Clarcor acquires three filter companies

US utility takes NOx reduction initiative New

air

quality

being

equipment

installed

Montour

at

electricity

Washingtonville, marking

plant

Pennsylvania,

the

investment

is

PP&L’s

At

US,

operational.

company’s

latest

in air pollution

control

PP&L’s

Montour

construction

selective

catalytic

system

for

electricity

before

the

In addition,

SCRs

a

reduction

two

new (SRC)

coal

generating

fueled,

units

be in service

began to

by May next year on

Unit2andbyMay2001onUnitl. SCR

remove

system

is designed

approximately

nitrogen

oxide

to

90% of the

(NOx)

generated

when the coal is burned. NOx

released

precipitators

atmosphere

interacts

emissions

and sunlight

ground

level

component the

with

-

federal

Air

Gregory

construction material

materials,

The precipitators

will

by May 2000 on

be installed

Unit 2 and by May 2001 on Unit The

company

says that

emissions

the State of Pennsylvania PP&L,

a leading

electricity

on

and proposed

by

for 2003.

generator

of

in the US, operates four

Island

reduce

Since then,

Montour

plant;

plant;

The

the

Plant; and Sunbury

plant,

of

Worchester,

superintendent

PP&L installed

at its coal power plant in NOx

emissions

1990

levels.

by The

Creek which

it

is in the process of selling.

systems was awarded

plant,

Brunner

Martins

in

from

1.

new

will enable it to comply

to

1995 to reduce

the

the latest EPA restrictions

heavily

equipment

for

mine reclamation,

NOx

requiring

invested

Smith,

anti-skid

for roads and material

this goal. According

the Montour

of

is reused in

Act,

emissions.

has

than 90%

coal power stations in Pennsylvania:

their PP&L

More

the

to significantly

achieving

boiler.

the coal ash produced

Environmental

companies NOx

of the coal ash

(EPA) amended

Agency

Clean

1 and 2. These are said to

plant’s

vehicle

a major

by

that leaves the gas stream from the

with

of smog. Back in 1990

Protection

on Unit

the

to produce

ozone

built

precipitators

remove the majority

equipment into

are

in the 1970s are being replaced

power

of

recently. The SCRs are expected

50%

10% by the end of the

year,

two new electrostatic

plant

the

plans to reduce emissions

new

systems.

The

company by another

The

while

contracts

for

the

Massachusetts,

the electrostatic

contract

SCR

to DB Riley, USA,

precipitator

went to Wheelabrator

Pollution

Control

Pennsylvania,

Air

Inc., Pittsburgh,

USA.

Clarcor acquires three filter companies Clarcor

Inc, a US based diversified

manufacturer

of filtration

has bought

the

Business from

Industrial

Mark

Inc, New York,

Purolator co. ;

million

Industrial

comprises

Purolator

million part

Business

Air

Filter Products. This with

the

automotive

disposal

of

industrial

filter

business

Mark

IV Industries

in February, revenues

the

disposition

of

The Industrial

brings from

non-core

to improve

Filter Business is a of industrial

and speciality filtration

filters, the

US$460

on capital.

manufacturer

range

residential

and

than

of a programme

Mark IV’s return

product

Filtration

International;

to more

this year. The asset sales are

leading

companies:

Products

Purolator-Facet sale, along

in cash.

Filter

three

Facet

Filter

IV Industries

businesses

USA, for approx-

imately US$l45 The

products,

products.

Its

includes

both

and commercial

HVAC

liquid

filtration

aerospace,

systems for

marine,

mental,

refinery,

military

applications

environ-

petrochemical

and

and speciahsed

industrial

filters

equipment.

It achieved

and

end revenues of US$l50

filtration 1999 yearmillion.

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