Air Force awards Acurex Environmental $15 million contract for environmental quality research and development.PANAMA CITY Panama City, city (1990 pop. 34,378), seat of Bay co., NW Fla., on St. Andrews Bay; inc. 1909. A Gulf Coast resort with amusement parks and excellent fishing, it is also a port of entry. The city's industries produce paper, clothing, and chemicals. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1995--Acurex Environmental Corporation (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) has won a technology development and demonstration contract from the U.S. Air Force with a potential value of $15 million. AEC will support the USAF's Armstrong Laboratory, Environics Directorate, an element of the Air Force Human Systems Center, in its mission to provide environmental solutions for Air Force operations. This work addresses the Air Force's goal for zero hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. discharge from industrial operations by 2000. The contract calls for waste reduction in Air Force industrial processes, heavy metals heavy metals, n.pl metallic compounds, such as aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, and nickel. Exposure to these metals has been linked to immune, kidney, and neurotic disorders. reclamation from waste streams and processes, and reclamation or degradation of highly energetic materials and propellants from decommissioned weapons. The first delivery order will identify feasible innovative emerging technologies for treatment or recycling of heavy metal and halogen halogen (hăl`əjĕn) [Gr.,=salt-bearing], any of the chemically active elements found in Group 17 of the periodic table; the name applies especially to fluorine (symbol F), chlorine (Cl), bromine (Br), and iodine (I). compounds from industrial waste water sludges. Future delivery orders will focus on similar waste reduction/elimination needs involving solid, liquid, and gaseous process streams from Air Force industrial operations. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Herb Dempsey, AEC's Director for Technology Development, this contract is an example of the firm's commitment to develop, evaluate, and transfer innovative technical solutions to the marketplace in a timely and cost effective manner. "This contract supports our continuing commitment to bring to the marketplace leading edge technology that provides more effective and less costly environmental solutions in all media," says Andrew Reed Sir Andrew Reed, KCB, CVO, M.A., LL.D (LL.B Gold Medalist) Queen's University of Belfast. Called to the Bar 1873. Entered Royal Irish Constabulary and appointed District Inspector, 1859; became Inspector General in 1885 retired 1900. Aside from being the only R.I.C. , Geraghty & Miller's Vice President and Federal Services Program head. AEC is a subsidiary of Geraghty & Miller, Inc., which has 50 offices nationwide and a technical staff of more than 1,000. Acurex and Geraghty & Miller are affiliates of the Heidemij group of companies. Heidemij is an international environmental firm headquartered in The Netherlands and has 140 offices worldwide. Engaged since the early 1970's in the research and development of innovative environmental strategies, Acurex Environmental has repeatedly demonstrated the ability to develop solutions for industrial and urban problems affecting our air, land, and water. For further information about Acurex Environmental's technology development programs, contact Herb Dempsey at 919/544-4535 in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , NC. For information about Geraghty & Miller's Federal Services Program, contact Andrew Reed at 303/294-1200 in Denver, CO. CONTACT: Acurex Environmental Corporation Herb Dempsey, 919/544-4535 or Geraghty & Miller Andrew Reed, 303/294-1200 |
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