Earlier Mr. Knox was with the Lummus Company, the
engineering and construction subsidiary of Combustion Engineering for 21
years primarily in EPC contract sales and management of commercial
activities. During the decade prior to 1986 he was responsible for
business development for projects utilizing chemical process and energy
technologies including coal gasification, cogeneration, refining,
petrochemicals, gas processing and enhanced oil recovery. Typical annual
sales volumes were $50,000,000 to $500,000,000 of installed plant cost.
Single contracts reached $350,000,000 in value.
Prior to joining Lummus, Mr. Knox was with
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works engaged in project management and process
engineering with technologies ranging from nuclear fuel fabrication, to
hydrometalurgical processing and pharmaceuticals.
Mr. Knox’s earliest work was with the Chemical
Plants Division of Blaw Knox performing process design and initial
operations for turnkey soybean extraction plants.
Thomas M. Knox held a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and was a registered
Professional Engineer in the State of Texas. Tom passed away in
February of 2004.
