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Cabin air filtration systems for new Airbus
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Pall Corp (East Hills, New York, USA) has won an order to supply cabin air filtration systems to Airbus for its new Airbus A380 aircraft. According to Airbus, the A380 is designed to be the most spacious, advanced, efficient and environmentally friendly civil aircraft ever. The twin-deck aircraft, which will seat 555, is scheduled to enter service in 2006. Airbus is expected to build more than 750 A380s. Airbus selected Pall based on their long-standing relationship and its confidence in Pall's ability to provide the latest cabin air filtration technology customized for the new aircraft. The Pall cabin air filtration systems remove submicron particles, including bacteria, viruses and mould spores, with an efficiency as high as 99.97%, providing the best available protection from contaminants for passengers and crew. "We are delighted to work with Airbus to help them bring new standards of comfort and better economics with this technologically advanced and environmentally responsible aircraft. We look forward to continuing to work with them throughout the life of the A380 programme," said Charlie Grimm, president of Pall Aerospace. Pall already supplies all of the filter housings to the Airbus production lines for its family of aircraft including the A300/310, A318/319/320/321 and A330/340. According to airline industry sources, the world fleet is projected to double over the next two decades and an additional 17 000 aircraft will be needed to fill capacity. Pall has been serving both the commercial and military aerospace industry with filtration and separations systems for over 50 years. It was the first company to introduce microbial-rated cabin air filters, based on its technology developed for medical breathing applications, for aircraft environmental conditioning systems. Contact: Pall Corp, 2200 Northern Boulevard, East Hills, NY 11548, USA. Tel: +1 516 484 5400; Fax: +1 516 484 5228; Website: www.pall.com
4 July/August 2003
Ahlstrom Corp, a leader in high-performance fibre based materials, has announced its decision to invest 5.5 million (US$6.2 million) in a fine fibres production line at its plant in Turin, Italy. The new line will produce advanced filter media and composites. Following the new investment, the Turin plant will have four production lines serving the fast growing nonwovens market with products designed specifically for filtration applications, as well as for general industrial applications. Turin is Ahlstrom's largest production site with a total of six production lines and over 500 employees. Commenting on the investment, Jukka Moisio, president of the FiberComposites Division said, "Ahlstrom constantly looks for ways to serve its global customers in their changing needs. This investment continues our programme to improve and expand our capabilities; during the last 12 months we have moved forward with several new production line investments and capacity extensions in nonwovens". The investment programme will begin immediately and commercial output from the new production line is expected by October 2004. This latest investment follows an earlier one, which was for the reconfiguration of an existing specialty paper product manufacturing line, so that it could support the growing nonwoven market with products especially designed for the engine filtration market. Contact: Ahlstrom FiberComposites Division, 1 Mid New Cultins, Edinburgh, EH11 4DH, UK. Tel: +44 131 458 2000; Fax: +44 131 458 2020; Website: www.ahlstrom.com
Hong Kong's first seawater desalination project CH2M-IDC Hong Kong Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CH2M Hill Ltd, has been selected by the Hong Kong Water Supplies Department (WSD) to design, oversee operations and monitor the performance of two seawater desalination pilot plants. The 30-month pilot programme, which will evaluate the use of reverse osmosis technology and associated preand post-treatment processes, is part of the government of Hong Kong's Total Water Management programme, and is a major step in the development of full-scale desalination facilities to ensure sufficient and sustainable potable water resources for the island. According to Alex Au, managing director of CH2M-IDC Hong Kong. "This project demonstrates Hong Kong's commitment to environmentally responsible development to ensure economic opportunity and a high quality of life for its current and future citizens." CH2M-IDC Hong Kong was one of five consultants invited to submit proposals for the project. Contact: CH2M Hill Ltd, 9191 S Jamaica Sreet, Englewood, CO 80112-5946, USA. Tel: +1 303 771 0900; Fax: +1 720 286 9250: Website: www.ch2m.com
