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Degrémont wins 25-year Australian desal contract
April 2005
ANDRITZ FIBRELINE SET FOR MARUSUMI PAPER Japan’s Marusumi Paper has selected Andritz to supply a new pulp fibreline and chemical recovery systems for its Ohe mill on Shikoku Island. Andritz will deliver the project on an engineer-procure-construct (EPC) basis. Marusumi Paper will replace the mill’s present pulping capacity of 100 000 tpa with the new line’s 252 000 tpa capacity. The order is valued at approximately 100 million, and the line is scheduled to start-up in the second quarter of 2007. The fibreline system consists of a continuous digester, brownstock washing system, bleach plant, evaporation plant, recaustizing plant and lime kiln.
WATER & WASTEWATER DEGRÉMONT WINS 25-YEAR AUSTRALIAN DESAL CONTRACT Western Australia’s Water Corp has chosen Degrémont to design, build and operate Perth’s first seawater desalination plant using reverse osmosis technology. The facility will be designed and built as a 50-50 joint venture between Degrémont and its Australian civil engineering partner Multiplex Engineering Pty Ltd. The joint venture compa-
ny - Multiplex Degrémont will build the seawater intake, pretreatment structures, reverse osmosis desalination unit, pumping and remineralization units, worth 170 million. Degrémont will operate the 140 000m3 per day plant for 25 years, earning 300 million. The plant will be built at Kwinana, 25 kms south of Perth. It will produce drinking water in just 18 months’ time, at the start of the Australian summer in October 2006.
US WASTEWATER TREATMENT “MORE COMPETITIVE” Consolidation and budget cuts in the US food industry are stepping up competition in the water and wastewater treatment markets, claims a new report from market analysts’ Frost & Sullivan - US Markets for Water & Wastewater Treatment in the Food & Beverage Industry an End-User Study. According to Frost & Sullivan, the US food processing industry has recently undergone a wave of changes. Companies and organizations are now focusing on efficient multi-product production lines as opposed to huge manufacturing facilities. This is creating opportunities for vendors of water and wastewater treatment equipment, particularly in the repair and replacement sector. The report also reveals that revenue in this market totalled US$248.2 million in 2004, and projects that this will grow to US$373.6 million by 2010. In a bid to exploit existing distribution systems and labour markets, food processors are looking at expanding current plants rather than building new sites, finds the study. With growing plant extensions and newer environmental legislation, the replace-
ment market is seeing demand for improved upgrades and greater process efficiencies. With increasing saturation, competition in the water and wastewater treatment market is intensifying, says Frost & Sullivan. Because of the large number of suppliers, there is relatively less market awareness, and on average, any one supplier is recognized by fewer than half of the customers, claims the company. Nevertheless, the market has ample potential for even small participants to operate as local specialists. Overall, the water and wastewater treatment market appears to be moving towards a mature stage, but suppliers can gain a competitive edge through customized services. Specific interests lie in newer technologies such as ultraviolet disinfection, membranes and lower-cost sludge treatment technologies.
SULAIBIYA WATER PROJECT A FIRST FOR GE GE Infrastructure’s Water & Process Technologies business recently helped to dedicate what is claimed to be the “world’s largest membranebased wastewater filtration facility,” and the company’s first major water project in the Middle East. The wastewater treatment plant, which is based in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, was built in partnership with the Kuwaiti government and Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons Co. It will purify more than 375 000 m3 (100 million gallons) of wastewater each day for use in agricultural and industrial uses. Reverse osmosis (RO), used in the plant, is a well proven process for desalinating municipal effluent, says GE. The salinity of the municipal effluent has an average monthly value of 1280 mg/l total
dissolved solids (TDS), with a maximum value of 3014 mg/l. RO will be used to desalinate the water to 100 mg/l TDS, and provide a second barrier to bacteria and viruses. Since this is a build, own, operate and maintain contract, the consortium will also be responsible for running the plant once construction is complete, while GE will operate the water reclamation facility. The purified water will be used for non-potable applications that are currently competing with the drinking water supply, and will ensure that the citizens of Kuwait have adequate water. According to the World Meteorological Association, nearly 50% of the world’s population will live in water stressed areas by 2025. Many in the Middle East face this reality today. Countries in the this region now produce more than one half of the world’s desalinated water and experts predict that this will increase in water stressed regions. In order to address the growing demand for its water and energy technologies GE has been investing in the region with major offices now located throughout the Middle East.
CHINA INVESTS IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE China’s market for water and wastewater treatment will increase to US$22.7 billion in 2005 from US$18.7 billion a year earlier, and is expected to reach US$33.2 billion by 2010, predicts Helmut Kaiser Consultancy (HKC). The German consultancy also reveals that the residential water market reached US$1.46 billion in 2004 and forecasts that it will increase to US$3.3 billion by 2010, and US$5.48 billion by 2015.
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systems from Metso Paper as well as quality and control automation systems from Metso Automation. The machine will start production during the first quarter of 2006.
