- Email: [email protected]
Focusing on filtration for critical environments
Focusing on filtration for critical environments Following Whatman
products
plc’s
into Nuclepore’s
disposal of its Industrial
product line has also broadened
Filtration
its offerings to market sectors,
and Gas Generation
businesses last year
especially to the
(Altration+Separation,June
pharmaceutical
2000) public perception
the capsule filters can be used
was
market, where
that it became a purely
in sterile production
healthcare
applications.
and life sciences
Nuclepore
company. This is not strictly correct,
and Whatman
Whatman Healthcare
porate cast polymeric
has three main
mem-
branes, pleated graded density
Analytical,
and Bioscience
cartridges and spun bonded
- all
depth filters, as well as track-
of which provide products and technologies
and
capsules products that incor-
put the record straight. business units
offers separation
and filtration cartridges
wants to
etch membranes. The latter are
for a wide range
of applications. The company
surface capture membranes,
also has a number of emerging
which have a precise pore size
sectors,
produced by an irradiation and
namely Key Com-
ponents,
Biometra
Nuclepore
etching process. A beam of
and
heavy ions is accelerated
Process Filtration.
Nuclepore@
by a
high energy source, creating
was formed in
the late 1960s as a spin off of
tracks of molecular
General Electric
the polymeric
film (polyester or
Over the years the business has
polycarbonate)
. These tracks are
had various owner including
then chemically etched to create
in the USA.
Costar and subsequently
specific pore sizes.
Corn1999, where it was assimilated
ing. However, the process
damage in
Whatman’s
new Process
Forfurther information contact:
into the company’s Analytical
Filtration
which produces cartridge
group, and formed part of the
critical areas of filtration
filters, never fitted well with
Industrial group. However,
as deionised water filtration
Leonard’s Road, 20/20
Corning’s
with the sale of the Industrial
required in the semiconductor
Kent ME1 6 OLS, UK.
Business (Balston)
market; currently
filtration
division of Nuclepore,
laboratory
products
side. Whatman Nuclepore
acquired the in June
last year,
made Nuclepore
Process Filtration
business from
Corning Separations
Whatman
a small
business unit in its own right.
Equipment
business focuses on such
the biggest
subsequent
E-mail: [email protected].
incorporation
of
the Arbor Tech capsule
81services focused restructure for the Water
and Wastewater
Group and
businesses into two groups;
sible for managing the indust-
Don Duffy as COO
one focusing on equipment,
rial and municipal product
Services
the other on services.
lines worth approximately
they will be responsible
US$SOO million.
integrating
The company’s capital equipment
product lines have
been consolidated
into a single
been named president
of the
The other group, known as the Services
Group. In these roles
group called the Water and Wastewater
services such as engineering,
administration.
Systems Group. this will
construction,
solutions to both its
Other appointments
within
industrial and municipal
the new structure
customers.
Dean Smith as chief operating
6
Frank Firsching has
March
2001
Service
Systems will manufacture
include
purand
Canada, while USFilter responsibilities
and water and waste-
water disinfection Service
company
Systems International
will
handle sales and marketing
USFilter, 40.004 USFilter
its
Ultra Guard UV products at its
and customer
Forfurther mformotion
Stark will head this group.
controls
services.
of the agreement
Mike
waste recovery
(UV)
Under the terms
interface.
enable it to provide integrated and
Systems’ ultraviolet technology.
and
operations
technology,
equipment
are to jointly market Service
plant in British Columbia,
such as
technology,
chasing, human resources
to USFilter,
for
each group’s opera-
tional activities information
Group, will
for the
provide water and wastewater
According
uk;
Website: www.whotman.co.uk
officer (COO)
its
Tel: +44 1622 676670; Fax: +44 1622 67701 I;
new group and will be respon-
has reorganised
Maidstone,
market for the business. The
water and wastewater
USFilter
Whotman plc, h’uclepore Process Business, Whatman House, St
contact:
Cook Street, Palm
Desert, CA 92211, USA. Tel: +I 760 340 0098. Website: www.u$lter.com
Filtmtion+6eparation
products
plc’s
into Nuclepore’s
disposal of its Industrial
product line has also broadened
Filtration
its offerings to market sectors,
and Gas Generation
businesses last year
especially to the
(Altration+Separation,June
pharmaceutical
2000) public perception
the capsule filters can be used
was
market, where
that it became a purely
in sterile production
healthcare
applications.
