Probe of BP Plant Blast Cites Oversight By RASHA MADKOUR (Associated Press Writer) From Associated Press March 21, 2007 4:03 AM EDT TEXAS CITY, Texas - Overly lax federal oversight and cost-cutting by BP were factors in a 2005 explosion at the oil giant's Texas City refinery that killed 15 people and injured 170, the worst U.S. industrial accident since 1990, a government … [Read more...] about More about BP Texas City…
a look ahead…
What is your humble reporter doing tomorrow? I've got a full day of panels and tutorials I'll be attending: 8:00 am: WEX-04 Technology Roadmap from ABB: Part 1 - Leveraging Automation Technologies to Gain Productivity Advantage Rapid progress in commercial-off-the-shelf information technologies has been a main enabler also for automation technologies for more than a decade. At … [Read more...] about a look ahead…
from the department of "more time with Fred…"
Fred Kindle, ABB's President and CEO, held forth this afternoon at an Executive Forum. He talked about globalization, consolidation, and industry trends: emerging a winner. He said he had four themes: --increasing economic and political UNCERTAINTY --new trends in techno-social ENVIRONMENT --GLOBALIZATION --growing importance of CAPITAL MARKETS If this sounds like his speech … [Read more...] about from the department of "more time with Fred…"
Next up at ABB's press conference…
...was Greg Scheu, vice president in charge of motors, drives, and process instrumentation. His group did $6.8 billion in revenue in 2006, and a lot of that came from North America. He asserted that his was ABB's most profitable division, with a strong 23% growth rate, and significant growth in North America, as well. ...then came Roger Bailey, who runs control systems and the … [Read more...] about Next up at ABB's press conference…
ABB meets the press…
After the keynotes, all of us little presslings trooped next door to hear the ABB senior staff talk about the message they want us to present to our readership. First up was Dinesh Paliwal. Dinesh is Chairman and CEO of ABB North America, and he wears another hat too, that of President, Global Markets and Technology for ABB Ltd. Dinesh is the sparkplug that has fired the ABB … [Read more...] about ABB meets the press…
