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Arville buys UK air filtration company
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Filtration Company Index Ahlstrom-Munksjö 4 Alfa Laval 4,5,11,14 Amiad 4 Andritz 4,11 Arville 2 Atlas Copco 4 Citic Envirotech 5 Delbag 1 De.mem 11 DistributionNow 12 Donaldson 4,13 Eco-Tec 1 Entegris 6 Evonik 4 Evoqua Water Technologies 6 Fluence 11
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Fluidra 12 www.biometrics-today.com Gardner Denver 12 GEA 4,7 Grundfos 12 Hengst 1 John Crane 3 www.membrane-technology.com Koch Membrane Systems 1 Koch Separation Solutions 1 Lanxess 2,4,13 LiqTech 7 Mann+Hummel 13 Memsift 11 www.fuelcellsbulletin.com Metso 8 Nederman 4 Nitto Denko 8 Now 12 Nxtnano 13 Outotec 9,11,12 Parker Bioscience Filtration 12 Pentair 9,13 Sartorius 4 SPX Flow 3 www.networksecuritynewsletter.com Toray 11 Toyobo 14 Valmet 4,10 Veolia 11 Veolia Water Technologies 11 Voith 4,14 www.sealingtechnology.info Xylem 4,10
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...Continued from front page recovery and purification, hydrometallurgy, electroplating, biogas treatment, produced water, and amine purification. “I’m proud of the work we’ve done over the last 50 years and I’m thrilled that Eco-Tec will be joining KSS and the Koch Industries family,” said Phillip “Rocky” Simmons, chairman of Eco-Tec. “Eco-Tec is in capable hands at KSS, and this new and exciting chapter positions both EcoTec and KSS for continued growth and success.” For further information, visit www.KochSeparation.com and www.Eco-Tec.com
Lanxess aims to be climate neutral by 2040
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anxess has announced plans to become a climate neutral company by 2040 and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions. The specialty chemicals group’s emissions are currently 3.2 million metric tons of CO2e. “With our goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2040, we are fulfilling our responsibility as a global specialty chemicals company. At the same time, we will be an even more sustainable partner for our customers in the future,” said Matthias Zachert, chairman of the Lanxess AG board of management. Zachert also highlighted the long-term cost savings associated with a more efficient use of resources, saying that “climate protection is a business case”. Over the next few years, Lanxess will undertake a number of special projects to significantly lower greenhouse gases. The first major projects to lower CO2e are already underway in Belgium and India. Lanxess is currently building a facility for the decomposition of nitrous oxide at its Antwerp, Belgium, site. The new facility will start operating in 2020 and reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions www.sealingtechnology.info by around 150 000 metric tons of CO2e. After a second expansion in 2023, CO2e emissions are set to fall by another 300 000 metric tons. Lanxess is also switching the entire energy supply at its Indian sites to renewable energy sources. This will cut CO2e emissions by a further 150 000
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metric tons from 2024. With these projects and other measures, Lanxess will reduce its CO2e emissions by 800 000 metric tons by 2025, investing up to E100 million in the process. Lanxess is also revising many of its existing production processes in order to become climate neutral by 2040, and focussing its research more towards climate neutral processes and technological innovation. For further information, visit www.lanxess.com and www.climateneutral2040.com
Arville buys UK air filtration company
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echnical textiles specialist Arville has acquired Leeds, UK-based Delta Filter Services Ltd. Delta Filter Services’ business, equipment, order book and customers have been incorporated in Arville’s existing fabrication business unit in Bradford. “We are delighted to announce this acquisition and welcome the team from Delta to the Arville family. This is an exciting new chapter for all of us,” said Andy Smith, group head of marketing for Arville. “Our new colleagues’ knowledge and expertise will strengthen our portfolio, and enhance our capability, in the area of industrial filtration products – used in a wide range of sectors and applications. Together, we are a very good fit and Delta’s projects and markets complement our existing work in this area.” Delta Filter Services has 25 years of experience in replacement filter products – notably anti-bacterial air socks, fabric dust filters and cartridge filters – for sectors including food and pharmaceutical. “This latest acquisition is part of the ongoing growth of our group of companies, as we work towards a goal of growing output and sales,” added Smith. “Our strategic aim is to position Arville as a ‘best-in-class’ specialist in the design, weaving, finishing, coating and fabrication of technical textiles.” This year, Arville has already boosted its fabric engineering capabilities with a suite of new weaving looms and a warping machine, together worth more than £1.2 million. Arville has also achieved successive doubledigit year-on-year growth.