Pump Industry Analyst
ANDRITZ FIBRELINE SET FOR MARUSUMI PAPER Japan’s Marusumi Paper has selected Andritz to supply a new pulp fibreline and chemical recovery systems for its Ohe mill on Shikoku Island. Andritz will deliver the project on an engineer-procure-construct (EPC) basis. Marusumi Paper will replace the mill’s present pulping capacity of 100 000 tpa with the new line’s 252 000 tpa capacity. The order is valued at approximately 100 million, and the line is scheduled to start-up in the second quarter of 2007. The fibreline system consists of a continuous digester, brownstock washing system, bleach plant, evaporation plant, recaustizing plant and lime kiln.
WATER & WASTEWATER DEGRÉMONT WINS 25-YEAR AUSTRALIAN DESAL CONTRACT Western Australia’s Water Corp has chosen Degrémont to design, build and operate Perth’s first seawater desalination plant using reverse osmosis technology. The facility will be designed and built as a 50-50 joint venture between Degrémont and its Australian civil engineering partner Multiplex Engineering Pty Ltd. The joint venture compa-
ny - Multiplex Degrémont will build the seawater intake, pretreatment structures, reverse osmosis desalination unit, pumping and remineralization units, worth 170 million. Degrémont will operate the 140 000m3 per day plant for 25 years, earning 300 million. The plant will be built at Kwinana, 25 kms south of Perth. It will produce drinking water in just 18 months’ time, at the start of the Australian summer in October 2006.
US WASTEWATER TREATMENT “MORE COMPETITIVE” Consolidation and budget cuts in the US food industry are stepping up competition in the water and wastewater treatment markets, claims a new report from market analysts’ Frost & Sullivan - US Markets for Water & Wastewater Treatment in the Food & Beverage Industry an End-User Study. According to Frost & Sullivan, the US food processing industry has recently undergone a wave of changes. Companies and organizations are now focusing on efficient multi-product production lines as opposed to huge manufacturing facilities. This is creating opportunities for vendors of water and wastewater treatment equipment, particularly in the repair and replacement sector. The report also reveals that revenue in this market totalled US$248.2 million in 2004, and projects that this will grow to US$373.6 million by 2010. In a bid to exploit existing distribution systems and labour markets, food processors are looking at expanding current plants rather than building new sites, finds the study. With growing plant extensions and newer environmental legislation, the replace-
ment market is seeing demand for improved upgrades and greater process efficiencies. With increasing saturation, competition in the water and wastewater treatment market is intensifying, says Frost & Sullivan. Because of the large number of suppliers, there is relatively less market awareness, and on average, any one supplier is recognized by fewer than half of the customers, claims the company. Nevertheless, the market has ample potential for even small participants to operate as local specialists. Overall, the water and wastewater treatment market appears to be moving towards a mature stage, but suppliers can gain a competitive edge through customized services. Specific interests lie in newer technologies such as ultraviolet disinfection, membranes and lower-cost sludge treatment technologies.
SULAIBIYA WATER PROJECT A FIRST FOR GE GE Infrastructure’s Water & Process Technologies business recently helped to dedicate what is claimed to be the “world’s largest membranebased wastewater filtration facility,” and the company’s first major water project in the Middle East. The wastewater treatment plant, which is based in Sulaibiya, Kuwait, was built in partnership with the Kuwaiti government and Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Kharafi & Sons Co. It will purify more than 375 000 m3 (100 million gallons) of wastewater each day for use in agricultural and industrial uses. Reverse osmosis (RO), used in the plant, is a well proven process for desalinating municipal effluent, says GE. The salinity of the municipal effluent has an average monthly value of 1280 mg/l total
dissolved solids (TDS), with a maximum value of 3014 mg/l. RO will be used to desalinate the water to 100 mg/l TDS, and provide a second barrier to bacteria and viruses. Since this is a build, own, operate and maintain contract, the consortium will also be responsible for running the plant once construction is complete, while GE will operate the water reclamation facility. The purified water will be used for non-potable applications that are currently competing with the drinking water supply, and will ensure that the citizens of Kuwait have adequate water. According to the World Meteorological Association, nearly 50% of the world’s population will live in water stressed areas by 2025. Many in the Middle East face this reality today. Countries in the this region now produce more than one half of the world’s desalinated water and experts predict that this will increase in water stressed regions. In order to address the growing demand for its water and energy technologies GE has been investing in the region with major offices now located throughout the Middle East.
CHINA INVESTS IN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE China’s market for water and wastewater treatment will increase to US$22.7 billion in 2005 from US$18.7 billion a year earlier, and is expected to reach US$33.2 billion by 2010, predicts Helmut Kaiser Consultancy (HKC). The German consultancy also reveals that the residential water market reached US$1.46 billion in 2004 and forecasts that it will increase to US$3.3 billion by 2010, and US$5.48 billion by 2015.
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MARKET PROSPECTS
systems from Metso Paper as well as quality and control automation systems from Metso Automation. The machine will start production during the first quarter of 2006.
Pump Industry Analyst