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Filtration+Separation January/February 2013
Desalitech picks Massachusetts for new US HQ Israel’s Desalitech Ltd is setting up its US headquarters in Massachusetts. The company will use the Massachusetts location as its base to expand in the US industrial water treatment market. “Ever-increasing water stress, increased discharge restrictions and increasing water and power costs are some of the industry’s most difficult and important challenges. Desalitech’s solutions improve environmental sustainability while reducing costs,” said Nadav Efraty, Desalitech CEO. “We are proud
to join Massachusetts’ emerging water cluster.” Desalitech’s Closed Circuit Desalination (CCD) reverse osmosis process maximises permeate recovery, reducing brine waste and feedwater supply requirements, while lowering energy consumption and increasing the flexibility and reliability of operations. Desalitech has been granted more than 75 patents on the technology. Commercial CCD installations have been running since early 2009. www.desalitech.com
Toray expands in California Toray Membrane USA Inc (TMUS) has bought a building next to its existing manufacturing facility in Poway, California for sales and storage. The 15 000 sq ft building will be used as a finished goods warehouse for MBR, hollow fine fibre and dairy/food/beverage spiral RO
and UF membrane elements. The new building also includes offices for the TMUS sales, marketing, customer service, applications engineering and technical service departments. TMUS now owns all three buildings on the Californian campus.
Kaydon Environmental Services Group will be headed up by president James Mash who will report to Gary Brewer, Kaydon Group operations president. By merging Purafil’s focus on the dry-scrubbing of air and Kaydon Custom Filtration’s liquid separation and filtration expertise, the newly formed Environmental Services Group will broaden the product range and provide full-service, custom solutions for customers.
Water technology company WesTech Engineering Inc is reintroducing the Microfloc and General Filter brands to the municipal water treatment market after acquiring them from Siemens last year. “The Microfloc and General Filter brands are extraordinarily wellrecognised in the industry and enjoy tremendous customer loyalty,” said Steve Brewster, CEO of
WesTech Engineering. “We believe that reintroducing these brands will cement WesTech as a leader in the design and manufacture of industrial and municipal water treatment equipment.” The product lines, which WesTech acquired last September, will continue to operate largely from their facilities in Ames, Iowa, USA. www.westech-inc.com/betterwater
FLSmidth CEO to retire After heading up Denmark’s FLSmidth & Co A/S for 10 years, CEO Jørgen Huno Rasmussen, 60, has decided to retire later this year. Thomas Schulz, 47, president of Sandvik Construction and a member of Sandvik’s executive management group, will take over from Huno Rasmussen no later than 1 June 2013. Schulz, a German citizen, has been part of Sandvik (Svedala Industries) since 1998. He has an MSc and
PhD in Engineering from the Technical University of Aachen in Germany. “I have had 10 fantastic years in FLSmidth and I could not think of anyone more qualified to lead FLSmidth successfully into the future than Thomas Schulz, who brings with him a wealth of experience in minerals processing and material handling,” said Huno Rasmussen. www.flsmidth.com
www.toraywater.com
Kaydon merges Purafil and Custom Filtration businesses Kaydon Corp has formed Kaydon Environmental Services Group, combining its gas-phase filtration company Purafil Inc and its liquid filtration business Kaydon Custom Filtration.
WesTech relaunches Microfloc and General Filter brands
James O’Leary, Kaydon chairman and CEO, said: “Creating the Kaydon Environmental Services Group with the consolidation of Purafil Inc and Kaydon Custom Filtration will leverage over 100 years of combined knowledge and experience, strengthening our current worldclass brands and expanding our capabilities to meet customer needs. Under the leadership of Jim Mash and Gary Brewer, we will create a synergistic global business in an environmental services marketplace that fosters growth by adding new technologies, markets and products worldwide.” www.kaydon.com
GE invests in Missouri facilities GE plans to spend nearly US$11 million over the next five years to further improve its facilities in Slater, Missouri, USA. “The Air Filtration business in Slater is growing. Expanding our workforce and facilities are vital to driving our filtration business to support natural gas power generation in North America,” said Keith White, general manager of GE Power & Water’s Air Filtration business. Last year GE added more than 115 new jobs at its production facilities in Slater, bringing the total number of employees to 300. The company has also invested more than US$3 million in production equipment and
renovations over the last 12 months at its 226 594 sq ft Slater properties, including the conversion of a 50 000 sq ft warehouse into new production space for gas turbine inlet filtration products. The Slater facilities manufacture air filtration media and membranes for industrial products and gas turbine inlet systems. Products include pleated filters that collect dust at industrial sites and gas turbine cartridges that keep particulate from entering and damaging the turbine. GE Power & Water’s Air Filtration business, historically BHA Group, employs 750 people worldwide. www.ge.com
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Filtration+Separation January/February 2013
Desalitech picks Massachusetts for new US HQ Israel’s Desalitech Ltd is setting up its US headquarters in Massachusetts. The company will use the Massachusetts location as its base to expand in the US industrial water treatment market. “Ever-increasing water stress, increased discharge restrictions and increasing water and power costs are some of the industry’s most difficult and important challenges. Desalitech’s solutions improve environmental sustainability while reducing costs,” said Nadav Efraty, Desalitech CEO. “We are proud
to join Massachusetts’ emerging water cluster.” Desalitech’s Closed Circuit Desalination (CCD) reverse osmosis process maximises permeate recovery, reducing brine waste and feedwater supply requirements, while lowering energy consumption and increasing the flexibility and reliability of operations. Desalitech has been granted more than 75 patents on the technology. Commercial CCD installations have been running since early 2009. www.desalitech.com
Toray expands in California Toray Membrane USA Inc (TMUS) has bought a building next to its existing manufacturing facility in Poway, California for sales and storage. The 15 000 sq ft building will be used as a finished goods warehouse for MBR, hollow fine fibre and dairy/food/beverage spiral RO
and UF membrane elements. The new building also includes offices for the TMUS sales, marketing, customer service, applications engineering and technical service departments. TMUS now owns all three buildings on the Californian campus.