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NEWS Previous acquisitions for the group have included The Multiple Fabric Company in 1997 and P&S Textiles in 2000. For further information, visit www.arville.com and www.deltafilterservices.co.uk
SPX Flow appoints new Food & Beverage channel partner in Egypt
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PX Flow has named Petroconsult as a new channel partner for its Food & Beverage and hygienic applications business in Egypt. Cairo-headquartered Petroconsult already supports the SPX Flow ClydeUnion Pumps, Bran+Luebbe and Johnson Pump brands across the oil, gas and petrochemical sector in the region. Now, a new Petroconsult subsidiary will provide additional support for Anhydro, APV, Gerstenberg Schröder, Seital Separation and Waukesha Cherry-Burrell brands. “This new partnership will offer tremendous benefits to our customers in the dairy, food & beverage and other hygienic processing industries in the region with enhanced local support and rapid spares deliveries,” said Tom Cork, channel manager at SPX Flow. “Petroconsult has a strong presence in Egypt, with multiple warehouse facilities. It will hold local stock of many common parts and components as well as acting as a distributor for APV, Seital Separation and WCB product lines.” Petroconsult’s warehouse facilities are located in Alexandria’s free trade zone, enabling the company to serve a wider region, including Jordan and Libya, without additional import/export duties. Hazem Elleithy, CEO of Petroconsult, said: “This is an exciting diversification for our business. We already have a long and successful relationship with SPX Flow for
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its process pumps and have the logistical network in place to serve the sanitary business sectors with the additional product ranges. Alongside rapid delivery of products and components, we will be developing a service network into 2020 to support SPX Flow customers across Egypt.” The new Petroconsult partnership with SPX Flow will operate alongside existing sales agents in the Middle East, including CT Group of Egypt. SPX recently appointed a new channel partner in South Australia for its APV and Waukesha Cherry-Burrell (WCB) product lines (see Filtration Industry Analyst, October 2019). For further information, visit www.spxflow.com
H2O Innovation completes Genesys acquisition
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2O Innovation Inc has acquired Genesys Holdings Ltd, Genesys Manufacturing Ltd, Genesys International Ltd and Genesys North America LLC, the UK privately-owned group of companies that develops, manufactures and distributes speciality reverse osmosis (RO) membrane chemicals, antiscalants, cleaners, flocculants and biocides (see Filtration Industry Analyst, October 2019). Genesys has a portfolio of over 35 diversified products that are manufactured at its facility in Cheshire, UK. The company also offers laboratory services such as feed water and pre-treatment tests, membrane autopsies and cleaning program design. “Whilst there was a significant level of interest in our business, we chose H2O Innovation as it became apparent, they were the perfect partner and ultimately represented the right home for our business and more importantly our employees. H2O Innovation will
maintain the family feel that Genesys has developed by looking after its staff and distributors. As there are significant areas of synergy for both companies, we fully endorse the acquisition knowing it will be highly beneficial to all those involved,” said Ursula Annunziata, director and co-founder of Genesys. The purchase price was £16.95 million (C$28.39 million). For further information, visit www.h2oinnovation.com and www.genesysro.com
John Crane expands service footprint in Belgium and Azerbaijan
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ealing specialist John Crane has opened a new service centre in Antwerp, Belgium and moved to a larger facility in Baku, Azerbaijan. Located close to the Port of Antwerp, the new Belgian service centre enhances John Crane’s local service and support network for OEM and end user customers serving oil and gas, power generation, chemical, pharmaceutical production, and general industry markets. “With its strategic proximity to the Port of Antwerp, this new facility enables us to provide effective and efficient operations for our customers through the reduction of downtime costs and service repairs for mechanical seals, sealing systems, couplings and filtration systems,” said Ruben Alvarez, John Crane executive vice president, Sales and Aftermarket. “This service centre also allows us to support a long-term growth vision by investing in local infrastructure and continuing to develop our talent.” “The performance and functionality of our customers’ operations depend on us for a highly responsive service to increase uptime, reduce maintenance
