Wednesday, April 22, 2009

5 Year Anniversary Awards

At the recent Quarterly Safety Meeting, several Valdes Engineering Company employees were honored for 5 years of service at VEC. We recognize each employee for their outstanding contributions and look forward to many more years of shared success. Congratulations to all!


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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Coal Gasification Pilot Plant Update #3

The Coal Gasification Pilot Plant achieved final completion and start-up in late February 2009. The initial test runs have been very successful and comprised a 30 day period of operation. Our client has completed the commercial evaluations necessary to verify their costs of production and has plans to quickly proceed with the development of a larger scale commercial plant in China in the near future. Meanwhile they are busy with the public relations necessary to advertise their company. The following are links to recent articles regarding the company and our cutting edge project:

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=cleaning-up-the-dirtiest-fossil-fue-2009-03-11

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10216860-54.html

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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Chicago Minority Business – MBE Success Profile is VEC

Chicago’s Minority Business Vol. 22 No. 1 (Spring, 2009), published by Minority Business Enterprise input Committee of the Chicago Minority Business Development Council, Inc. has a featured article on Valdes Engineering Company’s success. The article, hot on the heels of the 42nd Chicago Business Opportunity Fair, connecting MBEs with Fortune 500 companies, describes how Bob Valdes used patience, persistence and CMBDC to chart the success journey of Valdes Engineering Company (VEC).

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VEC has been a member of the CMBDC for more than ten years and is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). The CMBDC is one of the nation's premier organizations for minority business development and is an affiliate of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc. (NMSDC). As an MBE, VEC’s awards include its selection as the 2005 Minority Supplier of the Year by BP Products North America. For more information, please contact Sharon Giorno, Minority Business Specialist, at sgiorno@valdeseng.com.


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Valdes Engineering Company (VEC) sets the standard for excellence in engineering serving regional, national and global corporations with on-time, on-budget projects. VEC is a Chicago-based engineering consulting firm, specializing in the petrochemical, refining, coal gasification, power, chemical, alternative energy, and manufacturing industries.