Georgia-Pacific Corp. has ordered dryer heads from the Lawton Co. for the No. 6 paper machine at its Port Edwards, Wis., mill. Lawton will design, cast, machine, and ASME code the 48-in.-dia. heads for 100 psi operating pressure.

Abitibi-Consolidated has started up its Andritz-Ahlstrom Fibreflow drum pulp-er, the largest in the world, at its Sheldon, Tex., mill. Andritz-Ahlstrom also supplied both forward cleaners and micra-screens for Abitibi-Consolidated's deink plant ex-pansion in Texas; a groundwood screening and thickening system as part of its conversion to supercalendered (SC) grades in Lufkin, Tex.; and thick stock screens, saveall, and other equipment as part of its SC expansion in Grand Mere, Que.

Mead has ordered micro-capsule plants from GAW Paper Coating Systems Inc. for its mills in Chillicothe and Fremont, Ohio.

Georgia-Pacific Corp. has installed a Super TurnKnife-Next Generation System from Iggesund Tools at its Palatka, Fla., chip mill. The system is designed to increase chipper performance, operating efficiency, and cost efficiency.

St. Marys Paper Ltd. has ordered OptiLoad rebuilds of three Valmet supercalendars from Metso Paper for its Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., mill.

Papertech has ordered a Pilao 34-in. Tri-Disc refiner from the Lawton Co. for its Hopkinton, N.H., mill.

Willamette Industries Inc. has ordered a TwinRoll press from Metso Paper to be used as a prebleach washer for its integrated facility in Kingsport, Tenn.

Weyerhaeuser Co. has ordered @sset.MAX software and services from Honeywell Industrial Control's Hi-Spec Solutions business in an effort to reduce operating costs at its Grand Prairie, Alta.; Flint River, Ga.; and Columbus, Miss., mills.

Daishowa Inc. has ordered a fine screen from Andritz-Ahlstrom for its deink mill in Quebec City, Que.

FiberMark has ordered a gas infrared drying system from Marsden Inc. for its Quakertown, Pa., mill. This is the second system installed on one of FiberMark's converting lines following a saturator to increase line speed.

Willamette Industries Inc. has ordered an ABB web inspection system for the No. 1 fine paper machine at its Kingsport, Tenn., mill.

Austell Boxboard Corp. has ordered a Pilao RTC-2000 TriConic refiner from the Lawton Co. for its Austell, Ga., mill.

Maryland Paper has started up a set of Andritz-Ahlstrom CR screens in its roofing papers plant in Williamsport, Md.

Stora Enso North America has commissioned two gas infrared coating drying systems from Marsden Inc. for its Kimberly Mill in Kimberly, Wis.

Pomona Paper has ordered a Pilao RTC-2000 TriConic Refiner from the Lawton Co. for its Pomona, Calif., mill.

Great Northern Paper has ordered a saveall, deculator, cleaner system upgrade, and a white water silo and flume from Andritz-Ahlstrom as part of its rebuild of the No. 11 paper machine at its Millinocket, Maine, mill.

APC Paper has ordered a Pilao RTC-1000 TriConic Refiner from the Lawton Co. for its Norfolk, N.Y., mill.

BTG Pulp & Paper Technology and Muetek Analytic GmbH have merged to offer laboratory devices, online measurement systems, consulting services, and seminars from a single source. The partners will also cooperate closely in an effort to develop new devices and applications.

QISoft , the Lancashire, U.K.-based producer of industry leading process and quality management software, has acquired the process industry applications of Quaker Computer Systems (QCS) of Savannah, Ga. QISoft has taken over Q-Log, Q-Lab, TrimTracker, and Roll Q Software products. These programs will be modernized and integrated into QISoft's QIS product suite in an effort to create a comprehensive solution to meet the requirements of process industries.

Fisher-Rosemount , the process management division of Emerson, has acquired Saab Marine Electronics AB, a world leader in radar level gauging. Saab Marine Electronics, formerly a subsidiary of Saab AB, will become the level instrumentation center for Minneapolis-based Rosemount, the pressure, temperature, and level measurement division of Fisher-Rosemount.

Pro-face America , a majority owned subsidiary of Digital Electronics Corporate based in Osaka, Japan, has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Xycom Automation, global supplier of industrial PCs and PC-based control products.

Georgia-Pacific Resins Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary and the chemical division of Georgia-Pacific Corp., has acquired the remaining 50% of its joint venture with Masisa S.A. of Santiago, Chile. Combined capacity of the plants is about 190,000 mtpy of adhesives and approximately 105,000 mtpy (at 37% solution) of formaldehyde.

IDEX Corp. , manufacturer of proprietary pump products, dispensing equipment, and other engineered products, has acquired Liquid Controls, manufacturer of positive displacement flow meters, electronic registration, and process control systems. Liquid Controls will be operated as part of IDEX's Pump Products Group.

Circor International Inc. has acquired Rockwood Swendeman of Scarborough, Maine. The Rockwood Swendeman cryogenic safety relief valves and cryotree sub-assembly will augment the product offerings of CPC-Cryolab cryogenic valves and Spence Engineering Co.'s safety relief valves.

