Ionics wins US$20m greenfield contract

flow

through

each

Millipore posts strong results

membrane,

which

separation

is

Millipore Corporation

identical

performance

has made a good start to its new

entire

financial

year.

simplifies

revenues

for

ended

31 March

US$224.8 This 25%

The the

period

Profitability

totalled

compared period sequential

encouraging

equivalent followed

of 1999

of

2000.

and Millipore

in a good position

is this

says that it is

to deal with high continued

high

Biopharmaceutical

The Research

segment,

which

&

of the company’s

business,

also

growing

by 9% in local

terms,

overall

performed

and biotechnology

ships to operate

in

sensitive areas. The

company

claims

discharge

is reduced

that

effluent

1ppm oil-in-

to

water,

which

current

15 ppm MARPOL

is well

below

current solids

the

limit. in-service

are removed

1 pm particle are particularly emulsions

to

size, and the effective

at

and detergents.

For more information, contact: Way, Blandford Forum, Dorset DTI 1 7B1,

Electra-membrane processes revealed

UK. Tel: +44 1258 451441, Fax: +44

A conference

lonics wins US$20m greenfield contract

well,

covering technology

membrane to

be

held

October 2000 at the University of Presentations

sees in sales of

will

fundamentals

including

transport

For more information, contact:

Bipolar

Millipore Corporation,80Ashby Road,

which

Bedford, MA 01730-2271, USA.Tel:+l

European

781 5336000,Fax:+l781 533 31IO.

organisations, network

TAMI launches lsoflux ceramic membrane

module

and

Network

on

has

million

to

system

treatment

help

research

facility

litres (800 000 gallons)

million

The

cooling-tower

by

up to

of raw water a day, and it will treat 3

collaborate.

(under

will process

26.5 million litres (7 million gallons)

and

supported

a

power plant, which is being built

manufacturers

Community

for

1000 MW merchant

near Bakersfield in California. The

Technology”,

is financially

Ionics

US$20

to supply and install an

“greenfield”

is also the closing

membrane to

a

contract

and applications.

the European contract

received

integrated water and waste-water

established

end-users

Massachusetts-based

of membranes,

Membrane was

1258451414.

the preparation

phenomena,

The conference

drug processing.

cover

of electro-membrane

process design,

research

is 25-27

Twente, The Netherlands.

currency the

electro-

processes and bipolar

event of the “Thematic

discharge

of

a day Ionics

says that the system

will minimise

water

produce

consumption,

high

quality water for reuse by the power

BRRT-CT97-5038).

plant, and create what it describes as For more information, contact:

a “zero liquid discharge”

facility

Wim Boeken, Membrane Application

Ionics

proprietary

Center Twente, PO Box 545, NL-7500

evaporators

and crystallisers

RCC together

French-based TAMI Industries has

AM Enschede, The Netherlands. Tel: +31

with its reverse osmosis

technology

developed

53483 6330, Fax: +31 53483 6430,

will be used to recover

99% of the

a ceramic

membrane

which, it says, increases separation performance, some

separation

processes

The describes

plant’s

membrane’s

structure

by what the company

as a “thickness

This results in a constant

gradient”. permeate

is

waste-water

Traditional

that

carry out. characterised

Email: [email protected]

and makes possible

until now have been difftcult to

0

to enable

Alan Cobham Engineering Ltd, Holland

and chatacterisation

growth

water

Unlike

tami-infoQtami-industriescorn

processes,

strong

use chemically to remove

separating

M&pore

for life-science

systems

from bilge

systems

last year. Within

continued

the

oils, greases and solvents

261IO Nyons, France. Tel: +33 4 7526

period

products

and

membranes

TAMI Industries SA,ZA lesLaurons, F-

with

segment

offshore

latest range of bilge-water

inert ceramic

below

compared

equivalent

company’s

For more information, contact:

scheduled

represents

two-thirds

for

environments,

separators,

membrane

demand.

this

results.

to the in

and Royal

4769, Fax: +33 4 7527 4787, Emaii: a

There

momentum

and

to caseins/proteins,

rate of 19% from

quarter

growth

rose

the

continued

Applying

and

terms

and supply

Navy

environmentally

a reduction

sugars and gelatin has also produced

and

quarter

of 10 h), with

the technology

year,

growth

the fourth

market,

currency

of

(for a running

first

with last

it gave a permeability

than

the

revenues

local

milk,

at 50°C

time

Developed marine separation

to the

800

factor of 4 log for bacteria.

regions.

in

which

for which

earlier.

in all of its markets

Microelectronics’ 77%

the

of skimmed

for the

with

and

applied

posted

to design

bilge-water separation equipment Fleet Auxiliary.

cleaning.

a year

contract

for the Royal

along

of membrane,

cold sterilisation

of fiscal 1999, and revenues

geographic

improved

has been

Ihm

the

extraction

occurs

chemical

Isoflux

of

is up by mote

compared

increased

first

2000

an increase

on the figure

equivalent

quarter

quarter

million. represents

lOO%,

company’s

Brst

is fouling

length

of the that

homogeneous. the

Consequently,

says that it

point means

processes

Membranes clean up bilge water In

the

UK,

Engineering

Alan

Cobham

has been awarded a

clarification

for

reuse.

and filtration

will be used to produce

cooling-tower

make-up

water.

For more information, contact: lonics Inc. 65 Grove Street, Watertown, MA 02471-9131,

USA.Tel: +I 617 926

2500, Fax: +I 617 926 4304.

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