Richmond Paperboard in Richmond, Va., has installed a Model 5700 10-barrel multiple pressure filter supplied by AES Engineered Systems.

Willamette Industries Inc. and Huber Engineered Materials, a division of J.M. Huber Engineered Materials, have agreed to build a precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) plant. This PCC plant will support the expansion of the Willamette facility in Kingsport, Tenn., producing and supplying customized PCC to Willamette's 1,200-tpd, uncoated fine paper machine. The plant will be completed in June 2002.

Georgia-Pacific Corp. in Big Island, Va., has installed a Thermo-Jet ultra-high pressure cleaning shower system and also a V.I.D. formation system from AES Engineered Systems on the unirun section of the No. 4 recycled linerboard machine.

FiberMark has ordered a gas infrared drying system from Marsden Inc. for its Quakertown, Pa., mill.

Simkins Industries, New Haven, Conn., has installed 46 dryers from GL&V.

Davison Petroleum Products LLC, in Ruston, La., and Tessenderlo Kerley Inc., in Phoneix, Ariz., have announced the intended merger of the companies' sodium hydrosulfide, caustic soda, and caustic service divisions marketing departments into a new commercial entity. The new company, Tessenderlo Davison Chemicals LLC, will focus on the sodium hydrosulfide and caustic services markets.

Kuehne & Nagel International AG in Schindellegi, Switzerland, has acquired USCO. With this acquisition the company will have full access to the logistics market in North America. USCO Logistics is a provider of customized integrated logistics management solutions.

The Industrial Pump Group of ITT Industries has created an alliance with the Hi-Spec Solutions business of Honeywell Industrial Control. Under the terms of the alliance, the two companies will integrate Honeywell's @sset.MAX asset optimization technologies with ITT Industries' PumpSmart, part of the Goulds Pumps line of flow control products.

Solvay Minerals has announced its first e-sales transaction via Elemica, a global, neutral electronic network. This transaction links the Dow Chemical Co. and Solvay in a joint ERP-to-ERP connection.

Galileo Vacuum Systems and Ei3 have announced that Galileo will use technology developed by Ei3 to deliver online engineering support and machinery performance analysis.

Trinity Consultants has formed a partnership with Australian-based EMsoft, a provider of information management solutions. EMsoft will become the exclusive distributor of Integrum software in North America. Trinity is a consulting and software company that assists industrial facilities with regulatory compliance and environmental management.

Sopheon, the knowledge management software and services company, has announced an agreement with Arthur D. Little (ADL), a technology and consulting firm. Under the agreement, the two firms will partner in im-plementing Sopheon's Accolade solution for new product development. The affiliation is designed to support ADL's emphasis on helping clients integrate technology-based solutions into overall business strategies.

Pavilion Technologies Inc.,provider of real-time energy optimization software products, and Syska & Hennessy, an energy engineering firm, have signed a joint development agreement to provide integrated solutions to key industrial facilities affected by the energy crisis.

Washington Group International, an engineering and construction firm, has voluntarily petitioned to restructure under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Most of the company's domestic subsidiaries are included in the filing.

Ahlstrom has announced a company-wide reorganization. The core of the business will be transferred into the industrial Ahlstrom Corp. The investment company, Ahlström Capital Oy, and the heritage company, A. Ahlström Osakeyhtiö, will remain family-owned.

Schneider Electric has combined its Industrial Control, Automation, and Motion Activity business units into a new, single entity that has been named Industrial Web Automation and Control. The change emphasizes the importance the company places on Web-based technologies.

Minerals Technologies Inc. has announced that it will reduce its workforce by approximately 120 full-time employees. This reduction spans the company's worldwide operations, with reductions coming from all subsidiaries and organizational levels.

AMSTED Industries announced that its subsidiary, Baltimore Aircoil Co., a supplier of evaporative cooling and heat transfer equipment, has been withdrawn from sale and will continue to operate as a decentralized business unit.

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL), supplier of advanced electric power protection, control, and monitoring systems, has announced the formation of the SEL Industrial Solutions Group. This group offers a new resource for applying microprocessor-based power protection and communications devices to protect critical and expensive equipment.

Nooter Corp. has announced formation of Nooter Fabrication Services Inc. The new company will provide project management services for equipment fabricated by its affiliate shops—Amalgamated Metal Corp. in Malaysia and Consorcio Industrial S.A. de C.V. in Mexico.

Thermo Fibertek Inc. has announced that it will change its name to Kadant Inc. The spin-off is part of a major reorganization plan allowing the parent company, Thermo Electron, to focus on its core instruments business.

PMD Group Inc.—formerly BF Good-rich Performance Materials segment—has announced that its new name will be Noveon Inc. The name change is part of a corporate strategy to strengthen the company's commitment to the specialty chemicals markets.

The Fieldbus Foundation has announced the registration of the first high-speed Ethernet (HSE) linking devices (LD). The registered devices include the Model F10-100 LD from ABB and the Model DF1302 LD from Smar. Registration of the HSE linking devices is designed to provide a crucial component in FOUNDATION fieldbus architecture.

The Open Device Vendor Assn. (ODVA) has announced that Wind River Systems Inc. will support DeviceNet and Ethernet/IP—two open networks owned by ODVA and its members. This lets industrial equipment manufacturers and product developers incorporate support for these open networks in devices.

Motion Industries Inc., distributor of bearings, fluid power transmission parts, and hose products, has opened a new branch in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Adhesives Research Inc., a manufacturer of pressure-sensitive adhesives systems, offers e-commerce capabilities to its customers through its corporate Web site, www.adhesivesresearch.com. The site offers online ordering to customers who register for the program.

DuPont Safety Resources has announced that it will be enhancing its Web site and online offerings. New features will include a monthly newsletter, training programs, and a full range of safety training products and services.

Operations at Lamb-Grays Harbor Co., Hoaquim, Wash., and its affiliate Meridian Machine Works, Meridian, Miss., were suspended as of June 25, 2001, with 100 Hoaquim employees and 69 Meridian employees losing their jobs. The financing package that Lamb had hoped to negotiate with its bank and a new lender could not be achieved, and the bank indicated it would foreclose. However, the foreclosure will not prevent another entity from acquiring the assets from Lamb's secured creditor in a foreclosure sale in order to supply spare parts and service. The foreclosure will likely result in Lamb's and Meridian's filing of a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition or dissolving under applicable state law.

Lamb's bank is now finalizing arrangements whereby Ovalstrapping Inc. of Hoaquim and Gerrard-Ovalstrapping of Burlington, Ont., will continue to supply spare parts, both those presently on order and all future orders. The company also anticipates that the assets of Lamb will be purchased in order to complete work in process. While these arrangements are being finalized, a small staff will be on hand to receive and process customer parts and service inquiries and orders.