History Timeline

1960

Dr. Andrew Jenike designs the first mass flow bins for Iron Ore Corporation of Canda

1966

Jenike & Johanson incorporated by Dr. Andrew Jenike. First Project was to incorporate Celanese mass flow silo design to store and feed polymer flakes

Development of innovative solution for handling finely ground anthracite coal at Elektroermisk in Norway

1967

Briquetting technology developed for Morton salt Port Huron

1970

Chairman of the Board, John. W. Carson joins Jenike & Johanson. Jenike & Johanson opens Burlington, MA office.

1974

Syncrude tar/oil sand saturated storage and feed system design

1975

Jenike & Johanson moves to Billerica MA and opens office in Toronto, Canada.

1976

President of Technology and R&D Tony Royal joins Jenike and Johanson

1978

Jenike & Johanson begins using computerized processing of flow property data (RAFP)

1982

Jenike & Johanson opens office in San Luis Obispo, CA

Binsert® cone-in-cone technology patented

1984

Novel tester for abrasive wear patented

1985

New low profile slide gate design for slotted hopper outlets

John W. Carson named President of Jenike and Johanson

1988

Novel chute design for high speed belt-to-belt material transfer patented

1991

Current CEO, Herman Purutyan, joins Jenike and Johanson

1991

Jenike & Johanson moves to Westford MA office

1993

Unique decaffeination vessel for coffee beans patented

1994

Jenike & Johanson opens office in Santiago, Chile

1995

Invented proprietary solids handling and analysis CAE package

1996

Purge, stripping, drying, tempering, vessel design patented

1998

D6128 ASTM standard for flowablility tests established BMHB, EFCE

Unique air assist feed system for fine powders commercialized

1999

Pharmasok™ innovative system eliminates dusting segregation

2000

Dow Technology Award for flake dryer developed by Jenike & Johanson

Developed novel solids handling process for catalyst regeneration system for gas-to-liquid conversion for petrochemical company

2001

Pioneering converging-diverging hopper developed

2002

NFPA 8503 Standard for mass flow coal bunker design

Automated, improved furnace capability Jenike shear tester

2003

Developed Segregation testers for sift and fluidization testing (ASTM 6940 and 6941)

2006

New Global Headquarters opened in Tyngsboro, MA

2007

Dr. Jenike receives BMHB greatest contribution to the 20th century

2008

Co-Developed material sparing segregation tester with Pfizer

2009

Developed in-house Discrete Element Modeling (DEM)

 

2012

Jenike & Johanson opens office in Pert, Australia

2015

Assisted in ISPE Blend and Content Uniformity Working Group to define a science based approach for the assessment of blend and dosage unit uniformity for pharmaceuticals

Obtained DEA license for handling controlled substances

2016

Francisco Cabrejos assumes management of the Jenike office in Chile.

2019

Australian office moves to 12 Fisher St

2019

Awarded position in the Crush It Challenge sponsored by Natural Resources of Canada.