and life sciences
Nuclepore
company. This is not strictly correct,
and Whatman
Whatman Healthcare
porate cast polymeric
has three main
mem-
branes, pleated graded density
Analytical,
and Bioscience
cartridges and spun bonded
- all
depth filters, as well as track-
of which provide products and technologies
and
capsules products that incor-
put the record straight. business units
offers separation
and filtration cartridges
wants to
etch membranes. The latter are
for a wide range
of applications. The company
surface capture membranes,
also has a number of emerging
which have a precise pore size
sectors,
produced by an irradiation and
namely Key Com-
ponents,
Biometra
Nuclepore
etching process. A beam of
and
heavy ions is accelerated
Process Filtration.
Nuclepore@
by a
high energy source, creating
was formed in
the late 1960s as a spin off of
tracks of molecular
General Electric
the polymeric
film (polyester or
Over the years the business has
polycarbonate)
. These tracks are
had various owner including
then chemically etched to create
in the USA.
Costar and subsequently
specific pore sizes.
Corn1999, where it was assimilated
ing. However, the process
damage in
Whatman’s
new Process
Forfurther information contact:
into the company’s Analytical
Filtration
which produces cartridge
group, and formed part of the
critical areas of filtration
filters, never fitted well with
Industrial group. However,
as deionised water filtration
Leonard’s Road, 20/20
Corning’s
with the sale of the Industrial
required in the semiconductor
Kent ME1 6 OLS, UK.
Business (Balston)
market; currently
filtration
division of Nuclepore,
laboratory
products
side. Whatman Nuclepore
acquired the in June
last year,
made Nuclepore
Process Filtration
business from
Corning Separations
Whatman
a small
business unit in its own right.
Equipment
business focuses on such
the biggest
subsequent
E-mail: [email protected].
incorporation
of
the Arbor Tech capsule
81services focused restructure for the Water
and Wastewater
Group and
businesses into two groups;
sible for managing the indust-
Don Duffy as COO
one focusing on equipment,
rial and municipal product
Services
the other on services.
lines worth approximately
they will be responsible
US$SOO million.
integrating
The company’s capital equipment
product lines have
been consolidated
into a single
been named president
of the
The other group, known as the Services
Group. In these roles
group called the Water and Wastewater
services such as engineering,
administration.
Systems Group. this will
construction,
solutions to both its
Other appointments
within
industrial and municipal
the new structure
customers.
Dean Smith as chief operating
6
Frank Firsching has
March
2001
Service
Systems will manufacture
include
purand
Canada, while USFilter responsibilities
and water and waste-
water disinfection Service
company
Systems International
will
handle sales and marketing
USFilter, 40.004 USFilter
its
Ultra Guard UV products at its
and customer
Forfurther mformotion
Stark will head this group.
controls
services.
of the agreement
Mike
waste recovery
(UV)
Under the terms
interface.
enable it to provide integrated and
Systems’ ultraviolet technology.
and
operations
technology,
equipment
are to jointly market Service
plant in British Columbia,
such as
technology,
chasing, human resources
to USFilter,
for
each group’s opera-
tional activities information
Group, will
for the
provide water and wastewater
According
uk;
Website: www.whotman.co.uk
officer (COO)
its
Tel: +44 1622 676670; Fax: +44 1622 67701 I;
new group and will be respon-
has reorganised
Maidstone,
market for the business. The
water and wastewater
USFilter
Whotman plc, h’uclepore Process Business, Whatman House, St
contact:
Cook Street, Palm
Desert, CA 92211, USA. Tel: +I 760 340 0098. Website: www.u$lter.com
Filtmtion+6eparation