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industryANALYST ISSN 1365-6937 September 2011
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Lanxess opens new membrane plant at German headquarters
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pecialty chemicals company Lanxess has inaugurated its new production plant for membrane filtration elements in Bitterfeld, SaxonyAnhalt, Germany (see Filtration Industry Analyst, February 2010). The E30 million 4000 sq m facility also has laboratories, logistics areas and offices. After completing extensive pilot and development phases, regular production will start in Bitterfeld in the fourth quarter of 2011, with the first reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements available on the market in early 2012. The membrane filtration elements will be marketed under the brand name Lewabrane. Lanxess will now be able to offer products for both ion exchange and membrane filtration, with the Lewatit and Lewabrane product lines.
“Based on our many decades of experience with ion exchange resins, we consider our step into membrane technology as highly important in order to provide our customers with even more comprehensive desalination solutions in the future,” said Jean-Marc Vesselle, global head of the Lanxess Ion Exchange Resins business unit. For further information, visit www.lanxess.com
COMMENT With this new facility and the Lewabrane membrane filtration products, the water treatment sector is about to become an increasingly important market for Lanxess. ■
Clarcor expands US Baldwin filter plant
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ilter maker Clarcor Inc is planning to invest US$28 million over the next three years to extend its Baldwin manufacturing facility in Yankton, South Dakota, USA. The Clarcor investment will add capacity to produce heavy-duty engine filters for the American and export markets. The expanded Baldwin facility should be fully operational by the end of 2012, with more equipment and capabilities being added through to 2014. Clarcor expects to hire an additional 70 people as a result of the expansion. “We expect our Baldwin business to continue to grow at an impressive rate, and this expansion supports our position as the leading supplier of heavy-duty engine filters to the aftermarket. Being a global company, we obviously have many geographic options
when it comes to making investments of this type. At this point, Yankton represents the most cost effective means of expansion to satisfy our growing domestic and export demand. Going forward, we certainly expect to make further investments in Asia, our fastest growing market,” said Norm Johnson, Clarcor chairman and CEO. “We continue to forecast increased demand for high quality heavy-duty engine filters, and we believe that adding state-ofthe-art equipment to a facility that has consistently delivered world-class performance will allow us not only to continue to supply exceptional products to our customers, but to do so at the margins that our shareholders have come to expect,” added Johnson.
For further information, visit www.clarcor.com and www.baldwinfilter.com
Contents Company Profile Andritz Metso
7 8
Company Watch Ceco Environmental Flanders FLSmidth GLV Indutrade United Envirotech
9 9 10 10 11 11
Diary
15
Dividends
6
Exchange Rates
16
Financial Calendar
14
In Brief New Product Developments
5 14
News Lanxess opens new membrane plant at German headquarters 1 Clarcor expands US Baldwin filter plant 1 GE and Osmoflo form water treatment alliance in Australia 2 Bluewater Bio acquires filtration technologies from FilterClear 2 Cummins divests light duty filtration businesses 2 Pall opens Centre of Excellence in Singapore 3 Hitachi signs filter licence agreement with Balcke-Dürr 3 United Envirotech takes 40% stake in Maxrise Envirogroup 3 Porvair powers ahead with gains in sales and profits 4 New name for ILI Technologies 4 P&G Manufacturing to build new facility in North Carolina 4 Desalination market to reach US$52.4bn by 2020 4 Ceco expands in India through sales partnership 4 Seldon secures Chinese approval for water technology 5 Air Products invests in new ITM test facility 5 Ahlstrom starts share buyback 6 H&V secures R&D grant from the state of Virginia 6 Alfa Laval India to delist 6 Xylem commits to ITT philanthropy programmes 6 FLSmidth to buy Knelson 16 Name change for Amiad Filtration Systems 16 Orders & Contracts
13
People & Appointments
12
Stock Watch
15
ISSN 1365-6937/11 © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This journal and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Photocopying Single photocopies of single articles may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systematic copying, copying for advertising or promotional purposes, resale, and all forms of document delivery. Special rates are available for educational institutions that wish to make photocopies for non-profit educational classroom use.
