Supplier's News

Supplier’s News
• A private investment firm has acquired Walker Stainless Equipment Co., New Lisbon, Wis., to be now known as Walker Engineered Products. David Nick, vice president and general manager, says there won’t be any changes to the organization’s management structure, sales force or meticulous approach to designing and building stainless-steel storage tanks, agitated and mixing vessels and pressure vessels. “What this purchase means is that we have solid financial support behind us,” Nick says. “We view this as an opportunity to reinforce to the industry that we are here to serve our customers and deliver the highest-quality solutions that meet their specific needs.”
• Biohit Inc., Neptune, N.J., has
announced the launch of its micro Web site tailored for all North American
markets. It includes technical service, promotions, contact information for
repair and calibration services, and a full product listing of
Biohit’s liquid handling products and monoclonal antibodies. The new
site gives the user immediate access to the Biohit field sales force with
an interactive e-mail map and up-to-the-minute introductions to products,
promotions and after-care support.
• Batavia, Ill.-based Portola Packaging Inc. has
announced organizational and personnel assignments within the
company’s Americas manufacturing operations. These assignments
complete the integration of Portola’s equipment and closures
divisions within North America and Mexico. The company says the new
structure is unique in the industry and pulls closures, bottles, equipment
and related services, and expertise into one powerful offering. Tim Tyler,
currently general manager of Portola’s Tolleson, Ariz., plant, will
serve in the newly created position of director of manufacturing operations
in the United States and Mexico; Ken Winger, an 11-year veteran at
Portola, will replace Tyler in his general manager responsibilities in
Arizona; Kelly Rosvold, director of operations for Canada, has relocated to
the company’s Canadian headquarters in Richmond, British Columbia;
Tom Blaszkow joins Portola as director of business development equipment
and blow molding, a newly created position to optimize the company’s
strategic efforts in these two areas; and Joe Benacquista continues as vice
president of quality and engineering services.
• The new Packaging Systems
Optimization (PSO) Program from Atlanta-based Georgia-Pacific can help companies reduce total packaging costs and achieve
greater sustainability with a short lead time. With customers realizing
overall packaging cost reductions of generally three percent or more, PSO
gives companies a unique advantage in the race to streamline processes and
meet sustainability goals of major retailers. The program has identified
$40 million in cost savings for customers annually. The PSO process
includes a Total Cost Analysis (TCA) tool that quantifies supply chain savings and measures
sustainability impacts, including fiber and energy use and greenhouse gas
emissions.
• London-based Invensys recently
introduced Field Device Manager for Foxboro (www.foxboro.com) I/A Series
distributed control systems provides the industry’s first solution
that takes advantage of both the latest Enhanced Electronic Device
Description Language (Enhanced EDDL) and FDT technologies. This combination
provides comprehensive lifecycle support to configure, calibrate,
commission, diagnose and optimize the performance of any vendors’
Foundation fieldbus device. Significantly, the I/A Series Field Device
Manager enables users to take advantage of any EDDL, Enhanced EDDL or FDT
host deliverables supplied by the device vendor.
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