The preliminary value for the April 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) continued the trend of small monthly declines since the beginning of the year. The April CEPCI is 1.8% lower than the corresponding value from…
The Program Committee of the International Society of Automation’s (ISA) 15th Annual Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) Fugitive Emissions Symposium has issued a Call for Presenters, inviting professionals in the air-compliance field to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the…
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has announced that Cheryl Teich, reaction engineering expertise area leader at The Dow Chemical Company (Dow; Midland, Mich.), becomes president of the organization in 2015. President-elect Gregory Stephanopoulos, the W.H. Dow Professor of…
The preliminary value for the October CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) declined slightly (0.05%) from the final September value, reversing the increasing trend that has been observed for the past six months. The Equipment subindex saw…