Polymers that turn into ceramics during fire could save lives.
An Asia-Pacific joint venture has helped develop a polymer that turns into ceramics during a fire. The ceramifying polymers have been developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Cooperative Research Center (CRC) for Polymers, and are being commercialized by CRC spin-off company Ceram Polymerik....

ICSID tribunal decides ADF Group case that involves important NAFTA issues.
On January 9, 2003, an arbitral tribunal issued its decision in the case of ADF Group Inc. v. United States of America. ADF Group Inc. is a Canadian company with a U.S. subsidiary that designs and produces structural steel. It filed a claim under the ICSID arbitral regime against...

David Aycock Announces Pending Retirement From Nucor Board.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- After thirty years of service as a Director of Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE), H. David Aycock has announced his intention to retire from the board, effective June 1, 2001. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000317/NUELOGO ) After some 36 years of...

PCC Structurals Incident - August 2, 2001.
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Early this afternoon, an employee of PCC Structurals died as a result of chemical injuries sustained in a cleaning tank containing a caustic alkaline soda solution used in the cleaning of ceramic shell material from metal investment cast components. None of...

TXI's Carlos Fonts Becomes Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
DALLAS, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- It was recently announced that Carlos E. Fonts, Vice President-Development of TXI (NYSE: TXI), has become a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. The Council is a non-partisan membership organization, research center, and publisher that was founded in 1921....

Know your business: employers say they have trouble finding CAD operators who know their software and their particular industry.
LEARN THE BUSINESS AS well as the software. That's the overriding kernel of advice from those of you who sent in comments on last month's Editor's Window about the demise of the drafter. Jimmy Moore, president of VisionREZ, a 3D modeling application built on Architectural Desktop, notes...

TXI Names William Dickert V. P., Marketing and Sales, TXI Chaparral Steel.
DALLAS, March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas-based TXI (NYSE: TXI) announced today that William Dickert has been named Vice President, Marketing and Sales for TXI Chaparral Steel. The steel operation has facilities in Midlothian, Texas and Petersburg, Virginia. Tommy Valenta, Executive Vice President, Steel said, "I've worked closely...

TXI Names Tim Bourcier V. P., Plant Manager, TXI Chaparral Steel - Texas.
DALLAS, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas-based TXI (NYSE: TXI) announced today that Tim Bourcier has been named Vice President, Plant Manager of TXI Chaparral Steel's Texas Operations. The steel operation, with facilities in Midlothian, Texas and Petersburg, Virginia, is the second-largest producer of structural steel beams in...

Composite windows more durable than polyvinyl chloride.
A US manufacturer of replacement windows and doors, ThermoView Industries Inc, has selected Winchester Industries Inc of Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, USA, to design and build a range of composite windows. The composite used in the windows is based on acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and acrylic styrene acrylonitrile (ASA)...

Today's plant and piping programs: options for P&ID and 3D plant design. (AEC tools: master the architect's desktop).
Process plant design software is used in any industry that moves or manufactures liquids and gases. Plant piping software aids in the design of piping systems on oil platforms, in atomic energy plants, and in the food and beverage industries. We'll look at two general types of software used...