At MATRIC, we know that our people are our most valued asset, and we are pleased to welcome three new members to the team! Dr. Grant Proulx joins MATRIC as a Senior Research Chemist. He has more than 22 years of experience as a chemist and technical leader in scale-up, commercial leadership and chemical management [...]
MATRIC President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Hedrick presented at the 8th annual Law of Shale Plays Conference on September 6 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Hedrick discussed the Appalachian Storage & Trading Hub and the impact it would have on the Appalachian region. Presented by the Institute for Energy Law and the Energy & Mineral Law Foundation [...]
MATRIC Chief Technology Officer Jack Dever presented at the Specialty and Agro Chemicals America Event on September 8 in Charleston, SC. Dever discussed the Appalachian Storage & Trading Hub and the impact it would have on the Appalachian region. The Specialy and Agro Chemicals America Event focuses on the chemical products and technologies that have [...]
Achieving Profitable Growth at Mid-Sized Chemical Companies The business and market realities for mid-sized chemical companies are simple to state, but difficult to deliver. Technical and business leaders at these organizations face pressure to deliver profitable growth in hypercompetitive, low-growth, global environments. In those cases where market and competitive opportunities align in a way that [...]
Genius process design, foolproof operating systems, complex intertwined unit operations, sophisticated pilot plants. All mean nothing if you cannot obtain a sample, analyze and quantify exactly what is in it. Analytical, from method development to sampling procedure, technique, precision, and how to treat the data, is paramount. You must be able to measure it. This [...]
MATRIC’s Vic Baker recently presented at the Esri International User Conference in San Diego, Calif., a premier four-day geographic information systems (GIS) event attended by more than 16,000 people representing 138 countries. Baker gave three presentations during the conference which included an ESRI Lightning Talk, a Department of Energy (DOE) GIS User Group meeting presentation, [...]
MATRIC’s brand icon represents an innovative work process with various components that combine to form a whole operation. The “brand blocks” signify the series of capabilities and actions required to fulfill a customer’s business objectives. The icon symbolizes a manner in which expert research, development and engineering methods fit together to serve these functions: 1) [...]
Simulation is defined in the dictionary as “imitation of a situation or the operation of a real-world process” or “the production of a computer model of something, especially for the purpose of study.” Do you have a great idea for a new product or maybe you have a product that can be made by new [...]
Traveling to the numerous conferences each year is nothing new to MATRICian Rob Nunley who attended the AIChE spring meeting in San Antonio, Texas, this week. AIChE is the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals, with more than 50,000 members from more than 100 countries. […]
A series of activities are required to foster innovation in the chemical industry. One of the most critical first steps is to determine if a technology is commercially viable. This discipline is known as “techno-economics,” in which an expert team analyzes the variables required to introduce a new innovation into the marketplace, which include costs [...]