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Rain CII Carbon Employee Recognition - 1/18/2012
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Rain CII Carbon Employee Recognition
3rd Term Customer Advisory Board Member with Master Control
Kingwood, TX – Jodi Canadas, Quality Manager at Rain CII, was named to the Customer Advisory Board (CAB) for MasterControl. The Customer Advisory Board helps MasterControl better understand and meet the needs of its customers. Members of the board are mediators, liaisons and advocates between MasterControl executives and MasterControl customers. Responsibilities include, regular conference calls, planning and preparation of Regional User Group Meetings, Masters Summit planning and providing input for their website.
“Being asked to be on the CAB for Master Control is a great testament to how far we have come as a company using their system. This will be my third year on the board and it’s a wonderful way for us as a company to get involved in enhancements of the system on a ground level. This appointment shows Rain CII’s dedication to using Master Control as an integral part of our Quality Management System.”, says Jodi Canadas, third term board member and Quality Manager at Rain CII Carbon.
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Rain CII Carbon Promotes Melody Cortez to Vice President of Human Resources - 1/16/2012
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Rain CII Carbon Announces Promotion
Melody Cortez, Vice President of Human Resources
Kingwood, TX – We are pleased to announce the promotion of Melody Cortez to the position of Vice President of Human Resources.
Melody joined Rain CII in 1996 as a benefits and payroll administrator, after working for CII as a temp. At that time, Melody alone constituted the entire human resources and payroll department. With hard work and dedication, Melody has embraced the growth and many transformational changes the company has experienced during those 15 years; in fact, she has led many of those important changes.
Melody was promoted to Director of Human Resources in 2002. Since that time, Melody has guided the Human Resources department through acquisitions, which have almost doubled the employee base; multiple labor and governmental reporting guideline changes; and retirement, 401K, and healthcare reforms. “She has accepted each challenge with a sense of ownership and dedication to protect both the company and its employees”, says Gerard Sweeney, Rain CII President and CEO.
Rain CII is a leading producer of calcined petroleum coke with headquarters in Kingwood, TX and has 44 employees living and working in the surrounding areas. Rain CII’s calcined petroleum coke (CPC) is used primarily by aluminum producers for anode manufacture; for titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment production; as packing material in anode baking furnaces and pipeline cathodic protection applications.
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Rain CII Heat Recovery Project for Power Production - 8/17/2011
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SULPHUR La. - On Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 9:00 am, Rain CII will officially begin construction of a Heat Recovery Project at the Rain CII Sulphur, LA plant. Rain CII’s expansion will create five new direct industrial jobs while retaining 47 existing jobs. During the project, Rain CII has estimated employing 140 workers during a 14-month construction process. The project represents a $70 million capital investment from Rain CII.
Rain CII produces more than 2.4 million tons of calcined petroleum coke, which is a necessary raw material used in the aluminum industry and titanium dioxide industry. In addition to producing calcined coke, Rain CII employs state-of-the-art “heat recovery” to cogenerate steam and electricity from its calcining assets in Gramercy, Norco and Chalmette, Louisiana, and Visakhapatnam, India.
“This investment in heat recovery reinforces our commitment to strategically invest in our assets, and grow our business organically. Our effort to capture energy already used in our process to produce electric power is a high priority in an age where we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, become more energy efficient, and avoid the effects of greenhouse gases on our environment,” said Rain CII CEO Gerry Sweeney. “It is also a fundamental principle of our company’s core values in being environmentally responsible and a good corporate citizen. This project will produce renewably sourced energy, reduce our emissions, and provide long-term viability for our plant.“
Upon implementation, the expansion will allow Rain CII to capture heat that was previously released into the atmosphere and convert it into electricity. Most of the electricity generated will be received by the local power grid for transmission to other users. The company projects annual production of over 200,000 megawatt-hours of electricity causing a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions of over 150,000 tons per year based on the national averages for electric power production.
Rain CII is a leading global producer of calcined petroleum coke (CPC). The company has 2.4 million tons of annual CPC capacity, representing 10% of the world’s production capacity of the product. CPC is the only source of carbon consumed in the production of aluminum and titanium dioxide. Louisiana is the largest CPC producing region in the world outside of China, with Rain CII accounting for more than half of Louisiana’s CPC production.
