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John Wing is president of the consulting firm John Wing, PE, LLC. Decades of service to the phosphate industry involved consulting, process design, project management, technical service, process development, & production supervision. He was Sr. VP of HiTech Solutions and previously employed by other engineering and phosphate producers. He engineered or managed projects in most phosphate chemical plants in the United States and many in India, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Australia, Africa, and South America. He has a B. Chem. Engr. (Honors) from Univ. Florida and a Master Engr. (Admin.) Univ. South Fla.

John provides consulting and process engineering for new plants, modifications and expansions of phosphoric acid, DAP, MAP, & TSP plants. He is one of few experts for the energy-efficient Hemi process. Pioneering work has involved marketing & process design for several Hemi & Hemi-Di projects, including Belledune, PCS, & Ma’aden. Many conference presentations & papers cover phosphoric acid (especially Hemi), DAP, and four articles in Fertilizer International journal. John is a Fellow of AIChE and Professional Engineer.

Arthur Burt:

Expert on phos acid filters. Was international tech rep. for Bird Filters (now Andritz). Invented the EX/LV central valve, which became standard in new filters, and has been retrofitted on all of Mosaic’s Bird filters.

G M (Jim) Hebbard:

Chemical Engineer who provided decades of phosphoric acid and phosphate fertilizer technical service and engineering.

James Pardee:

Mechanical Engineer who provided decades of engineering design work for phosphate mining & fertilizer plants.

Robert Minotte:

Mechanical Engineer with decades of engineering design work for phosphate mining & fertilizer plants.