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Plastic2Oil sells processors

Plastic2Oil Inc., a Niagara Falls, New York-based company that manufactures and sells its Plastic2Oil processors, which convert waste plastic into liquid fuels and licenses related technology, has entered into a series of contracts for the sale of six Plastic2Oil processors to the technology integrator EcoNavigation LLC of Victor, New York. The contracts span more than three years and include the nonexclusive license of technology and sale of the proprietary catalyst to EcoNavigation as well as monitoring and maintenance.

The transaction marks Plastic2Oil’s first sale of processors since the company announced a shift in its business strategy from producer and seller of the fuels to a supplier of Plastic2Oil processors and related equipment, technology and services.

Prior to the shift, the company’s Plastic2Oil processors had processed more than 8 million pounds of waste and produced more than 700,000 gallons of fuel for sale to large industrial customers.

“We are very proud of this important achievement in the life of our company. I feel that a successful deployment of our Plastic2Oil processors to EcoNavigation will validate management’s decision to change course by focusing on processor sales and will set us on the course to profitability,” says Rick Heddle, CEO of Plastic2Oil. “I want to take this opportunity to congratulate our entire team and to thank our loyal shareholders for their support of our business plan and their commitment to this important innovation that we have developed and commercialized.”

Plast2Oil also announced that John Bordynuik, its founder and chief of technology, has resigned.

“My goal in founding this company was always to make a positive environmental impact while creating a community around our leading technology and corporate mission,” says Bordynuik. “I’d like to extend my personal gratitude to everyone that has been involved with Plastic2Oil.” Bordynuik adds that he looks forward to continuing to provide consulting for the company and any requested technical support or guidance.

 

Meldgaard recovers metals from WTE ash

Meldgaard of Denmark reports that it is helping WTE clients in the U.S. recover ferrous and nonferrous metals from waste-to-energy (WTE) ash.

The company reports that it now has three operating ash recycling plants in the U.S., with each one modified for the clients’ specific needs since ash is different from each WTE plant.

Each plant also is processing ash at a different stage in the ash handling process, either directly from the plant without any buffer storage through to processing on monofills with ash being stockpiled for several weeks.

The company’s latest ash recycling plant is integrated into the ash handling system of the WTE plant such that the removal of ash for disposal is not interfered with. Nearly 500 tons of ash is delivered daily by conveyor straight from the WTE plant to the Meldgaard’s feed hopper.

With a throughput of nearly 200,000 tons annually, the company says it is proud to have designed, manufactured and installed this ash recycling plant on American soil and looks forward to using the technological systems for additional U.S. facilities.

 

PHG Energy acquires gasification technology

PHG Energy (PHGE), based in Nashville, Tennessee, has announced it has acquired multiple intellectual property assets and a municipal gasification plant in the bankruptcy of Sanford, Florida-based MaxWest Environmental Systems Inc.

In addition, PHGE announced that Jeff Snyder has joined the company to lead the sales division. Snyder had served nearly three years as head of sales and marketing with MaxWest. The MaxWest company began in 2008 and ceased operation of its Sanford, Florida, installation that served three cities in the region in May of 2013.

PHGE President Tom Stanzione says the acquisition will enhance the company’s ability to diversify its offerings in the waste-to-energy marketplace. “We see significant value in what they had accomplished both in technology as well as furthering the recognition of gasification as a key element in waste-to- energy solutions. We determined that adding this technology to our portfolio would allow us to both explore new markets and better serve our current and future customers,” Stanzione said.

Assets purchased in the bankruptcy auction included previously issued patent work as well as in-progress intellectual works, the Sanford gasification plant, other confidential technology, financial information and essential data owned by the company.

The future of the biosolids gasification plant in Sanford has not yet been determined.

