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industrial news Copa acquires MBR company’s assets Copa Ltd, one of the UK's leading environmental products and processess companies, has successfully completed the purchase of the assets of the Aquator Group Ltd from the administrators of Aquator Group Ltd and Aquator Services Ltd, both based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK. Aquator was best known as the licensees of the Kubota membrane bioreactor (MBR) system that is successfully sold throughout the world. To date, there are over 1200 plants incorporating the Kubota MBR. In a separate deal with Kubota Corp of Tokyo, Japan, Copa has also acquired full rights to the Kubota MBR process and will be able to complete and honour the commitments previously given by Aquator (through its MBR Technology®) to existing and new customers in the UK and Ireland without interruption. Mike Froud, managing director of Copa said, “the purchase and related deal with Kubota is an exciting opportunity for Copa as it not only extends Copa's offers to the market, but also fits well with Copa's existing process skills and capabilities. We welcome the Aquator staff who will be joining the Copa team to tackle the opportunities ahead with new confidence.” According to Copa, MBR technology has proved that it can provide high levels of treatment to municipal sewage and other wastes to enable safe discharge of effluents to the environment. Founded in 1980 Copa Ltd trades internationally, and has two main areas to its business - CSO technology and process technology for municipal wastewater treatment. Contact: Copa Ltd, Crest Industrial Estate, Pattenden Lane, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 9QJ, UK. Tel: +44 1622 833900; Fax: +44 1622 831466; Website: www.copa.co.uk
Air stripping towers remove VOCs from Californian aquifer USFilter Westates Carbon is to supply air stripping towers, with granular activated carbon (GAC) systems, to treat contaminated water produced by the San Gabriel Valley groundwater basin, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Site located in California, USA. The system, rated at about 30 000 litres per minute, will be part of the Plant B5 Water Treatment Facility, operated by San Gabriel Valley Water Co. During March 2002, eight companies agreed to pay more than US$200 million over the next 15 years to clean up the contaminated groundwater at four locations in the San Gabriel Valley. The area’s facilities will collectively deliver more than 30 000 million litres of drinking water every year to 100 000 homes in Southern California. San Gabriel Valley Water Co considered only proven technologies with consistent operations and low maintenance costs when evaluating and selecting the various water treatment technologies for its Plant B5. USFilter Westates Carbon’s system met the space requirements, while providing low cost operation and minimal downtime. According to USFilter Westates Carbon, to provide flexibility and efficiency the GAC systems were designed as mobile units. This enabled the water quality and quantity demands to be met, while also reducing the operating costs. At the Plant B5 facility, contaminated water will enter the system from the aquifer at a rate of 30 000 litres, where it will be air stripped for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) before being sent downstream for further treatment. The contaminated ‘off-gas’ is captured and sent to the GAC system for final abatement. Contact: USFilter, 1501 East Woodfield Road, Suite 200 West, Schaumburg, IL 60173 , USA. Tel: +1 847 706 6947; Fax: +1 847 706 6933; Website: www.usfilter.com
Production of ceramic diesel particulate filters increased Japanese company NGK Insulators Ltd is planning to double the production of ceramic purification systems for car exhausts, to meet the growing demand that is being created by the tightening of emissions standards worldwide. The company aims to spend ¥5 billion (US$ 46 million) to boost output of silicon carbide (SiC) diesel particulate filters (DPFs) and large cordierite substrates for catalytic converters. It says that in November last year it invested ¥10 billion ($ 92 million) and began expanding production in China, the USA and elsewhere, but demand continues to outstrip its production capacity. For SiC DPFs, NGK is planning to invest ¥2 billion ($18 million) to add another production line at its plant in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Once the new line becomes operational during the third quarter of 2004, the plant’s output capacity will double to 400 000 units a year. A SiC DPF plant is also under construction in Poland, but the site is not scheduled to begin operating until November 2004. NGK hopes that increased production at the Komaki plant will enable it to meet demand that continues to grow. 8 March 2004
At its Nagoya factory, the company currently produces 600 000 cordierite catalytic substrates a year. It began making large cordierite catalytic substrates at its new US plant in January at a rate of 300 000 units a year, but the company wants to expand facilities in Indonesia and South Africa to raise its total yearly production capacity to 1.2 million units. NGK is spending a further ¥2 billion ($18 million) to construct a new plant in Indonesia, which is scheduled to be completed in April 2005. Once it starts producing 600 000 large cordierite catalytic substrates a year, it will take over production from the factory based in Nagoya. Production in South African will bring in another 300 000 units by January 2005, for an investment of ¥1 billion ($9 million). A conference with the theme ‘Filtration in Transportation’ is scheduled to take place in October 2004, in Stuttgart, Germany. The event’s organizer is devoting an entire day to DPFs. For further details see p.4) Contact: NGK Insulators Ltd, 2-56 Suda-cho, Mizuho, Nagoya 467-8530, Japan. Tel: +81 52 872 7171; Website: www.ngk.co.jp