Penford Corp. , developer, manufacturer, and marketer of specialty natural-based ingredient systems, and Cargill, international marketer, processor, and distributor of agricultural, food, financial, and industrial products and services, have announced their intent to form a joint venture combining their industrial starch businesses in North America. The companies will create an enhanced specialty-starch ingredient manufacturing and distribution business focusing primarily on the paper and textile industries.

Rohm and Haas , a specialty chemical company, and OMNOVA Solutions, innovator of emulsion polymers and specialty chemicals, have completed a final agreement that establishes a strategic alliance. The alliance is designed to offer total solutions capability to customers with a strong portfolio of complimentary surface treatment products, including styrene butadiene emulsions, hollow sphere pigments, styrene acrylic emulsions, and paper coating additives.

Georgia Duck-Enerka and nine distributors have announced the launch of the Total Conveyor Service Distributor (TCSD) Network. The nine GD-Enerka TCSD distributors are: Conviber in Springdale, Pa.; Dyson Conveyor Maintenance in Birmingham, Ala.; Epperson & Co. in Tampa, Fla.; Industrial Supply Solutions in Salisbury, N.C., and Charleston, W.Va.; Mill Supply with four locations in Oreg.; Richmond Supply in Augusta, Ga.; Valley Rubber & Gasket in Sacramento, Calif.; Virginia Carolina Belting in Salem, Va.; and Washington Belt & Drives in Seattle, Wash. GD-Enerka and TCSD will also provide maintenance and other services.

ForestExpress , a global e-commerce marketplace dedicated to the paper and forest products industry, has selected Moai Technologies Inc., an e-commerce infrastructure provider, to power ForestExpress' recycled fiber and timber vertical b2b marketplaces. ForestExpress has licensed LiveExchange, Moai's structured online negotiation software. The company has also selected Corio Inc., an application service provider, to provide e-business capabilities and hosting services over a secure network.

Scott Specialty Gases has joined Commerce One.net, an open e-marketplace that provides global e-commerce services to buyers, suppliers, and Net market makers, and serves as an on-ramp to the Global Trading Web, a b2b trading community.

Stochos Inc. and PivotPointSW have announced an alliance to integrate the Point.Man ERP system with Stochos' statistical process control (SPC) and quality action request (QAR) software. The alliance will provide Point.Man customers with integrated closed-loop Nonconformance/Corrective Action tracking and both online and off-line SPC capability.

INA Holding Schaeffler KG , Rockwell Automation, The SKF Group, and The Timken Co. have announced an agreement to provide shared web-based services and integrated logistics for premium-brand products and services. The web-based service is designed to offer North American and European authorized distributors a convenient electronic shopping site for the companies' industrial products. In North America, the companies have formed CoLinx LLC, an independent limited liability company equally owned by the four companies, to manage the operation. In Europe, the companies are joined by The Sandvik Group in acquiring Endorsia.com International AB, an industrial e-business service provider currently owned by SKF.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Motion Industries Inc., distributor of bearings, mechanical power transmission, electrical power transmission, and fluid power transmission replacement parts and hose products, has opened new branches in Sanford, N.C., and Craig, Colo.

Rockwell Automation , an electronic controls and communications company, has completed a major expansion at its Dodge gearing manufacturing facility in Greenville, S.C. In addition to increased space, the expansion allows for the installation of new equipment and the implementation of processes in an effort to further improve the facility's productivity.

Morbark has announced the opening of its expanded service Florida Support Facility in Sarasota. The new 11,000-ft2 facility is designed to offer more services and support to Morbark's Florida customer base.

Wonderware Corp. , an independent op-erating unit of the Invensys Software Sys-tems Division, has announced a restructuring program to streamline its organization and improve its capabilities to deliver software functionality, web-enabled plant in-formation, and product ordering. As part of the restructuring process, the company re-duced its worldwide employment by about 20%, eliminating 150 positions.

Siemens Moore Process Automation Inc. has extended its software license agreement with Wonderware Corp. through the year 2007. Siemens Moore integrates Wonderware's open platform software components with the APACS+ ProcessSuite process automation software package and the Process Supervisor batch manager.

Gas Tech Inc. has changed its name to Thermo GasTech. The name change is designed to link globally recognized brands such as Gas Tech with Thermo Electron, its parent company.

Warehousing of Wisconsin has changed its name to WOW Logistics Co. The change was made to reflect the company's goal to develop as a national network of fulfillment and distribution centers.

DuPont Packaging and Industrial Polymers has announced a U.S. five cents/lb increase for all grades of Elvanol polyvinyl alcohol. This increase applies to all market segments worldwide. DuPont cites continued increases in key petrochemical raw material and energy costs as the reason for the price increase.

Degussa-Huls Corp. has implemented a temporary fuel surcharge on all deliveries of hydrogen peroxide within the U.S. and Canada to offset escalating fuel costs. The surcharge will be U.S.$0.001/lb or C$0.0035/kg (as is basis). The company also announced a price increase on all of the company's QUAB reagent products. The price increase will be 5% globally. All other terms and conditions will remain unchanged.

Clariant Corp. has increased off-list prices of its V-Brite and K-Brite sodium hydrosulfite products by 4.5%, effective immediately, or as contracts allow.