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Filtration Company Index Ahlstrom-Munksjö 4 Alfa Laval 4,5,11,14 Amiad 4 Andritz 4,11 Arville 2 Atlas Copco 4 Citic Envirotech 5 Delbag 1 De.mem 11 DistributionNow 12 Donaldson 4,13 Eco-Tec 1 Entegris 6 Evonik 4 Evoqua Water Technologies 6 Fluence 11
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Fluidra 12 www.biometrics-today.com Gardner Denver 12 GEA 4,7 Grundfos 12 Hengst 1 John Crane 3 www.membrane-technology.com Koch Membrane Systems 1 Koch Separation Solutions 1 Lanxess 2,4,13 LiqTech 7 Mann+Hummel 13 Memsift 11 www.fuelcellsbulletin.com Metso 8 Nederman 4 Nitto Denko 8 Now 12 Nxtnano 13 Outotec 9,11,12 Parker Bioscience Filtration 12 Pentair 9,13 Sartorius 4 SPX Flow 3 www.networksecuritynewsletter.com Toray 11 Toyobo 14 Valmet 4,10 Veolia 11 Veolia Water Technologies 11 Voith 4,14 www.sealingtechnology.info Xylem 4,10
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...Continued from front page recovery and purification, hydrometallurgy, electroplating, biogas treatment, produced water, and amine purification. “I’m proud of the work we’ve done over the last 50 years and I’m thrilled that Eco-Tec will be joining KSS and the Koch Industries family,” said Phillip “Rocky” Simmons, chairman of Eco-Tec. “Eco-Tec is in capable hands at KSS, and this new and exciting chapter positions both EcoTec and KSS for continued growth and success.” For further information, visit www.KochSeparation.com and www.Eco-Tec.com
Lanxess aims to be climate neutral by 2040
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anxess has announced plans to become a climate neutral company by 2040 and eliminate its greenhouse gas emissions. The specialty chemicals group’s emissions are currently 3.2 million metric tons of CO2e. “With our goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2040, we are fulfilling our responsibility as a global specialty chemicals company. At the same time, we will be an even more sustainable partner for our customers in the future,” said Matthias Zachert, chairman of the Lanxess AG board of management. Zachert also highlighted the long-term cost savings associated with a more efficient use of resources, saying that “climate protection is a business case”. Over the next few years, Lanxess will undertake a number of special projects to significantly lower greenhouse gases. The first major projects to lower CO2e are already underway in Belgium and India. Lanxess is currently building a facility for the decomposition of nitrous oxide at its Antwerp, Belgium, site. The new facility will start operating in 2020 and reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions www.sealingtechnology.info by around 150 000 metric tons of CO2e. After a second expansion in 2023, CO2e emissions are set to fall by another 300 000 metric tons. Lanxess is also switching the entire energy supply at its Indian sites to renewable energy sources. This will cut CO2e emissions by a further 150 000
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metric tons from 2024. With these projects and other measures, Lanxess will reduce its CO2e emissions by 800 000 metric tons by 2025, investing up to E100 million in the process. Lanxess is also revising many of its existing production processes in order to become climate neutral by 2040, and focussing its research more towards climate neutral processes and technological innovation. For further information, visit www.lanxess.com and www.climateneutral2040.com
Arville buys UK air filtration company
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echnical textiles specialist Arville has acquired Leeds, UK-based Delta Filter Services Ltd. Delta Filter Services’ business, equipment, order book and customers have been incorporated in Arville’s existing fabrication business unit in Bradford. “We are delighted to announce this acquisition and welcome the team from Delta to the Arville family. This is an exciting new chapter for all of us,” said Andy Smith, group head of marketing for Arville. “Our new colleagues’ knowledge and expertise will strengthen our portfolio, and enhance our capability, in the area of industrial filtration products – used in a wide range of sectors and applications. Together, we are a very good fit and Delta’s projects and markets complement our existing work in this area.” Delta Filter Services has 25 years of experience in replacement filter products – notably anti-bacterial air socks, fabric dust filters and cartridge filters – for sectors including food and pharmaceutical. “This latest acquisition is part of the ongoing growth of our group of companies, as we work towards a goal of growing output and sales,” added Smith. “Our strategic aim is to position Arville as a ‘best-in-class’ specialist in the design, weaving, finishing, coating and fabrication of technical textiles.” This year, Arville has already boosted its fabric engineering capabilities with a suite of new weaving looms and a warping machine, together worth more than £1.2 million. Arville has also achieved successive doubledigit year-on-year growth.
