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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 5 | industry; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Honeywell UOP employs more than 5,000 people | ||||||
| 9 | worldwide, including nearly 2,000 in Illinois; and
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| 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
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| 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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