Boart Longyear John Hoffmeister as president and chairman of the board of the company. FACTS was dissolved when Boart International (a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American) bought out CDP's interest in Longyear. In 1974, Boart International invested capital which helped Longyear to become the world's leading manufacturer of diamond bits. Boart Longyear engineers in North Bay, Ontario, secured a reliable source of high-performance synthetic diamonds, which triggered the development of a new bit design – the impregnated-diamond bit. With decades of powder metallurgy experience behind them, Longyear engineers set out to develop a new crown that consisted of synthetic diamonds evenly
Waste autoclave materials from the waste stream and produces an environmentally friendly, non-malodorous, bio-stabilized material that the company has trademarked, "Fluff". WastAway claims that it will soon begin manufacture of twin 200 ton per day facilities for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. It is claimed that fluff from these two facilities will be used to fuel a new power plant being constructed on St. Croix. Waste autoclave A waste autoclave is a form of solid waste treatment that uses heat, steam and pressure of an industrial autoclave in the processing of waste. Waste autoclaves process waste