirements in automotive battery power and duty cycle created by the increase in electrical functions aboard the new advanced technology vehicles.

The conference technical committee includes Dr. Menahem Anderman, president, Total Battery Consulting; Dr. Guenter Gutmann, manager, Electrochemical Energy Storage Department at DaimlerChrysler; Dr. John Miller, project leader, 42V System Integration manager at Ford; and Dr. Bob Nelson, president, Recombinant Technology.

The three-day conference includes six sessions: market drivers; advanced automotive technology; advanced leadacid batteries; high-power NiMH; high-power Li-ion, and longer-term electric power technologies. Conference panel members are by invitation only and will include chief engineers and technical managers from the leading automakers and high-power battery developers. Simul-taneous Japanese/English translation will be available and a tutorial on high-power batteries will be offered prior to the conference.

For details visit www.advancedautobat.com or call the AABC office, (530) 692-0140.

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