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industrial news Copa acquires MBR company’s assets Copa Ltd, one of the UK's leading environmental products and processess companies, has successfully completed the purchase of the assets of the Aquator Group Ltd from the administrators of Aquator Group Ltd and Aquator Services Ltd, both based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK. Aquator was best known as the licensees of the Kubota membrane bioreactor (MBR) system that is successfully sold throughout the world. To date, there are over 1200 plants incorporating the Kubota MBR. In a separate deal with Kubota Corp of Tokyo, Japan, Copa has also acquired full rights to the Kubota MBR process and will be able to complete and honour the commitments previously given by Aquator (through its MBR Technology®) to existing and new customers in the UK and Ireland without interruption. Mike Froud, managing director of Copa said, “the purchase and related deal with Kubota is an exciting opportunity for Copa as it not only extends Copa's offers to the market, but also fits well with Copa's existing process skills and capabilities. We welcome the Aquator staff who will be joining the Copa team to tackle the opportunities ahead with new confidence.” According to Copa, MBR technology has proved that it can provide high levels of treatment to municipal sewage and other wastes to enable safe discharge of effluents to the environment. Founded in 1980 Copa Ltd trades internationally, and has two main areas to its business - CSO technology and process technology for municipal wastewater treatment. Contact: Copa Ltd, Crest Industrial Estate, Pattenden Lane, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent TN12 9QJ, UK. Tel: +44 1622 833900; Fax: +44 1622 831466; Website: www.copa.co.uk
Air stripping towers remove VOCs from Californian aquifer USFilter Westates Carbon is to supply air stripping towers, with granular activated carbon (GAC) systems, to treat contaminated water produced by the San Gabriel Valley groundwater basin, an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Site located in California, USA. The system, rated at about 30 000 litres per minute, will be part of the Plant B5 Water Treatment Facility, operated by San Gabriel Valley Water Co. During March 2002, eight companies agreed to pay more than US$200 million over the next 15 years to clean up the contaminated groundwater at four locations in the San Gabriel Valley. The area’s facilities will collectively deliver more than 30 000 million litres of drinking water every year to 100 000 homes in Southern California. San Gabriel Valley Water Co considered only proven technologies with consistent operations and low maintenance costs when evaluating and selecting the various water treatment technologies for its Plant B5. USFilter Westates Carbon’s system met the space requirements, while providing low cost operation and minimal downtime. According to USFilter Westates Carbon, to provide flexibility and efficiency the GAC systems were designed as mobile units. This enabled the water quality and quantity demands to be met, while also reducing the operating costs. At the Plant B5 facility, contaminated water will enter the system from the aquifer at a rate of 30 000 litres, where it will be air stripped for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) before being sent downstream for further treatment. The contaminated ‘off-gas’ is captured and sent to the GAC system for final abatement. Contact: USFilter, 1501 East Woodfield Road, Suite 200 West, Schaumburg, IL 60173 , USA. Tel: +1 847 706 6947; Fax: +1 847 706 6933; Website: www.usfilter.com
Production of ceramic diesel particulate filters increased Japanese company NGK Insulators Ltd is planning to double the production of ceramic purification systems for car exhausts, to meet the growing demand that is being created by the tightening of emissions standards worldwide. The company aims to spend ¥5 billion (US$ 46 million) to boost output of silicon carbide (SiC) diesel particulate filters (DPFs) and large cordierite substrates for catalytic converters. It says that in November last year it invested ¥10 billion ($ 92 million) and began expanding production in China, the USA and elsewhere, but demand continues to outstrip its production capacity. For SiC DPFs, NGK is planning to invest ¥2 billion ($18 million) to add another production line at its plant in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Once the new line becomes operational during the third quarter of 2004, the plant’s output capacity will double to 400 000 units a year. A SiC DPF plant is also under construction in Poland, but the site is not scheduled to begin operating until November 2004. NGK hopes that increased production at the Komaki plant will enable it to meet demand that continues to grow. 8 March 2004
At its Nagoya factory, the company currently produces 600 000 cordierite catalytic substrates a year. It began making large cordierite catalytic substrates at its new US plant in January at a rate of 300 000 units a year, but the company wants to expand facilities in Indonesia and South Africa to raise its total yearly production capacity to 1.2 million units. NGK is spending a further ¥2 billion ($18 million) to construct a new plant in Indonesia, which is scheduled to be completed in April 2005. Once it starts producing 600 000 large cordierite catalytic substrates a year, it will take over production from the factory based in Nagoya. Production in South African will bring in another 300 000 units by January 2005, for an investment of ¥1 billion ($9 million). A conference with the theme ‘Filtration in Transportation’ is scheduled to take place in October 2004, in Stuttgart, Germany. The event’s organizer is devoting an entire day to DPFs. For further details see p.4) Contact: NGK Insulators Ltd, 2-56 Suda-cho, Mizuho, Nagoya 467-8530, Japan. Tel: +81 52 872 7171; Website: www.ngk.co.jp
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