Full Text of HR1101 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP was founded in Chicago on June 17, | 3 | | 1914 to commercialize Jesse
Adams Dubbs's thermal cracking | 4 | | process, which was the foundation for the modern oil refining
| 5 | | industry; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, More than 12,000 patents earned by Honeywell UOP | 7 | | have helped to develop the world's
petroleum, automotive, | 8 | | transportation, and petrochemical industries; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP pioneered dozens of revolutionary | 10 | | technologies including catalytic
polymerization, fluid | 11 | | catalytic cracking, alkylation, isomerization, platforming, | 12 | | Parex, Oleflex,
Uniflex, and methanol-to-olefins technology; | 13 | | and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP commercialized synthetic zeolites | 15 | | as adsorbents, catalysts, and technologies
to remediate | 16 | | nuclear contamination; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP pioneered environmental | 18 | | breakthroughs including desulfurized diesel fuel,
lead-free | 19 | | gasoline, the catalytic converter, biodegradable detergents, | 20 | | and jet and diesel fuel
made from renewable sources; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP has developed technologies to | 2 | | ensure the economical use of natural gas
resources and develop | 3 | | the global petrochemicals industry; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP has contributed faculty, guest | 5 | | lecturers, and academic support to the
Chemistry and Chemical | 6 | | Engineering Departments of Northwestern University since 1931; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP employs more than 5,000 people | 9 | | worldwide, including nearly 2,000 in Illinois; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP's Des Plaines headquarters - an | 11 | | important part of Honeywell's
advanced technology portfolio, | 12 | | with nearly half of which is linked to improving energy | 13 | | efficiency - is
today the industry's foremost center of | 14 | | research and development, the leading source of
innovation for | 15 | | the world's oil and gas industry, and one of America's greatest | 16 | | commercial
ambassadors; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we proclaim June 17, 2014 as Honeywell UOP Day for its century | 20 | | of service to the people of the State, the country, and the | 21 | | world; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Honeywell UOP as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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