Three municipal contracts
Filter bag sales 6 marketing license Thomas Josef Heimbach GmbH & Co of Germany has has been granted an exclusive license in Europe for the manufacture and sale of Albany International Corp’s patented Star-BagTM and Star-Cage’” filter bags and components for certain industrial filtration applications. The technology and marketing exchange agreement will last throughout the life of the recently granted patents on the two product lines. According to Albany, the deal will provide global customers with continuity of supply for global customers sourcing from local suppliers. Compared with similar products, the Star-Bag and Star-Cage filter bags are said to provide 1.7-2.4% extra filter area in the same footprint, producing an increased throughput and improved particulate removal. Josef Heimbach supplies filter media and services for industrial gas and liquid filtration, as well as machine clothing for the paper industry. Thomas Josef Heimbach GmbH & Co, Thomas Josef Heimbach GmbH C Co. An Gut Nazareth
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awarded Canadian membrane company H,O Innovation’s municipal division has won three contracts - two nanofiltration (NF) testing programmes and a water treatment agreement. The company’s NF technology will be tested for use in treating the coloured surface waters of the Erables reservoir, city of Quebec. This follows a recent testing programme at Lac des Roches, Charlesbourg, which finished in January this year. Treatability tests are being carried out on both water sources in order to determine the optimal treatment. Data will be collected over an eight week period. Under the second testing programme, H,O will verify the effectiveness of using NF technology to produce potable water for the municipality of Saint-Eugene d’Argentenap Its NF technology has to demonstrate the effective removal of microorganic pathogens, turbidity, trihalomethane precursors and colour from water sourced from Lac Crystal. The third contract is the installation of a treatment system to improve the quality of water used by the First Nations community of Kitcisakik, by reducing iron, manganese and bacteria from water. Contact:
Albany international Corp, PO Box 1907, Albany, NY 12201, USA. Tel: +I 518 445 2200; Website: www.albint.com
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