Kaydon Environmental Services Group will be headed up by president James Mash who will report to Gary Brewer, Kaydon Group operations president. By merging Purafil’s focus on the dry-scrubbing of air and Kaydon Custom Filtration’s liquid separation and filtration expertise, the newly formed Environmental Services Group will broaden the product range and provide full-service, custom solutions for customers.
Water technology company WesTech Engineering Inc is reintroducing the Microfloc and General Filter brands to the municipal water treatment market after acquiring them from Siemens last year. “The Microfloc and General Filter brands are extraordinarily wellrecognised in the industry and enjoy tremendous customer loyalty,” said Steve Brewster, CEO of
WesTech Engineering. “We believe that reintroducing these brands will cement WesTech as a leader in the design and manufacture of industrial and municipal water treatment equipment.” The product lines, which WesTech acquired last September, will continue to operate largely from their facilities in Ames, Iowa, USA. www.westech-inc.com/betterwater
FLSmidth CEO to retire After heading up Denmark’s FLSmidth & Co A/S for 10 years, CEO Jørgen Huno Rasmussen, 60, has decided to retire later this year. Thomas Schulz, 47, president of Sandvik Construction and a member of Sandvik’s executive management group, will take over from Huno Rasmussen no later than 1 June 2013. Schulz, a German citizen, has been part of Sandvik (Svedala Industries) since 1998. He has an MSc and
PhD in Engineering from the Technical University of Aachen in Germany. “I have had 10 fantastic years in FLSmidth and I could not think of anyone more qualified to lead FLSmidth successfully into the future than Thomas Schulz, who brings with him a wealth of experience in minerals processing and material handling,” said Huno Rasmussen. www.flsmidth.com
www.toraywater.com
Kaydon merges Purafil and Custom Filtration businesses Kaydon Corp has formed Kaydon Environmental Services Group, combining its gas-phase filtration company Purafil Inc and its liquid filtration business Kaydon Custom Filtration.
WesTech relaunches Microfloc and General Filter brands
James O’Leary, Kaydon chairman and CEO, said: “Creating the Kaydon Environmental Services Group with the consolidation of Purafil Inc and Kaydon Custom Filtration will leverage over 100 years of combined knowledge and experience, strengthening our current worldclass brands and expanding our capabilities to meet customer needs. Under the leadership of Jim Mash and Gary Brewer, we will create a synergistic global business in an environmental services marketplace that fosters growth by adding new technologies, markets and products worldwide.” www.kaydon.com
GE invests in Missouri facilities GE plans to spend nearly US$11 million over the next five years to further improve its facilities in Slater, Missouri, USA. “The Air Filtration business in Slater is growing. Expanding our workforce and facilities are vital to driving our filtration business to support natural gas power generation in North America,” said Keith White, general manager of GE Power & Water’s Air Filtration business. Last year GE added more than 115 new jobs at its production facilities in Slater, bringing the total number of employees to 300. The company has also invested more than US$3 million in production equipment and
renovations over the last 12 months at its 226 594 sq ft Slater properties, including the conversion of a 50 000 sq ft warehouse into new production space for gas turbine inlet filtration products. The Slater facilities manufacture air filtration media and membranes for industrial products and gas turbine inlet systems. Products include pleated filters that collect dust at industrial sites and gas turbine cartridges that keep particulate from entering and damaging the turbine. GE Power & Water’s Air Filtration business, historically BHA Group, employs 750 people worldwide. www.ge.com
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