 

Ener-Core signs deal with Dresser-Rand

Ener-Core Inc., Irvine, California, a designer and manufacturer of gradual oxidizers, has signed a global licensing agreement with Dresser-Rand Co. (DRC) to develop and market DRC’s KG2-3GEF 2-megawatt (MW) gas turbine coupled with the Ener-Core oxidizer.

DRC supplies rotating equipment to the oil, gas petrochemical and process industries.

“The adoption of the Ener-Core oxidizer technology by Dresser-Rand is an important step in capturing the $65 billion waste gas-to-power opportunity,” says Alain Castro, CEO of Ener-Core. “This commercial license is a great opportunity for Ener-Core to successfully scale up its power generation technology to the 2 MW power capacity.

Dan Levin, DRC’s vice president of environmental solutions, says, “The Ener-Core Oxidizer is a breakthrough technology that greatly expands the value proposition of the KG2-3G gas turbine. The combination of reducing harmful exhaust emissions and generating clean energy from waste gases is a truly significant opportunity for many industrial companies. While most companies are focused on waste gas capture and destruction, Ener-Core’s unique Gradual Oxidation technology, combined with Dresser Rand gas turbines, will enable industrial clients across a wide range of industries to utilize their industrial waste gases to generate clean energy.”

The license agreement grants DRC the exclusive rights to commercialize Ener-Core’s 1-4 MW gradual oxidizer bundled with DRC’s KG2 gas-turbine product line. With its 250 kilowatt (KW) power stations already operating in Europe and the U.S., Ener-Core says its Gradual Oxidation technology provides for base-load power and energy security.

 

Schutte-Buffalo Hammermill acquired

Schutte-Buffalo Hammermill, based in Buffalo, New York, has been acquired by Martin Berardi, a former executive with the equipment company Moog Inc., of East Aurora, New York.

Thomas Warne and James Guarino, the former owners of Schutte-Buffalo Hammermill, will remain at the company as president and general manager, respectively.

Schutte-Buffalo, a manufacturer of size reduction equipment, targets a range of industries with its equipment, including the biomass and wood recycling sector, electronic recycling and carpet and shingle recycling.

According to a report in the Buffalo News, Berardi says he sees a strong upside for the company in some of the emerging markets such as biomass processing and alternative fuels.

In 2001 Schutte Pulverizer Co. Inc. purchased the assets of Buffalo Hammermill Corp., The company has since operated as Schutte-Buffalo Hammermill.

 

Eriez offers new product guide for metal separation

Equipment supplier Eriez, based in Erie, Pennsylvania, has published a Metal Separation Product Selection Guide. The eight-page brochure is available online for immediate download and also is offered in hard copy format.

This literature features Eriez’ full line of magnetic separators and metal detectors. The company’s equipment is marketed across an array of industries, including recycling, aggregates, chemical, coal, food, glass, metals, minerals processing, packaging, plastics and other sectors.

The Eriez guide is divided into 12 equipment categories: metal recycling separators, tube magnets, permanent grate magnets, liquid line magnetic trap separators, permanent plate magnets, metal detection systems, drum separators, pulley separators, suspended magnetic separators, dry mineral processing equipment, wet mineral processing equipment and ball mill separators. Eriez says the format is designed to let readers quickly identify the right solutions for their unique metal separation challenges.

Sections highlight each product available in the associated equipment category. Overviews describe each product’s features and benefits as well as typical applications. The brochure also spotlights Eriez’ ProGrade and EriezXpress Programs, which the company says are designed to help processors save time and reduce costs.

Eriez says items in the ProGrade line—such as standard magnetic plates, grates, traps and tubes as well as sight glass magnets—are in stock and available for quick shipping requirements.

Through the EriezXpress Program, some of the company’s most popular material handling and contamination control products are offered for next-day shipment to customers with approved credit.

Those seeking information about Eriez’ ProGrade line can visit http://prograde.eriez.com.

More information on EriezXpress is available at www.eriez.com/ Products/EriezXpress.