Rain CII is the largest US based producer and second largest producer of CPC in the world. The company converts raw materials, green petroleum coke (GPC), purchased from oil refiners in high temperature kilns producing high purity carbon for competitive export to aluminum smelters and titanium dioxide consumers around the world. Louisiana is home to more than half of the company’s US based processing capacity.
Rain CII is dedicated to the core principles of operating its facilities safely, reliably, efficiently and environmentally responsibly while supporting the communities where its employees live and work.
Rain CII is headquartered in Kingwood, Texas; Stamford, Connecticut; and Hyderabad, India. Rain CII’s operating facilities include locations in Louisiana (4), Mississippi (1), Illinois (1), and West Virginia (1) and affiliated operations in Visakhapatnam, India (1) and Zhenjiang, China (1). Rain CII owns and operates three LA based deep-water shipping terminals and two full-service petroleum coke laboratories, which along with its production plants are all ISO 9001:2008 compliant.
Rain CII contributes more than $9.6 million to local communities in Louisiana each year in payroll, while taxes paid to local communities each year surpass $1.2 million.
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RAIN CII CARBON SUPPORTS FAMILIES IN CRISIS - 5/19/2010
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Humble, TX – One paintbrush at a time, employees of Rain CII Carbon, a Kingwood based industrial carbon company, are working to make a difference this week for Family Promise of Lake Houston, which is committed to helping homeless families in our community achieve lasting independence.
The renovations will take place at a home located on S. Ave. G in Humble, Texas, on Friday, May 22 from 8:00 am – 1:00 pm. They will mainly focus on working to update the paint on the home and replace some outdoor fixtures.
“Rain CII is committed to making a difference in the communities in which we live and work. We are proud to be a part of this collaboration with Family Promise. We applaud our employees donating their time, talent and treasure to help achieve the Family Promise mission,” said Rain CII CEO Gerry Sweeney.
“We come together to provide safe, temporary housing, meals and support services to homeless families in the Lake Houston area. Rain CII Carbon continues to support our efforts helping families in need and for that we are truly grateful, ” Family Promise Executive Director Carole Marchand said. Using individualized approaches and working directly with families over longer periods of time, the organization now has a success rate of 83%, which means previously homeless families have completed the program and live on their own. Family Promise has served 10 families since opening last August.
Rain CII is the world leading producer of calcined petroleum coke with headquarters in Kingwood, TX and has 39 employees living and working in the surrounding areas. Rain CII’s calcined petroleum coke (CPC) is used primarily by aluminum producers for anode manufacture; for titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment production; as packing material in anode baking furnaces and pipeline cathodic protection applications. Rain CII’s operating facilities include nine CPC plants with US operating locations in Louisiana (4), Mississippi (1), Illinois (1), and West Virginia (1) and affiliated operations in Visakhapatnam, India (1) and Zhenjiang, China (1).
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RAIN CII ENCOURAGES HAITI HELP - 2/16/2010
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Requests from Louisiana employees prompted Rain CII Carbon LLC to send donations to two international aid associations this week, with efforts continuing for possible additional donations from workforces across the state.
“Many of our company’s employees were devastated by the effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in recent years, and the impact of the adjustments from those events is still being felt in many households,” Rain CII Chief Executive Officer Gerry Sweeney said. “Those disasters were immense, but for the people of Haiti, their current situation is even more devastating. The world responded when Louisiana needed help, so we feel it’s our responsibility to do the same. We hope other industry leaders will do the same.”
Employee assistance efforts at the four Rain CII plants in Louisiana, located in Gramercy, Chalmette, Norco and Lake Charles, are continuing. The Rain CII corporate office sent a $1,000 donation to American Red Cross and $1,000 donation to Doctors without Borders on behalf of its team members.
Rain CII is the world’s leading producer of calcined petroleum coke. Rain CII produces more than 2.4 million tons of calcined petroleum coke, which is used in the aluminum industry.
In addition to producing calcined coke, Rain CII uses heat recovery to produce steam and electricity generated from the calcining process.
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