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Industry news
Filtration+Separation July/August 2016
Mycelx and Schlumberger in upstream agreement Clean water technology company Mycelx Technologies Corp has signed an exclusive marketing and distribution agreement with Schlumberger company Cameron for the upstream oil and gas market. Under the agreement, Schlumberger will have exclusive rights to distribute Mycelx products in the upstream market. The two companies will also work to expedite the industry adoption of Mycelx’s new RE-GEN product line as the water treatment method of choice in the upstream oil and gas market. Mycelx will retain its current business in the downstream market for all its products and services. Mycelx chief executive officer Connie Mixon said: “We are extremely pleased to be working with Schlumberger to bring our
Evoqua acquires VAF Filtration Systems
products to their global upstream customer base. This agreement is in line with our focus on establishing strategic alliances to leverage sales and marketing channels globally. We believe the RE-GEN product is a paradigm shift for upstream producers in that it allows them to meet their produced water treatment needs and provides meaningful cost savings.” In a recent trading update ahead of its interim results which will be announced in September 2016, Mycelx said that its half year revenues were in line with expectations and that it has delivered on its commitment to be cash neutral from operations for the last twelve months. Mycelx says that the expense control measures that have been put in place will continue to be monitored closely. www.mycelx.com www.slb.com
Clean TeQ to establish Chinese water JV Australia’s Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd has entered into a binding agreement with Jinzhong Hoyo Municipal Urban Investment & Construction Co Ltd to form a Chinese joint venture which will pursue water treatment opportunities in China’s Shanxi Province using Clean TeQ’s water purification technology. Clean TeQ and Hoyo have also reached in-principle agreement on the terms that the joint venture company will build, own and operate a Clean TeQ Continuous Ionic Filtration (CIF) water treatment plant at an existing
wastewater treatment facility owned and operated by Qixian Hoyo Waste Water Treatment Co Ltd in Shanxi Province. Hoyo and Qixian are both members of the Nanjing Hoyo Municipal Utilities Investment Administration Group, a diversified private Chinese conglomerate which is active in a range of industries including pipeline construction, operation of urban sewage and wastewater treatment plants, construction, aviation and agricultural machinery. www.cleanteq.com
Evoqua Water Technologies and its recently acquired Neptune Benson business have bought VAF Filtration Systems, a screen filtration manufacturer based in Arvada, Colorado, USA. Founded in 1985, VAF Filtration engineers and manufactures automatic self-cleaning water filters and control valves for a range of industrial and municipal water applications. VAF Filtration markets include industrial water reuse, water and wastewater, cooling towers, seawater, river intake water, well water, groundwater re-injection and irrigation. “We are pleased to welcome VAF to the Neptune Benson and Evoqua family,” said Ken Rodi, president of Evoqua’s Neptune Benson unit. “This acquisition expands Neptune’s presence in industrial markets and complements our existing filtration product lines; allowing us to offer a media-free filter in applications that may not need the Defender or Vortisand’s level of filtration.”
Neptune Benson’s media-based filters include Defender regenerative media filters and Vortisand crossflow microsand filters. “We are enthusiastic to join the Neptune/Evoqua team,” said Glenn Dobbs, president of VAF. “This acquisition provides VAF Filtration additional resources, products and an increased presence worldwide to better support our diverse market channels.” www.evoqua.com www.neptunebenson.com www.vafusa.com
VAF’s V-SERIES filters.
Alfa Laval to provide separators for Russian vegetable oil plant Alfa Laval has won a SEK55 million order to supply equipment, including high speed separators, heat exchangers and pumps, for a vegetable oil plant in Russia. The Alfa Laval equipment will be used to process sunflower, rapeseed, soya bean and corn oil into refined oil and edible lecithin for further use within the farm and food industries.
Delivery is scheduled for 2017. ”I am very happy to announce this large vegetable oil order in Russia,” said Svante Karlsson, president of Alfa Laval’s Process Technology division. “The order includes a wide range of products which proves our strong position as a trustworthy supplier to the food industry." www.alfalaval.com
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