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NEWS Previous acquisitions for the group have included The Multiple Fabric Company in 1997 and P&S Textiles in 2000. For further information, visit www.arville.com and www.deltafilterservices.co.uk
SPX Flow appoints new Food & Beverage channel partner in Egypt
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PX Flow has named Petroconsult as a new channel partner for its Food & Beverage and hygienic applications business in Egypt. Cairo-headquartered Petroconsult already supports the SPX Flow ClydeUnion Pumps, Bran+Luebbe and Johnson Pump brands across the oil, gas and petrochemical sector in the region. Now, a new Petroconsult subsidiary will provide additional support for Anhydro, APV, Gerstenberg Schröder, Seital Separation and Waukesha Cherry-Burrell brands. “This new partnership will offer tremendous benefits to our customers in the dairy, food & beverage and other hygienic processing industries in the region with enhanced local support and rapid spares deliveries,” said Tom Cork, channel manager at SPX Flow. “Petroconsult has a strong presence in Egypt, with multiple warehouse facilities. It will hold local stock of many common parts and components as well as acting as a distributor for APV, Seital Separation and WCB product lines.” Petroconsult’s warehouse facilities are located in Alexandria’s free trade zone, enabling the company to serve a wider region, including Jordan and Libya, without additional import/export duties. Hazem Elleithy, CEO of Petroconsult, said: “This is an exciting diversification for our business. We already have a long and successful relationship with SPX Flow for
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its process pumps and have the logistical network in place to serve the sanitary business sectors with the additional product ranges. Alongside rapid delivery of products and components, we will be developing a service network into 2020 to support SPX Flow customers across Egypt.” The new Petroconsult partnership with SPX Flow will operate alongside existing sales agents in the Middle East, including CT Group of Egypt. SPX recently appointed a new channel partner in South Australia for its APV and Waukesha Cherry-Burrell (WCB) product lines (see Filtration Industry Analyst, October 2019). For further information, visit www.spxflow.com
H2O Innovation completes Genesys acquisition
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2O Innovation Inc has acquired Genesys Holdings Ltd, Genesys Manufacturing Ltd, Genesys International Ltd and Genesys North America LLC, the UK privately-owned group of companies that develops, manufactures and distributes speciality reverse osmosis (RO) membrane chemicals, antiscalants, cleaners, flocculants and biocides (see Filtration Industry Analyst, October 2019). Genesys has a portfolio of over 35 diversified products that are manufactured at its facility in Cheshire, UK. The company also offers laboratory services such as feed water and pre-treatment tests, membrane autopsies and cleaning program design. “Whilst there was a significant level of interest in our business, we chose H2O Innovation as it became apparent, they were the perfect partner and ultimately represented the right home for our business and more importantly our employees. H2O Innovation will
maintain the family feel that Genesys has developed by looking after its staff and distributors. As there are significant areas of synergy for both companies, we fully endorse the acquisition knowing it will be highly beneficial to all those involved,” said Ursula Annunziata, director and co-founder of Genesys. The purchase price was £16.95 million (C$28.39 million). For further information, visit www.h2oinnovation.com and www.genesysro.com
John Crane expands service footprint in Belgium and Azerbaijan
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ealing specialist John Crane has opened a new service centre in Antwerp, Belgium and moved to a larger facility in Baku, Azerbaijan. Located close to the Port of Antwerp, the new Belgian service centre enhances John Crane’s local service and support network for OEM and end user customers serving oil and gas, power generation, chemical, pharmaceutical production, and general industry markets. “With its strategic proximity to the Port of Antwerp, this new facility enables us to provide effective and efficient operations for our customers through the reduction of downtime costs and service repairs for mechanical seals, sealing systems, couplings and filtration systems,” said Ruben Alvarez, John Crane executive vice president, Sales and Aftermarket. “This service centre also allows us to support a long-term growth vision by investing in local infrastructure and continuing to develop our talent.” “The performance and functionality of our customers’ operations depend on us for a highly responsive service to increase uptime, reduce maintenance
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