 

Echogen Power Systems’ waste heat recovery system available as turnkey solution

Echogen Power Systems, a supplier of advanced power generation technology for waste heat recovery based in Akron, Ohio, has announced the commercial availability of its EPS100 heat engine system as a turnkey solution that it says satisfies energy demand, environmental requirements and cost savings for customers.

“By being the first to bring a commercial supercritical carbon dioxide (CO₂) power cycle to the market, we have developed a heat engine that can outperform steam across our customers’ key value drivers — installed cost, operating and maintenance costs, and levelized cost of electricity, all in a compact, energy dense, safe solution that does not require water to operate,” says Phil Brennan, CEO, Echogen Power Systems.

He continues, “We intend to introduce our product with a core group of key early adopters/partners with whom we intend to build long term relationships and who represent a variety of applications including oil and gas, chemical processing, iron, steel, and glass. Each of these industries experience tremendous energy losses in the form of waste heat — it is essentially the same thing as burning money.”

Dresser-Rand, based in Houston, a supplier of technology platforms in distributed power generation for the oil and gas, industrial and commercial industries, introduced Echogen’s new 8-megawatt EPS100 waste heat recovery unit at its manufacturing and testing facility in Olean, New York, in the fall of 2014. During the event, Dresser-Rand, a licensee of the technology for the oil and gas industry, and Echogen representatives demonstrated a factory testing milestone of the highest net power produced by any supercritical CO₂ power cycle system globally.

“With the Echogen technology ready for full market release, we are in discussions with potential clients for deployment of the solution in the field,” says Pierre Dumas, vice president, strategic business development and commercialization for Dresser-Rand.

 

Ecoverse to host equipment and solutions showcase

The equipment company Ecoverse Industries, based in Avon, Ohio, will host an equipment and solutions showcase April 14-16 in Cleveland. The three-day event, being called Ecoverse Showcase 2015, will be at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center and is free to attend.

The first day of the event will focus on dealers and will feature sales and service training on the company’s new equipment specifications. Ecoverse is involved in a full line of environmental processing equipment from companies such as DoppstadtUS, Backhus, Backers, Tiger, EnvEco and Harvest Quest.

On April 15, the Ecoverse event will include classroom sessions on topics ranging from food waste management and the removal of plastic contaminants to anaerobic digestion and the reduction of odors in compost. Ecoverse says a launch party also will be hosted April 15 to celebrate the unified brands.

The final day of the event, April 16, will be open to the public and media.For more information on Ecoverse Showcase 2015 contact Niki Vala at nvala@ecoverse.net or at 440-937-3225, or sign up at www.ecoverse.eventbrite.com.

For more information on Ecoverse Showcase 2015 contact Niki Vala at nvala@ecoverse.net, call 440-937-3225 or sign up for free online at http://www.ecoverse.eventbrite.com.

 

NRT names outside sales manager

National Recovery Technologies (NRT), Nashville, Tennessee, has named Travis Curtis to the newly created position of outside sales manager. Curtis will report to company President Matthias Erdmannsdoerfer.

NRT provides optical sorting equipment for a variety of industries, including material recovery facilities, secondary plastics, electronic scrap and mineral separation.

“This addition reflects NRT’s growth in U.S. markets. We’re fortunate to be in a position to hire someone with Travis’ background to strengthen our current customer relationships and continue to increase our domestic presence,” says Erdmannsdoerfer. “NRT has long led the industry in technology innovation and customer service. I feel confident that with Travis in place, we will continue to provide our customers with custom solutions and comprehensive customer service.”

In this role, Curtis will be responsible for planning and executing sales strategies in the Midwest and Southeast regions. He also will identify and resolve technical issues to ensure customer satisfaction through all stages of the equipment life cycle, according to NRT.

“We have big plans for 2015 and beyond to further develop our market share in the U.S. In this position, I look forward to that expansion as we build upon NRT’s industry momentum,” Curtis says.