INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL
To establish a structured institution within SMACNA focused on developing and offering a set of high quality programs and services, all directly designed to enhance SMACNA industrial contractor members' businesses, markets, and profitability.
What's in the Latest Issue of Industrial Council Newsletter
Custom-fabricated hop dryers put the fizz in Pacific Northwest brewing industry
Next time you’re gathered with friends at a neighborhood brewery for a refreshing beverage in the Pacific Northwest, raise a toast to SMACNA contractor C.J. Hansen Co. Inc., who just might have fabricated the singular hop dryers that contribute to that beer’s unique aroma and flavor.
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McDonald Air installs massive air units for Embraer aircraft facility
With the reduction of the U.S. space program, several aviation companies are relocating to Brevard County, Fla., to utilize the area’s highly trained space program workforce.
SMACNA’s McDonald Air & Sheet Metal Inc. of Orlando, Fla. constructed two large paint booths and make-up air units for the new 150,000-sq.-ft. Embraer Melbourne Production Facility in Melbourne, Fla. They completed the job in just four months.
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Combined heat and power systems could generate 1 million jobs
Expert analysis from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory indicates that 85 gigawatts of combined heat and power (CHP) could be added to U.S. industry in a cost-effective manner over the next 10 years, reducing business costs and creating jobs. This increase would double CHP by 2020 and reduce annual energy consumption in the United States by three percent—avoiding the need to build more than 200 midsize power plants (those of about 500 megawatts).
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