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HUDSON
Products Corporation
Leading Edge Technologies
H U D
H udson Products Corporation
was sold to a group of investors led
and measurement style to our
business planning.
by Madison Capital Partners of
Chicago in July of 2002. The Their focus on our business as
current HUDSON management has a core holding will enhance
remained unchanged and the sale HUDSONs position in the heat
by McDermott International Inc. was transfer industry with a number
in line with their plans to focus on of exciting growth prospects
their core business in the power, already discussed.
government, and offshore marine
construction industries. The sale included HUDSONs
global offices, and our joint venture
We are excited with Madisons operations in Australia, Indonesia,
plan to grow the business internally and Mexico. Our licensee and
in addition to possible acquisitions sales representatives network
in related industries. Madison remains unchanged.
was attracted to HUDSONs solid
financial track record and quickly
introduced a dynamic management
1307 Soldiers Field Drive, Sugar Land, Texas 77479 - Ph. 281.275.8100 F
Profile
S O N
M adison Capital Partners
acquires and operates processors
and industrial equipment manufac-
M cDermott International Inc.
is a leading worldwide energy
services company. The companys
turers for the plastics, rubber and subsidiaries manufacture steam-
metals industries. Madison provides generating equipment, environ-
capital and strategic resources and mental equipment, and products for
aligns goals through offering man- the U.S. government. They also
agement direct equity investment provide design, engineering,
opportunities. The Principals fabrication and installation services
and Advisory board members of to the oil and natural gas industries
Madison have managed multiple for offshore production facilities
manufacturing operations and have and pipelines.
been very effective in assisting man-
agement teams in the development On April 17, 1969, McDermott
of strategic growth plans. acquired HUDSON to provide their
clients with stronger engineering
and manufacturing services.
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Goro Nickel and Woodside Projects
he Goro Nickel project is a Nickel Refining Project undertaken within the companys fabrication facility located in
located in the French Territory of New Caledonia, Australia. Coffs Harbour on the mid North Coast of NSW, Australia.
The scope of W. E. Smith Hudson Pty. Ltd. is to supply 16 W. E. Smith Hudson Pty. Ltd. will be delivering the four
Titanium Grade 28 shell and tube heat exchangers at a value 200 tonne shell and
of approximately US $16,500,000. This project is the larg- tube vessels for the
est ever attained by the company in its 80 year history and Woodside LNG train
would be one of the largest single projects placed for heat 4 project at the end
exchangers on any Australian manufacturer to this date. of Nov. 2002. In ad-
W. E. Smith Hudson Pty. Ltd. was the only Australian dition, W. E. Smith
company technically approved to design and fabricate the Hudson Pty. Ltd. will
titanium and superduplex shell and tube heat exchangers. commence manu-
The equipment is fabricated from Titanium Grade 28 facture of 250 tonne
(tubes, tubesheets and floating head), Titanium Grade 17 x 70m x 4.5m con-
clad (shell and shell cover) and superduplex (channel cone). densate splitter col-
These materials were selected after extensive corrosion test- umn in Dec. 2002.
ing and have rarely been used in the manufacture of shell Both of the above major equipment items will be shipped by
and tube heat exchangers. This project represents approxi- barge directly from Coffs Harbour.
mately 60,000 man-hours and shall be completely
Research and Development
pictured back left: Roy Hamm, Travis Posey, and Ray Ortiz
front left: Damon Richards, Alfred Arguello, Santos Garcia,
Kevin Schneider, David Baumgarten, Adam Vela, Joey Coatney, and
Mark Krolczyk
Whos Who
Bob was appointed teams. Her experience and knowledge Brian Hanel, is a
as Manager of Fans, of HUDSONs Fan Products make her a graduate of South-
Parts and Technical unique valuable asset to this company. west Texas State
Services in August University in San
2002. Bob joined Marcos, TX with a
HUDSON in 1996 as Bachelors degree in
Benny Bustos, Cus-
Technology Coordi- marketing and holds
Bob Giammaruti tomers Sales and Brian Hanel
nator and prior to ac- a Masters in Busi-
Service, is a longtime
cepting his current position was a Project ness Administration - International Sales
employee who joined
Manager for air-cooled heat exchangers from the University of St. Thomas in
HUDSON in 1965
in the Projects Department. Before Houston, TX. He joined HUDSONs Fan
and has held several
transferring to HUDSON, Bob was a Sr. and Parts Sales Group in 1992 as an
positions. His tenure
Engineer for Babcock & Wilcox where Benny Bustos Inside Sales Representative and has
at HUDSON started
he was responsible for product improve- been a member of the Cooling Tower
with 14 years in the Tube-Out shop
ment and development activities in the Institute for eight years. Brian is pres-
where he served as a working
utility power boiler market. ently HUDSONs Senior International
leaderman then later transferred to the
Outside Sales Representative.
Bob is now responsible for Plastics Dept. where he mastered fan
HUDSONs Fan and Parts Sales, Fan blades and hubs. Benny is presently part
Engineering, and Field Service Groups. of the Fan and Parts Sales Group and
He holds a Bachelors and Masters in is known as Hot-Shot Benny Yvette Williams,
Mechanical Engineering from Drexel inside HUDSON. Domestic Inside
University in Philadelphia. Sales-OEMs/
Resellers, has been
Mike Daley, a mem- with HUDSON for 14
Fan and Parts Sales ber of the Cooling years. Her career be-
gan working in the
We are continuing to expand our presentations into Cost Reducers, Plot Space Reduction
sessions that will detail thermal sizing methods, ® External Tube Enhancement
pressure vessel calculations, noise predictions, and ® Internal Tube Enhancement
software instruction. During the presentations, we
provide a number of technical handouts, course outlines, Top Five Performance Failures
and free software.
Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers - Applicable Standards
The above items are subject to availability; and will be sold on a first come/first served basis.
Hudsons Outlook
w e
reporting many
are location change moves us closer to
our manufacturing plant in Beasley,
Texas. The move to this South West
change the market expectations for axial
flow fan durability and performance
standards.
changes at
Hudson Products Houston community will also improve
the quality of life for many of our We will not change safety as
Corporation in
Houston employees. a priority at HUDSON. I am pleased
this issue of the
to report that on November 5, 2002
Fin-Fanner®
We continue to be pleased with the we completed our third consecutive year
newsletter.
performance of our new Joint Venture without a lost time injury which is a
P. Eric Ralston, President company, Hudson-HEI, operating in HUDSON record. I congratulate all of
Australia and the South East Asian our employees for this outstanding
On July 10, 2002, McDermott region. Our significant move into this achievement.
International Inc. sold Hudson Products region has been a major change for
Corporation to a group of investors led HUDSON. Hudson-HEI has signifi- Finally, there will be a change in
by Madison Capital Partners of Chicago, cantly increased their backlog and with leadership at HUDSON. After 37 years
Illinois. This change of ownership will not manufacturing operations in Australia with four McDermott International Inc.
change HUDSONs focus to be a world and Indonesia they are positioned as companies and three years with Hudson
wide leading supplier of heat transfer the leading supplier of heat transfer Products Corporation, I am planning my
equipment and axial flow fans. products in the South East Asian region. retirement. I have thoroughly enjoyed
my tenure with HUDSON and would like
Also on July 1, 2002 we relocated We are now in full production with to thank all of our employees, suppliers,
our United States office to a new facility our most advanced design, Tuff-Lite III® and customers for this extremely
in Sugar Land, Texas. This office fan blade. This advanced design will satisfying conclusion to my full time
working career.