industryANALYST ISSN 1365-6937 September 2011
www.filtrationindustryanalyst.com
Lanxess opens new membrane plant at German headquarters
S
pecialty chemicals company Lanxess has inaugurated its new production plant for membrane filtration elements in Bitterfeld, SaxonyAnhalt, Germany (see Filtration Industry Analyst, February 2010). The E30 million 4000 sq m facility also has laboratories, logistics areas and offices. After completing extensive pilot and development phases, regular production will start in Bitterfeld in the fourth quarter of 2011, with the first reverse osmosis (RO) membrane elements available on the market in early 2012. The membrane filtration elements will be marketed under the brand name Lewabrane. Lanxess will now be able to offer products for both ion exchange and membrane filtration, with the Lewatit and Lewabrane product lines.
“Based on our many decades of experience with ion exchange resins, we consider our step into membrane technology as highly important in order to provide our customers with even more comprehensive desalination solutions in the future,” said Jean-Marc Vesselle, global head of the Lanxess Ion Exchange Resins business unit. For further information, visit www.lanxess.com
COMMENT With this new facility and the Lewabrane membrane filtration products, the water treatment sector is about to become an increasingly important market for Lanxess. ■
Clarcor expands US Baldwin filter plant
F
ilter maker Clarcor Inc is planning to invest US$28 million over the next three years to extend its Baldwin manufacturing facility in Yankton, South Dakota, USA. The Clarcor investment will add capacity to produce heavy-duty engine filters for the American and export markets. The expanded Baldwin facility should be fully operational by the end of 2012, with more equipment and capabilities being added through to 2014. Clarcor expects to hire an additional 70 people as a result of the expansion. “We expect our Baldwin business to continue to grow at an impressive rate, and this expansion supports our position as the leading supplier of heavy-duty engine filters to the aftermarket. Being a global company, we obviously have many geographic options
when it comes to making investments of this type. At this point, Yankton represents the most cost effective means of expansion to satisfy our growing domestic and export demand. Going forward, we certainly expect to make further investments in Asia, our fastest growing market,” said Norm Johnson, Clarcor chairman and CEO. “We continue to forecast increased demand for high quality heavy-duty engine filters, and we believe that adding state-ofthe-art equipment to a facility that has consistently delivered world-class performance will allow us not only to continue to supply exceptional products to our customers, but to do so at the margins that our shareholders have come to expect,” added Johnson.
For further information, visit www.clarcor.com and www.baldwinfilter.com
Contents Company Profile Andritz Metso
7 8
Company Watch Ceco Environmental Flanders FLSmidth GLV Indutrade United Envirotech
9 9 10 10 11 11
Diary
15
Dividends
6
Exchange Rates
16
Financial Calendar
14
In Brief New Product Developments
5 14
News Lanxess opens new membrane plant at German headquarters 1 Clarcor expands US Baldwin filter plant 1 GE and Osmoflo form water treatment alliance in Australia 2 Bluewater Bio acquires filtration technologies from FilterClear 2 Cummins divests light duty filtration businesses 2 Pall opens Centre of Excellence in Singapore 3 Hitachi signs filter licence agreement with Balcke-Dürr 3 United Envirotech takes 40% stake in Maxrise Envirogroup 3 Porvair powers ahead with gains in sales and profits 4 New name for ILI Technologies 4 P&G Manufacturing to build new facility in North Carolina 4 Desalination market to reach US$52.4bn by 2020 4 Ceco expands in India through sales partnership 4 Seldon secures Chinese approval for water technology 5 Air Products invests in new ITM test facility 5 Ahlstrom starts share buyback 6 H&V secures R&D grant from the state of Virginia 6 Alfa Laval India to delist 6 Xylem commits to ITT philanthropy programmes 6 FLSmidth to buy Knelson 16 Name change for Amiad Filtration Systems 16 Orders & Contracts
13
People & Appointments
12
Stock Watch
15
ISSN 1365-6937/11 © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This journal and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Photocopying Single photocopies of single articles may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systematic copying, copying for advertising or promotional purposes, resale, and all forms of document delivery. Special rates are available for educational institutions that wish to make photocopies for non-profit educational classroom use.