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Nils Voermann
wins PEO Medal of
Engineering Excellence
Nils Voermann, Hatch’s
Global Managing Director,
Technologies, will be awarded
the Professional Engineers of
Ontario Medal for Engineering
Excellence in November in
Toronto.
The Award is presented jointly
by the Professional Engineers
of Ontario and the Society of
Professional Engineers.
Nils joined Hatch in 1989
after graduating from Queen’s
University in Kingston with a
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering.
He is currently assigned to the
Hatch Brisbane office.
near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The expansion will increase the
capacity of the mill by up to
2.5 Mtpa.
At another Mosaic site at
Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan,
a feasibility study has been
completed to increase the
capacity by an additional 1
Mtpa. The Belle Plaine site is
the world’s largest potash mine
and refining complex.
As a member of the global
electric furnace team, Nils and
his colleagues introduced Hatch
technologies in the early 1990s
to the platinum industry in South
Africa. Hatch’s new technologies
made it possible to double the
power level of rebuilt furnaces
by adding Hatch sidewall
copper-plate coolers and taphole
blocks.
The rebuild option for electric
furnaces is popular today
thanks largely to the Hatch
technologies, the faster
implementation schedule, and a
much lower capital cost
As GMD, Technologies, Nils is
responsible for the technical and
commercial performance of the
global technologies business unit
of 150 engineers and designers
in the Furnace, Hydrometallurgy,
Steel Mills, Advanced Controls,
Electrotechnologies, Non-
Destructive Testing, and Energy
Technologies Commercialization
groups.
Nils has won several awards for
his technical papers, and has
been awarded three patents from
the US Patent and Trademark
office.
In 1994 Nils received his
MBA (Business) at INSEAD in
Fontainebleau, France.
Nils is a member of the Hatch
board of directors.
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