Aquilex

Aquilex HydroChem Receives 22 NPRA Safety Awards

admin — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:10:38 +0000

Representatives from HydroChem attended the NPRA Safety Awards Banquet on Wednesday, May 13 2009 in Dallas, Texas. The Annual Awards Banquet is the premier event used by the petrochemical and refining industry to recognize outstanding safety performance by member companies and contractors.

HydroChem Accepts 2008 NPRA Awards: Roger Raney, HydroChem VP HSE&T; Charlie Drevna, NPRA President; Greg Rice, HydroChem Sr. VP Operations; Rich Bellinghausen, HydroChem HSE Manager

Aquilex HydroChem graciously accepted 22 Meritorious Contractor Safety Performance Awards on behalf of employees who worked 20,000 labor hours or more at customer sites without a recordable injury. The 22 awards received for 2008 performance is an improvement over the 17 awards received in 2007. Aquilex HydroChem also had the honor of receiving more NPRA Safety Awards than any other industrial cleaning company.

Congratulations to the employees who contributed to this outstanding accomplishment!

Aquilex Hosts First Demo Days

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:25:04 +0000

41 customers from 12 different businesses joined Aquilex HydroChem at their first STARS^SM Demo Days. From April 13th to April 17th, current clients and prospects from the refinery and petro-chemical industries were invited to Aquilex HydroChem’s corporate offices in Deer Park, TX to preview, first hand, some of Aquilex HydroChem’s and Aquilex WSI’s innovative technologies

Aquilex WSI demonstrated its welding technology for the ID, OD and pressure vessel pipe overlays. Aquilex HydroChem demonstrated three different configurations of their GT SYSTEM^TM: a man-way mount, a tri-pod mount and a roof mount for Tank Cleaning service.

Both the single peinemann and triple peinemann were on display within the Flex Lance technologies along with Aquilex HydroChem’s latest flexlance innovation, the Duraflexxx machine.

The WaterLazer^TM team participated in the demonstration showcasing the RotoLazer^TM and HydroLazer^TM pipe cleaning technologies. They also performed a live demonstration of Aquilex HydroChem’s metal cutting abilities.

Aquilex HydroChem closed the event with a live demonstration of the state-of-the-art, 5 rotating lance heat exchanger tube cleaning system, STARS (synchronized tooling and robotic system).

The event was initially created to showcase the new STARS technology, to show current customers the direction that Aquilex and Aquilex HydroChem are moving in and to introduce Aquilex and their family of businesses to existing and potential customers. “The event exceeded expectations. We are already working on another Demo Days. It was a great way to connect with current customers and to showcase and generate buzz about the new STARS technology,” stated J.J. Daniel, Director of Product Management at Aquilex HydroChem.

Acquisition of Aquilex Finalized

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:40:11 +0000

Teachers’ Private Capital has acquired Aquilex Holdings, LLC, a leader in maintenance, repair and industrial cleaning services for the energy industry. “We are extremely pleased to partner with Teachers’ Private Capital as Aquilex continues its evolution as a leader in energy services, ” said Bill Varner, Chief Executive Officer of Aquilex. “We have been impressed with Teachers’ Private Capital’s long-term approach to investing in private equity, which is demonstrated by its ability to complete this investment during a period of significant uncertainty in financial markets.”