Biofuels Journal - March/April 2008 - (Page 42)

Supplier Q & A Ty Mason President Mason Mfg., Inc. Decatur, IL 217-422-2770 Ty Mason, president, Mason Mfg., Inc., joined the company in 1993 and assumed his current position in 2007. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, Mason was a linebacker for the Razorbacks during the 1988-91 seasons. Mason Mfg., founded in 1988 by Ty’s father Wes Mason, is a manufacturer of heat exchangers, pressure vessels and columns for the biofuels, grain processing, chemical, petroleum, power, and water treatment industries. Wes retired in 2004. Jad Mason, Ty’s brother, serves as chief executive officer. Mason Mfg. counts some of the largest manufacturing and processing companies in the world among its clientele. popular heat exchangers in the ethanol industry. We can design and fabricate a broad range of shell and tube heat exchangers to TEMA and ASME specification standards. We build exchangers ranging in size from 6 inches to 15 feet diameter and weighing up to 300,000 lbs. We also produce ASME vessels, condensers, evaporators, columns, reactors, and rotary dryers. Growth Trend Slowing We see the ethanol industry in a bit of a slow down at this time. Plant construction costs have risen recently. To illustrate, the cost of nickel, a key ingredient in stainless steel, rose from $6 per pound in 2006 to $25 per pound in 2007, but has settled recently to around $13 per pound. However, there will certainly be more plants built. Much of our activity right now is in Canada, and we are involved in a number of pilot cellulosic ethanol plants under construction. These pilot plants use smaller heat exchangers, but the equipment is scalable and we are hoping that cellulosic ethanol production takes off. We believe that more efficient cellulosic ethanol production and the new Renewable Fuel Standard passed as part of the 2007 energy bill will spur the ethanol industry in the United States to a new level. Frank Zaworski, associate editor Biofuels Start Mason Mfg. got its start manufacturing equipment for the corn and soybean processing industries in the 1980s. Our first project for the ethanol industry came in 1992 when we were asked to provide evaporators and condensers for a plant expansion in Illinois. Today, Mason Mfg. equipment can be found in more than 100 ethanol plants across North America. Primary Products Our shell and tube heat exchangers continue to be the most Response No. 421 http://www.swanflo.com http://www.swanflo.com http://www.swanflo.com

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Biofuels Journal - March/April 2008 Contents Stover Ethanol Algae Research High Feedstock Prices Free Fatty Acids Biodiesel Process Fuel From Waste Oil Sustainable Feedstocks DDG Oil Extraction Processing Free Fatty Acids Pretreating Crude Oil Sorghum for Ethanol Barley Ethanol Woody Biomass Wheatstraw Ethanol Waste to Ethanol Switchgrass for Cellulosic Ethanol Sweet Energy Crop Jet Fuel from Algae Supplier Profile: Mason, Mason Mfg. Inc. Supplier Profile: Bensema, The Interstate Companies Managing Switchgrass Biomass Pretreatment Engineering Cellulosic Ethanol FEW 2008 Preview EPA Air Study Training Biofuels Workers Switchgrass Net Energy Monthly Ethanol Production State Report: South Dakota White Paper Studies Energy Act Ultrasonic Ethanol POET Increasing to E-20? Carbon Credits for Cellulosic Ethanol John Neufeld, White Energy John Wilkinson, Minister of Innovation, Ontario Blending Economics Credit Extension Waste to Fuel Enzyme Technologies Ethanol Dedicated Pipeline Husker Ag Inc. Higher Ethanol Yields Industry News Delta T Saving Energy, Water ACE Conference Preview Profile: Sowinski, GreenField Ethanol Profile: Maska, Western Wisconsin Energy, LLC Licensing Technology ICM DOE Grant Book Review Western WI Rail Expansion Ethanol World Cellulosic Ethanol Plants Under Consideration Cellulosic Ethanol Plants Construction Map Nova Biosource Fuels Freedom Fuels, LLC NBB Conference Wrap-up Biodiesel Powered Jaws Biodiesel News Biodiesel Space Age BP plc Chevron Corp. Exxon Royal Dutch Shell Florida Biodiesel Fleet Iowa Biodiesel Board Biodiesel Electricity Biodiesel World Profile: Arnold, Memphis Biofuels LLC Rahul Iyer, Primafuels, Inc. Europe’s Biodiesel Industry Slowdown Brownfield Biofuels Underground Storage Bioindustrial Innovation Biodiesel Buildup Jet Using Biodiesel Biodiesel Positive Energy Balance New Biodiesel Standards Benefuel Solid Catalyst Lipten Company Petroleum Equipment Institute Midland Manufacturing Railroad Industries Inc. Engineered Storage Products Company NARSTCO Inc. ConAgra Trade Group Lide Industries Bunting Magnetics Co. Aldon Company, Inc. Sludge Biodiesel Calendar Ad Index

Biofuels Journal - March/April 2008

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