Welcome.
Hudson Technologies is excited to present our
new company look and logo and our newly designed
Web site. We believe that it better reflects the
evolution and growth of our company as the
industry's premier chiller chemistry experts and
service providers. We trust that our new Web
site is helpful and provides you with valuable
information about our refrigerant-side services
and in addressing refrigerant issues and
problems.
“Chiller Chemistry® is a term we have coined
which describes one of the hallmarks of our
business: to study the relationship of
refrigerants, oil and all types of contaminants
on the performance of chillers, cooling
equipment and refrigeration systems, and provide
the best in class solutions to address
refrigerant-related problems.”
We are the only company in the industry that
provides an extensive depth of engineering and
chemistry know-how to solve problems related to
refrigerants and find solutions to the most
mission critical situations. This enables
us to own the industry leadership position in
responding to emergency situations that involve
refrigerants. It is one of the reasons that both
DuPont and York called us in when they needed
experts to handle the delicate removal of
refrigerant from underneath the World Trade
Center rubble last December. I invite you to
read the feature article on our home page, if
you haven't already read it in one of the
several trade publications that have carried the
story.
Through the development of our patented
equipment and machinery, namely our Zugibeast®,
and our patented reclamation and decontamination
processes, we have pioneered a new way of
handling refrigerant-side services. Our work has
introduced entirely new methods and
chemical-based solutions for handling
one-of-a-kind problems, such as those associated
with U.S. Navy ships and submarines and large
pharmaceutical plants, for example.
Refrigerants, ammonia and other chemical
coolants are the “lifeblood” of mission critical
process cooling and comfort cooling systems.
While we study and understand how various
systems operate, it is this “lifeblood” in which
we focus our efforts. We leave the machinery
service work to mechanical contractors. You
might liken us to a being the “hematologists” of
the refrigeration and cooling industry. Over the
past decade, we have uncovered many new findings
about refrigerants and their impact on system
performance. We have raised the bar considerably
when it comes to services such as
decontaminations because of our high speed and
thorough processes to remove contaminants that
otherwise would be left behind by other methods.
Our equipment performs up to 10 times faster
than anything else in the industry. This for
both online and offline services.
Hudson Technologies was founded by a group of
entrepreneurs, including myself, and that same
spirit remains strong within our organization
and motivates us in how we approach this
business and new challenges. Part of our mantra
is to never be complacent and to strive for
better solutions that benefit our customers and
our customers' customers.
One recent example of this is in our new oil and
refrigerant sampling program. We think that
current sampling programs offered by others fall
short in providing true value. That's why Hudson
has reinvented oil and refrigerant testing and
taken it to a new level. While taking oil and
refrigerant samples is far from new, we have
added important elements that we believe deliver
tremendous value benefits to customers using our
service.
Our sampling program includes a complete chemist
and engineer-based written review that compares
and correlates the relationship between the oil
and refrigerant samples, a certificate of
analysis, an interpretation report of the
findings and recommendations for remedial
action, if necessary. Most sampling programs
offer no more than a page of readings and
results. We even take it a step further by
providing a chiller baseline to monitor and
benchmark chiller chemistry® and track changes
over pre-determined periods of time to identify
potential problems before they become critical
and catastrophic to the system.
I appreciate you taking the time to read "From
the CEO's Desk" and invite you to write me with
your thoughts and views about
refrigerant-related issues. Every quarter I will
be addressing a new topic that impacts our
industry and will try to incorporate your input
into the column.
Cordially,
Kevin J. Zugibe
