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Industry news
Filtration+Separation January/February 2011
Cummins to Hyflux opens online store for water industry manufacture filters in Turkey
Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd has launched HyfluxShop, an online store offering engineering products used in the water industry. Targeted initially at original equipment manufacturers in Southeast Asia, HyfluxShop offers a range of industrial
products, from Hyflux’s proprietary Kristal ultrafiltration membranes to reverse osmosis membranes, pumps, test kits and accessories, valves and accessories, as well as pipes and fittings. www.hyfluxshop.com www.hyflux.com
Croft Engineering Services repairs power station filter Croft Engineering Services has refurbished a Hammerhead intake filter for Deeside Power in the UK. When the Hammerhead intake filter – which weighs 650kg and is 2.9 metres long and 1.4 metres high – was delivered to Croft Engineering Services’ headquarters in Warrington, both cylindrical ends were full of holes and severely corroded, there were numerous split or corroded welds and it was covered in barnacles. Before starting the refurbishment, Croft engineers cleaned out
the seaweed, sand and silt that had accumulated inside the filter. The Croft engineers then undertook the repairs, fabricating the filter in copper-nickel 90-10 and adding a small stainless steel pipe. The work took around 125 hours. Deeside Power took the newly-cleaned and repaired Hammerhead intake filter back to the River Dee Estuary to be re-installed by a team of diving engineers. www.filters.co.uk
Ahlstrom exits dust filtration materials business Ahlstrom Corp has sold its Groesbeck filtration business located in Groesbeck and Mexia, Texas, USA, to Polyester Fibers, a portfolio company of private investment firm Empire Investment Holdings. This sale, together with the recent divestment of three dust filtration product lines in Bethune, South Carolina and the planned sale of the Wuxi, China plant to Andrew Industries, completes Ahlstrom’s move away from dust filtration materials. Groesbeck, which employs about 100 people, makes air filtration media for the heating, ventilating and air conditioning industry. Polyester Fibers will integrate the
Groesbeck business unit into its Cumulus Fibres division. “This is a key strategic add-on acquisition for our portfolio company,” said David Alfonso, chairman and CEO of Empire Investment Holdings. “It expands our manufacturing footprint, provides further diversification for our filtration business and brings new manufacturing technology that will allow for expansion into new markets. This investment is an example of our commitment to support the growth of our companies.” www.ahlstrom.com www.empireih.com www.andrewindustries.com
Construction will start early this year on a new US$70 million multi-phased manufacturing site for Cummins Inc in Izmir, Turkey. Cummins will build a filtration manufacturing plant first, followed by a facility to produce alternators for the company’s power generation business. Production should begin in early 2012 and Cummins expects to
employ 800 people in Turkey within five years. About 85% of the products made in Turkey will be exported to Cummins’ customers across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The Turkish facility will complement similar Cummins production and logistics facilities in France, Belgium and the UK. www.cummins.com
Pentair makes Brazilian acquisition Pentair Inc is buying Hidro Filtros do Brasil, a Brazilian manufacturer of water filters and filtering elements for residential and industrial applications. Hidro Filtros will operate under the brand name Pentair Hidro Filtros and will be included within the Pentair Residential Filtration division. Headquartered in Caxias do Sul, Hidro Filtros employs 140 people and generated sales of more than US$12 million during the last 12 months.
