Arsenal Capital to Acquire Ferro Corporation’s Fine Chemicals Business

Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial, healthcare, and financial services companies, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Ferro Corporation’s Fine Chemicals business, a leading manufacturer of electrolytes used in the manufacture... 

Alfa Laval Wins SEK 150 Million Order in India For Its Clean Technologies

Alfa Laval a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order for three thermal evaporation systems from Vedanta Aluminum Limited for its expansion project in India. The order value is about SEK 150 million and delivery is scheduled for 2009. “Alfa Laval has provided customers with solutions that generate,... 

ProLogis to Participate in National Study on Energy-Saving Technologies and Design Solutions for Commercial Real Estate Buildings

ProLogis, the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, announced today that it will participate in a new, national study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to speed market adoption of current technologies and design solutions that yield significant, measurable energy savings for commercial buildings. In... 

Sustainable Power Corp. Turns Municipal Solid Waste Into Energy

Sustainable Power Corp. announced today that it has tested standard Municipal Solid Waste in the Company’s reactors and not only was the company successful in producing biofuels in the process, but was able to obtain results which exceeded what it had accomplished with its other fuel stocks. The Company has already commenced discussions with substantial... 

Kraft Highlights Alternative Energy Initiatives at Two New York Plants

With a vested interest in conducting business in a way that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, Kraft Foods has placed sustainability at center stage. Two of its New York cheese plants took leading roles today, as Kraft announced completion of waste-to-energy projects at manufacturing... 

FirstEnergy Continues Restoration Efforts to Approximately One Million Customers Affected by Severe Wind Storm

Unexpected high winds that moved through northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon, September 14, interrupted electric service to approximately one million customers of FirstEnergy Corp.’s Ohio Edison and Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company subsidiaries in Ohio, and Penn Power and Penelec subsidiaries in western Pennsylvania.... 

Textron Reaches Agreement to Sell Fluid & Power Unit to Clyde Blowers for up to $645 Million

In a significant move, further advancing its portfolio strategy, Textron Inc. announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Fluid & Power business unit to Clyde Blowers Limited, a UK-based worldwide leader in the areas of power, materials handling, intermodal transport and logistics and pump technologies, for up to approximately... 

International Energy Announces Breakthrough Diagnostic Technology for Algae-Derived Biofuels

International Energy, Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, today announced that researchers have devised and instituted an important patent-pending technology capable of rapidly determining the accumulation of bio-oil and other high-value compounds in microalgae, an important advancement... 

The US May Achieve Energy Independence With Help From Algae-Based Biofuels

Seven years ago this week, the United States was attacked on September 11. Since this event, the US military, congress, and departments of energy, agriculture and defense have increased the volume of initiatives to promote renewable alternatives for energy independence. There is a growing sense of urgency for the US to produce alternatives to foreign... 

Sustainable Power Corp. Capable of Generating Electricity From Its Raw Biocrude Utilizing Texas Power Systems’ Generators

Sustainable Power Corp. announced today that in furtherance of its agreement with Texas Power Systems, it has completed testing of TPS’s generators with the biofuel product taken DIRECTLY from Sustainable Power’s reactors. These tests prove that Sustainable Power can utilize the biocrude from its reactors directly in the TPS generators...