News from Plant-Design.Com

Again this year, Plant-Design.Com and PipeMall.Com will be a Sponsor of the PlantSuccess 2000. Plans for PlantSuccess are on track with a full roster of outstanding speakers and more sponsors than last year.

According to Carl Howk, Conference Chair, "PlantSuccess '99 was a success and we are building an even stronger lineup of speakers and sponsors for PlantSuccess 2000 -- October 23-25 at the Hotel du Pont, Wilmington, Del. Jim Porter, du Pont's VP of engineering and operations, will be a tough act to follow as a Keynoter and we are very pleased to have Tom Archibald, VP and director of operations & manufacturing for Rohm and Haas in the top spot. Tom will be introduced by Porter. Closing speaker is Ken Eickmann, director of Construction Industry Institute (CII)."

Currently, the conference has several other outstanding speakers:

Hermann Ortega, Air Product's VP of Engineering & Manufacturing
Jay Richey, Bayer Corp's VP of Industrial Chemicals
David Waite, Dow Chemical's Corporate Manufacturing I/T Manager
Don Linsenmann, du Pont's Corporate Six Sigma Champion
Karan Sorensen, VP and CIO of Life Technologies, Inc
James Upchurch, Director of Manufacturing Research & Engineering for Lyondell Chemical
David Purvis, General Manager of Licensing for NOVA Chemicals Ltd
Charlie Gillard, VP of Continuous Productivity Improvement & CIO for Shell's Deer Park Refinery

Visit the PlantSuccess 2000 website at www.PlantSuccess.com or contact: Carl Howk, Conference Chair, PlantSuccess 2000, 770-565-3282, Carl.Howk@PlantSuccess.com