Broadbeam & Palm: Perfect Together
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HTI and Broadbeam
Hydrocarbon Technologies Inc., based on New York Avenue,
has finished a 10-month production test that could lead to a
large-scale
application of the proprietary technology, the “GelCat”
catalyst,
that it has been working on for years. Texaco sponsored the test,
to manufacture 320,000 pounds of a new surfactant product for enhanced
oil recovery. The new surfactant, a renewable resource, is made from a
by-product of the
pulp and paper industry called “lignin.”
The new surfactant will be used in down-hole well tests at an overseas
location. It will take two years to evaluate the next set of tests.
“This is the first large-scale production of lignin-derived
materials
ever made to produce surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery,” says
Al Comoli, president of the 62-person firm. “This is also the
third large-scale application of HTI’s GelCat catalyst. HTI has worked
for years to develop GelCat, and we are now seeing new
applications.”
This employee-owned firm does fossil energy research and development,
process design, and technology licensing in hydroprocessing, heavy
oil upgrading, coal liquefaction, specialty chemicals development,
processing and recycling of municipal and industrial wastes, and
development
of other energy and environmentally responsive technologies. Its new
technology in waste coprocessing and recycling is a major effort to
convert and recycle waste plastic with coal and heavy oils.
Hydrocarbon Technologies Inc., 1501 New YorkAvenue,Lawrenceville 08648. A.G. Comolli, president. 609-394-3102; fax,609-394-1278.Home page: www.htinj.com.Top Of PageBroadbeam & Palm: Perfect TogetherPalm Pilots are getting to be as necessary as cellphones,and an Alexander Road-based firm, Broadbeam Corporation, is helpingtool developers find new uses for the latest models. Broadbeam(foundedas Nettech Systems) signed an agreement with Palm to deliver wirelessdevelopment tools for the Palm VII handheld computers.With these tools, software vendors, system integrators, and corporateIT departments can more easily extend their enterprise applicationsto wireless Palm VIIs. To spur developers, those who register fora special promotion by Friday, September 15, will receive 50 percentoff Broadbeam’s Developer Suite and other discounts. Also Broadbeamand Palm will give marketing and sales support to the first fiveapplicationscertified by Broadbeam. These applications will be showcased atBroadbeam’spavilion at a trade show and be featured on the website atwww.broadbeam.com.“We are co-sponsoring this promotion with Palm to demonstratehow easy it can be to develop wireless enterprise applications forthe Palm VII handheld, and to quickly bring a wide range of wirelesssolutions for Palm’s customers,” says Don Grust, senior vicepresidentat Broadbeam.In addition to the Alexander Road office, Broadbeam has offices inRichardson, Texas; Chicago; Boston; Tampa; Southern California; andthe United Kingdom.The company’s software, called middleware, provides wirelessconnectionsbetween PCs in home offices and laptops and hand-held devices in thefield. Police departments and phone company technicians were initialusers, and Sears is also the company’s client. Its wirelessdevelopmentplatform is most popularly known for its applications for the HertzCorporation. At certain airports, it lets curbside attendants usehandheld pen-based devices to send the names of arriving customersto the Hertz gold card booths.Broadbeam Corp. (former Nettech Systems), 600AlexanderRoad, Princeton 08540. Boris Fridman, president. 609-734-0300; fax,609-734-0346. Home page: www.broadbeam.com.Previous StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
