EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE (EPS)

IPG has supplied engineering, design, layout, and equipment selection and procurement services for upgrades, expansions and grassroots EPS plants in Asia, Europe and the Mideast. We have also provided on-site pre-commissioning and start-up services for these facilities, whose capacities ranged from 660 MTA (pilot plant) to 48,000 MTA. These designs feature IPG’s proprietary reactor/agitator system, which provides excellent bead size control, as well as our closed loop heating/cooling system that requires virtually no external water.

HEALTH & BEAUTY AIDS (HBA)

In this area, IPG has designed and/or upgraded raw material storage, supply and HBA production facilities. Examples include:

• A tank farm relief valve system
• Retractable platforms used by workers while transferring raw materials from tank cars to storage tanks via flexible hoses
• Ladders and access platforms in a tank farm

We have provided assistance in the design, installation and start-up of environmentally controlled rooms and production facilities. In addition, we have also performed HAZOP studies leading to significant safety improvements in plant systems and operating practices, both within and outside of the HBA market.

CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRY (CPI)

IPG has performed many projects in new plant system designs and upgrades, including generation of “as-built” P&IDs specific to each operation. A sample of these projects include:

• A new tank farm for an adhesives plant
• Reactor modifications for a polymerization facility
• Piping modifications and new equipment selection/installation in the chemical mixing industry
• The complete design, equipment specification/installation assistance and start-up of a pilot uranium reclamation facility
• The design and assistance in start-up and operation of the main grout delivery system for the Fort Point Channel portion of Boston’s Central Artery Tunnel Project (the “Big Dig”)

FOOD PROCESSING

In this area, IPG has performed many projects involving the design, engineering, layout and equipment selection and specification, both for new installations and upgrades of existing facilities, in the United States, Pakistan and China. These projects, each of which involved the engineering of environmentally controlled production areas, included:

• A cook/chill system for a plant in Beijing that produced pre-packaged lunches for local schools
• A beverage concentrate facility
• Various product and raw material cold room and freezer room installations