Alok Maskara, president of Pentair Residential Filtration LLC, said: “With the addition of Hidro Filtros, Pentair will be better positioned to support market trends and serve customers in Latin America through expanded channels, a stronger sales organisation and local manufacturing capabilities.” Pentair Residential Filtration is a joint venture between Pentair and General Electric. www.pentairaqua.com www.hidrofiltros.com.br
Clarcor acquires filtration media supplier TransWeb Clarcor Inc has bought one of its filtration media suppliers TransWeb LLC. Founded in 1996 and based in Vineland, New Jersey, TransWeb manufactures and supplies media used in a variety of end-market applications, including respirators and heating, ventilation and air conditioning filters. Clarcor chairman and CEO Norm Johnson said: “We have been interested in taking an ownership position in TransWeb for some time, and were grateful when the
opportunity to do so on attractive terms presented itself.” “We believe that TransWeb adds significantly to our technological capabilities and offers outstanding opportunities to enhance the product offerings of many of our filtration operating companies. We also believe that TransWeb will benefit from the growth opportunities and financial support presented by an affiliation with a company such as Clarcor,” added Johnson. www.clarcor.com
Industry news
Filtration+Separation January/February 2011
Cummins to Hyflux opens online store for water industry manufacture filters in Turkey
Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd has launched HyfluxShop, an online store offering engineering products used in the water industry. Targeted initially at original equipment manufacturers in Southeast Asia, HyfluxShop offers a range of industrial
products, from Hyflux’s proprietary Kristal ultrafiltration membranes to reverse osmosis membranes, pumps, test kits and accessories, valves and accessories, as well as pipes and fittings. www.hyfluxshop.com www.hyflux.com
Croft Engineering Services repairs power station filter Croft Engineering Services has refurbished a Hammerhead intake filter for Deeside Power in the UK. When the Hammerhead intake filter – which weighs 650kg and is 2.9 metres long and 1.4 metres high – was delivered to Croft Engineering Services’ headquarters in Warrington, both cylindrical ends were full of holes and severely corroded, there were numerous split or corroded welds and it was covered in barnacles. Before starting the refurbishment, Croft engineers cleaned out
the seaweed, sand and silt that had accumulated inside the filter. The Croft engineers then undertook the repairs, fabricating the filter in copper-nickel 90-10 and adding a small stainless steel pipe. The work took around 125 hours. Deeside Power took the newly-cleaned and repaired Hammerhead intake filter back to the River Dee Estuary to be re-installed by a team of diving engineers. www.filters.co.uk
Ahlstrom exits dust filtration materials business Ahlstrom Corp has sold its Groesbeck filtration business located in Groesbeck and Mexia, Texas, USA, to Polyester Fibers, a portfolio company of private investment firm Empire Investment Holdings. This sale, together with the recent divestment of three dust filtration product lines in Bethune, South Carolina and the planned sale of the Wuxi, China plant to Andrew Industries, completes Ahlstrom’s move away from dust filtration materials. Groesbeck, which employs about 100 people, makes air filtration media for the heating, ventilating and air conditioning industry. Polyester Fibers will integrate the
Groesbeck business unit into its Cumulus Fibres division. “This is a key strategic add-on acquisition for our portfolio company,” said David Alfonso, chairman and CEO of Empire Investment Holdings. “It expands our manufacturing footprint, provides further diversification for our filtration business and brings new manufacturing technology that will allow for expansion into new markets. This investment is an example of our commitment to support the growth of our companies.” www.ahlstrom.com www.empireih.com www.andrewindustries.com
Construction will start early this year on a new US$70 million multi-phased manufacturing site for Cummins Inc in Izmir, Turkey. Cummins will build a filtration manufacturing plant first, followed by a facility to produce alternators for the company’s power generation business. Production should begin in early 2012 and Cummins expects to
employ 800 people in Turkey within five years. About 85% of the products made in Turkey will be exported to Cummins’ customers across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. The Turkish facility will complement similar Cummins production and logistics facilities in France, Belgium and the UK. www.cummins.com
Pentair makes Brazilian acquisition Pentair Inc is buying Hidro Filtros do Brasil, a Brazilian manufacturer of water filters and filtering elements for residential and industrial applications. Hidro Filtros will operate under the brand name Pentair Hidro Filtros and will be included within the Pentair Residential Filtration division. Headquartered in Caxias do Sul, Hidro Filtros employs 140 people and generated sales of more than US$12 million during the last 12 months.
Alok Maskara, president of Pentair Residential Filtration LLC, said: “With the addition of Hidro Filtros, Pentair will be better positioned to support market trends and serve customers in Latin America through expanded channels, a stronger sales organisation and local manufacturing capabilities.” Pentair Residential Filtration is a joint venture between Pentair and General Electric. www.pentairaqua.com www.hidrofiltros.com.br
Clarcor acquires filtration media supplier TransWeb Clarcor Inc has bought one of its filtration media suppliers TransWeb LLC. Founded in 1996 and based in Vineland, New Jersey, TransWeb manufactures and supplies media used in a variety of end-market applications, including respirators and heating, ventilation and air conditioning filters. Clarcor chairman and CEO Norm Johnson said: “We have been interested in taking an ownership position in TransWeb for some time, and were grateful when the
opportunity to do so on attractive terms presented itself.” “We believe that TransWeb adds significantly to our technological capabilities and offers outstanding opportunities to enhance the product offerings of many of our filtration operating companies. We also believe that TransWeb will benefit from the growth opportunities and financial support presented by an affiliation with a company such as Clarcor,” added Johnson. www.clarcor.com