Donaldson employees to ring NYSE closing bell

NEWS/IN BRIEF “Anticipating the challenge to quality assurance posed by the highly compressed delivery and commissioning times, Kurion designed the system with redundancies for pumps, valves, and media capacity. For example, TEPCO has the option of not utilizing any of the Kurion system pumps if an increase to the upstream buffer tank pump discharge pressure is made; converting the system to a highly reliable electrically passive system. This improvement will be evaluated along with media and system life extension, return to improved pre-filtration media, installation of shielding on system feed piping to eliminate off-design flushing cycles and reduce dose for safe operator entry during vessel change-out, and other optimizations,” said Kurion vice president of Engineering and Fukushima project director, Dr Richard Keenant. “Despite the challenging 8-week duration from project award to system startup, when operated in its design configuration the system removes approximately 99.999% of the cesium, the principal source of radioactivity, a performance that is expected to improve as salinity decreases.” Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kurion operates an R&D facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and a test facility in Rolla, Missouri. Founded in 2008, Kurion is backed by energy investors Lux Capital Management and Firelake Capital Management.

ITT Industrial Process launches career website

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TT Industrial Process (IP) has a new career website at www.ipcareers. itt.com, which allows job seekers to easily access company and job information and apply online. The website is a one-stop shop for potential employment candidates to research and understand the company’s business, factory and service locations, job openings and benefits, and organisational culture. The company says that it is expanding globally and recruiting for open positions in a variety of career fields, including engineering, manufacturing, sales, product management, quality management, purchasing, finance and accounting and information technologies. “The new IP career website is an excellent addition to our recruitment toolbox,” said Ron Golumbeck, director of human resources for Industrial Process. “We are expanding, and our goal is to attract the right talent for our business by presenting the information a candidate needs in one place.” A new applicant-tracking system was introduced on 1 August 2011 that allows applicants to keep their CVs on file with the company. ITT Industrial Process includes C’treat and Goulds Pumps.

For further information, visit www.kurion.com For further information, visit www.ipcareers.itt.com and www.itt.com

Donaldson employees to ring NYSE closing bell

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hree Donaldson Co Inc employees will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on 29 August 2011. The employees were selected through the Donaldson “They Win, We Win, You Win” corporate strategy contest. This event celebrates the company’s customer-focused strategy and its goals of growing to US$3 billion in revenues in fiscal 2016. Donaldson will also release its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter earnings on 29 August 2011.

For further information, visit www.donaldson.com

August 2011

Hamworthy to open new service centrein Brazil

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amworthy is to open a new dedicated service centre in Brazil, with offices in Rio De Janeiro and planned workshops and warehousing operations in Macae. The new service centre will offer spare parts from a domestic warehouse and qualified service personnel for all Hamworthy products, as well as related products and equipment. “Brazil is a key market for technology companies involved in marine and offshore,” said Hans Jakob Buvarp, managing director,

In Brief • AAF International (AmericanAirFilter) will implement a price increase on all of its commercial and industrial air filtration products from 6 September 2011. The filter company says that despite working closely with suppliers to control cost increases and aggressively pursuing savings opportunities and process improvements, they have been forced to increase prices. www.aafintl.com • Cummins Inc’s 2010–11 Sustainability Report focuses on the company’s efforts to build cleaner products and reduce the size of the company’s own environmental footprint. This year’s report is the most global that Cummins has produced and includes stories on initiatives in Africa, Brazil, China, India, the US and Australia as well as additional content and photos from the UK, Mexico and Romania. http://cummins.com • Envirogen Technologies Inc has moved into the market for the treatment of selenium-containing coal mining wastewaters with a portfolio of treatment solutions, including the company’s fluidized bed reactor (FBR) biological treatment systems. www.envirogen.com • Technologiefabrik Karlsruhe start-up Bokela has just celebrated its 25th anniversary. www.bokela.de • Anua (ah-noo-ah) is the new name for Bord na Móna Environmental Products US, the manufacturer of wastewater treatment, water reuse and VOC/odour control systems. The company, which has its headquarters and an Innovation Centre in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the American subsidiary of Bord na Móna plc, an Irish utility service provider. “Our new name, Anua, comes from the Irish word athnuaig, which means renew,” explained Shane Keaney, president of Anua. “This change is not merely cosmetic; rather, it reflects a renewed commitment to provide sustainable products that help communities, municipalities and industries manage their environmental impact more effectively and cost-efficiently.” Anua products include Mónashell VOC and Odor Control Biofiltration System, Puraflo Wastewater Treatment System and RainSava rainwater harvesting systems. www.anua-us.com

Filtration Industry Analyst

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