This case study is about ATOFINA Petrochemicals, which has manufacturing facilities in Texas and Louisiana, as well as a research and development facility in La Porte, Texas and a refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. ATOFINA Petrochemicals, Inc. is committed to a continuous progress initiative that focuses on streamlining operations and...
This case study is about Shell Chemicals, which is a chemicals manufacturing operating company of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, one of the largest petrochemical operations in the world. Shell Chemicals Canada manufactures styrene at its Scotford plant in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The facility's styrene monomer capacity is approximately 450,000...
This case study is about Sterling Chemicals, which produces petrochemicals, acrylic fibers and pulp chemicals, and provides large-scale chlorine dioxide generators to the pulp and paper industry. Its primary petrochemical facility is in Texas City, Texas, where it produces styrene, acrylonitrile, acetic acid, plasticizers, methanol and sodium cyanide. CATSCAN provides...
The Process Analytical Technology PAT initiative has as its basis the objective to understand specific pharmaceutical processes more thoroughly. An improved understanding is assumed to offer higher levels of customer assurance, therefore reduced compliance oversight requirements as well as a well understood opportunity for higher manufacturing efficiency in terms of...
This report highlights a survey where major pharmaceutical manufacturers share details and insights regarding their process analytical technology PAT initiatives. Survey respondents were, for the most part, positive about PAT and its potential to effect change. Participants diverged in their perceptions of how broadly PAT is defined. Some see PAT...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- After going 0-for-March and April, the Utah Blaze won their first two games in May. That modest two-game winning streak came to a halt late Saturday night at HP Pavilion, as the division-leading San Jose SaberCats downed the Blaze 74-64. ...
Having put together back-to-back wins after a miserable 0-9 start to the season, the Utah Blaze truly have -- believe it or not -- put themselves back into the Arena Football League's playoff chase. And a win tonight on the road against defending ArenaBowl champion San Jose...
SAN JOSE -- So much for the SaberCats' slow start. Since dropping their first two games in April and falling under .500, the SaberCats have won three of four and are right where they always expect to be. With a victory tonight over division rival Utah...
SAN JOSE -- Falling down on the job is never a good thing, but as San Jose Sharks fans learned Sunday night, it can be particularly devastating in professional hockey. Just ask Joe Pavelski, whose embarrassing and ill-timed third- period tumble on his home HP Pavilion...
SAN JOSE -- In the end, Jonathan Cheechoo only postponed the inevitable. A crash-the-net goal by Cheechoo with just over three minutes left in the third period sent the Sharks into their first overtime of the playoffs Friday night at HP Pavilion. ...
SAN JOSE -- Nothing has come easy at HP Pavilion all year for the San Jose Sharks, so it shouldn't be terribly stunning that their latest playoff series began with another home-ice horror story. The Sharks fairly well outplayed the Dallas Stars for much of their...
SAN JOSE -- Sharks left wing Ryane Clowe makes it sound so simple. The subject is Dallas Stars agitator Steve Ott, who got under the Sharks' skin in the final game of the regular season when there was nothing on the line. Ott's unpenalized hit on...
IT'S DIFFICULT to be too critical of the San Jose Sharks, the only major professional sports team in the Bay Area that makes the playoffs every year and actually makes you believe from time to time they could capture a championship. But let's be blunt. If...
SAN JOSE -- Jeremy Roenick followed his own advice Tuesday night, and the Sharks, not the Calgary Flames, are moving on to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. "I just think we have to be confident. We have to throw the kitchen sink at...
SAN JOSE -- Maybe the San Jose Sharks didn't need to prove anything to themselves -- "We knew we had a lot of good character guys in here," Joe Thornton said -- but Tuesday night they might have proved something to a lot of other people: ...
SAN JOSE -- Do or die. Win or go home. Pucks or putters. Pick whatever phrase makes it most clear what the stakes are tonight at HP Pavilion. Because when the San Jose Sharks and the Calgary Flames square off in the first Game 7 played...
SAN JOSE -- First, there was a little personal payback early on at HP Pavilion when Patrick Marleau drove Calgary defenseman Cory Sarich into the boards. Not nearly as hard a shot as the one Marleau received from Sarich earlier in the series, but point made....
SAN JOSE -- First, there was the personal payback at HP Pavilion when Patrick Marleau drove Calgary defenseman Cory Sarich into the boards. Not nearly as hard a shot as the one Marleau received from Sarich earlier in the series, but point made. ...
SAN JOSE -- At the risk of getting too technical, here's some intriguing hockey strategy to ponder: Turns out that it can be extremely difficult for an opponent to score goals if a team, well, doesn't allow them to actually shoot the puck. ...
It took seven games to surface, but the Soul showcased their latest strength Saturday against the San Jose SaberCats. That's the ability to overcome a large deficit. Facing their first double-digit deficit this season - and 26 points, at that - the Soul remained poised. Behind quarterback Matt D'Orazio, they...
