January 30, 2006
INTERNATIONAL TITANIUM POWDER, LLC
(ITP) CONTRACTS WITH A. EPSTEIN TO CONSTRUCT UNITED STATES'
FIRST ARMSTRONG PROCESS FACILITY
LOCKPORT, IL (January 30, 2006) … International Titanium Powder,
LLC (ITP), the Lockport, Illinois-based titanium manufacturer,
has contracted A. Epstein and Sons International, Inc. (Epstein),
the Chicago-based architecture and engineering firm, to provide
architectural and engineering design services for the United
States' first Armstrong Titanium Reduction Process production
facility in Ottawa, Illinois today announced Stan Borys, ITP
ceo.
"Selecting A. Epstein and Sons
was an easy decision," said Bill Ernst, director of engineering
for International Titanium Powder. "Their knowledgeable staff
and vast experience compliment our team well. We are looking
forward to a very successful project."
The Armstrong Titanium Reduction
Process, developed by ITP, LLC, is the first substantial cost
reduction technology innovation in more than 50 years of application
of this important metal. The Armstrong Process is a low-cost,
continuous process that allows for an end to what traditionally
has been a labor and equipment-intensive process for extracting
and refining titanium.
"We are very excited about bringing
our design and engineering expertise in the industrial marketplace
to this cutting-edge facility for this rapidly growing industry,"
stated Allen Pomerance, P.E., Epstein senior vice president.
"Their state-of-the-art process will allow ITP to develop
titanium more easily to meet the many needs of both the public
and private sector for this extraordinary metal."
The new production process is
friendly to the environment and produces virtually no wastes.
ITP has worked with manufacturers in both the commercial and
defense sectors and anticipates that titanium and titanium
alloy produced at this new facility will be used for products
ranging from high-performance automobile brake rotors to armor
for advanced army vehicles.
"We at Epstein are privileged
to be bringing this modern titanium manufacturing facility
to the State of Illinois," stated John Patelski, president
and executive managing director at Epstein.
International Titanium Powder,
LLC (ITP) was formed in 1997 to commercialize the Armstrong
Process to produce pure titanium powder and titanium alloy
powder at a fraction of the cost of producing titanium by
traditional means. The new facility will enable ITP to produce
more than four million pounds of titanium powder per year
and will allow the company to create 42 new jobs.
A.Epstein and Sons International,
Inc. was formed in 1921 and provides architecture, engineering,
construction, interior and graphic design services worldwide.
Headquartered in Chicago, the firm maintains offices in Los
Angeles, California; San Antonio, Texas; Warsaw, Poland; Tel
Aviv, Haifa and Beersheba, Israel; Beijing and Shenzhen, China
and most recently Bucharest, Romania. Epstein consistently
is ranked tops for its industrial and manufacturing design
and construction work by well-known industry media including
Engineering News Record, Building Design and Construction
and Midwest Construction. Additionally, the firm is well-known
for its commercial, high-rise residential, municipal, educational
and transportation projects including the current West Expansion
to the McCormick Place Convention Center, New York City's
upcoming expansion of the Jacob Javits Convention Center,
Chicago's recently-completed Hyatt Center office tower and
Triumph Foods' Missouri pork processing plant.
For more information on ITP: www.itponline.com