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Pall Corp (East Hills, New York, USA) has won an order to supply cabin air filtration systems to Airbus for its new Airbus A380 aircraft. According to Airbus, the A380 is designed to be the most spacious, advanced, efficient and environmentally friendly civil aircraft ever. The twin-deck aircraft, which will seat 555, is scheduled to enter service in 2006. Airbus is expected to build more than 750 A380s. Airbus selected Pall based on their long-standing relationship and its confidence in Pall's ability to provide the latest cabin air filtration technology customized for the new aircraft. The Pall cabin air filtration systems remove submicron particles, including bacteria, viruses and mould spores, with an efficiency as high as 99.97%, providing the best available protection from contaminants for passengers and crew. "We are delighted to work with Airbus to help them bring new standards of comfort and better economics with this technologically advanced and environmentally responsible aircraft. We look forward to continuing to work with them throughout the life of the A380 programme," said Charlie Grimm, president of Pall Aerospace. Pall already supplies all of the filter housings to the Airbus production lines for its family of aircraft including the A300/310, A318/319/320/321 and A330/340. According to airline industry sources, the world fleet is projected to double over the next two decades and an additional 17 000 aircraft will be needed to fill capacity. Pall has been serving both the commercial and military aerospace industry with filtration and separations systems for over 50 years. It was the first company to introduce microbial-rated cabin air filters, based on its technology developed for medical breathing applications, for aircraft environmental conditioning systems. Contact: Pall Corp, 2200 Northern Boulevard, East Hills, NY 11548, USA. Tel: +1 516 484 5400; Fax: +1 516 484 5228; Website: www.pall.com
4 July/August 2003
Ahlstrom Corp, a leader in high-performance fibre based materials, has announced its decision to invest 5.5 million (US$6.2 million) in a fine fibres production line at its plant in Turin, Italy. The new line will produce advanced filter media and composites. Following the new investment, the Turin plant will have four production lines serving the fast growing nonwovens market with products designed specifically for filtration applications, as well as for general industrial applications. Turin is Ahlstrom's largest production site with a total of six production lines and over 500 employees. Commenting on the investment, Jukka Moisio, president of the FiberComposites Division said, "Ahlstrom constantly looks for ways to serve its global customers in their changing needs. This investment continues our programme to improve and expand our capabilities; during the last 12 months we have moved forward with several new production line investments and capacity extensions in nonwovens". The investment programme will begin immediately and commercial output from the new production line is expected by October 2004. This latest investment follows an earlier one, which was for the reconfiguration of an existing specialty paper product manufacturing line, so that it could support the growing nonwoven market with products especially designed for the engine filtration market. Contact: Ahlstrom FiberComposites Division, 1 Mid New Cultins, Edinburgh, EH11 4DH, UK. Tel: +44 131 458 2000; Fax: +44 131 458 2020; Website: www.ahlstrom.com
Hong Kong's first seawater desalination project CH2M-IDC Hong Kong Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CH2M Hill Ltd, has been selected by the Hong Kong Water Supplies Department (WSD) to design, oversee operations and monitor the performance of two seawater desalination pilot plants. The 30-month pilot programme, which will evaluate the use of reverse osmosis technology and associated preand post-treatment processes, is part of the government of Hong Kong's Total Water Management programme, and is a major step in the development of full-scale desalination facilities to ensure sufficient and sustainable potable water resources for the island. According to Alex Au, managing director of CH2M-IDC Hong Kong. "This project demonstrates Hong Kong's commitment to environmentally responsible development to ensure economic opportunity and a high quality of life for its current and future citizens." CH2M-IDC Hong Kong was one of five consultants invited to submit proposals for the project. Contact: CH2M Hill Ltd, 9191 S Jamaica Sreet, Englewood, CO 80112-5946, USA. Tel: +1 303 771 0900; Fax: +1 720 286 9250: Website: www.ch2m.com
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