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ITT Industries launches the Aquious brand
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ITT Industries launches the Aquious brand ITT Industries Inc of White Plains, New York, USA, is continuing to strengthen its capabilities as a water treatment systems provider by creating a new brand called Aquious. This will envelop the company's existing membrane filtration products, allowing it to provide its customers with a broad range of filtration process systems and products to serve the desalination, surface-water treatment, water reuse and industrial process separation markets. Aquious works closely with ITT's other water treatment businesses — biological wastewater treatment company Sanitaire, and WEDECO, a provider of ultraviolet light and ozone systems for water and wastewater treatment. Aquious is
currently operating through sales and applications offices, and manufacturing centres in North America, Europe and Asia. ITT's current project activity in the water, wastewater and process industries includes an industrial process water membrane installation in China for Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp, and major projects in the Middle East that will supply drinking and process water. It has also launched a membrane bioreactor system for industrial wastewater treatment. Contact: ITT Industries Inc, 4 West Red Oak Lane, White Plains, NY 10604, USA. Tel: +1 914 641 2000, Fax: +1 914 696 2950.
Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds buys stake in Fluxxion In The Netherlands, Rabo Private Equity-managed investment fund Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds BV has acquired a minority stake in microfilter systems producer Fluxxion BV. Acting as lead manager Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds invested jointly with Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, and Malaysian CS Hui Holdings SDN BHD also acquired a stake in the company. The investment is intended to finance development work at the company, which is located on the Philips Hightech Campus in Eindhoven, and support its growth strategy.
Fluxxion produces microfiltration systems that make use of a silicone disk, similar to that used in the production of computer chips. This is used to produce an ultra-thin membrane which is subsequently etched to create billions of holes of equal size. Contact: Ben Brocades, Fluxxion BV, High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Building WAE room 124, Professor Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 40 274 6634, Fax: +31 40 274 4199, Email: [email protected].
Hoku Scientific seals automotive fuel cell deal Hoku Scientific Inc, a developer of components for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, has reached a sales agreement with a global automotive company. Under the agreement it will buy significant quantities of Hoku Membrane and Hoku Membrane Electrode Assembly products. Hoku Scientific, which is based in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, says that the company is evaluating its fuel cell membrane technology for integration into its fuel cell vehicles. During 2003, Hoku Scientific announced a
relationship with Sanyo Electric Co Ltd under which would develop a membrane electrode assembly (using Hoku Membrane) for Sanyo's residential fuel cell systems. In Japan, residential fuel cells are expected to be the first fuel cell products marketed directly to consumers, beginning in 2005. Contact: Hoku Scientific Inc, 2153 North King Street, Suite 300, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819, USA. Tel: +1 808 845 7800, Fax: +1 808 845 7807, Email: [email protected].
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Fuji enters nucleic acid extraction market Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd has entered the worldwide nucleic acid extraction market place with a product entry called QuickGene-800. The product is described as a compact, small footprint, table-top DNA/RNA isolation system that can deliver a DNA whole blood sample in about six minutes. According to the company, the key technology that differentiates the QuickGene-800 from competitive products is the new Fujifilm patented porous membrane, which binds nucleic acids and eliminates the need for a centrifuge. The product attributes include a low membrane thickness for lower contamination, uniform fine pores, and a large specific surface areas to produce higher yields. Contact: Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc, 419 West Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902. Tel: +1 203 324 2000. Fuji Photo Film (Europe) GmbH, Postfach 190321, 40522 Düsseldorf. Tel: +49 211 50890, Fax: +49 211 5089 344.
Contents News Errata
1–4 4
In Brief
3–4
Features: Enhanced flux, erosion resistant membranes for biomass separations – part I
5–9
Patents
10–14
Events Calendar
15
Research Trends
14–16
ITT Industries launches the Aquious brand ITT Industries Inc of White Plains, New York, USA, is continuing to strengthen its capabilities as a water treatment systems provider by creating a new brand called Aquious. This will envelop the company's existing membrane filtration products, allowing it to provide its customers with a broad range of filtration process systems and products to serve the desalination, surface-water treatment, water reuse and industrial process separation markets. Aquious works closely with ITT's other water treatment businesses — biological wastewater treatment company Sanitaire, and WEDECO, a provider of ultraviolet light and ozone systems for water and wastewater treatment. Aquious is
currently operating through sales and applications offices, and manufacturing centres in North America, Europe and Asia. ITT's current project activity in the water, wastewater and process industries includes an industrial process water membrane installation in China for Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp, and major projects in the Middle East that will supply drinking and process water. It has also launched a membrane bioreactor system for industrial wastewater treatment. Contact: ITT Industries Inc, 4 West Red Oak Lane, White Plains, NY 10604, USA. Tel: +1 914 641 2000, Fax: +1 914 696 2950.
Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds buys stake in Fluxxion In The Netherlands, Rabo Private Equity-managed investment fund Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds BV has acquired a minority stake in microfilter systems producer Fluxxion BV. Acting as lead manager Rabo Innovatiekapitaalfonds invested jointly with Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, and Malaysian CS Hui Holdings SDN BHD also acquired a stake in the company. The investment is intended to finance development work at the company, which is located on the Philips Hightech Campus in Eindhoven, and support its growth strategy.
Fluxxion produces microfiltration systems that make use of a silicone disk, similar to that used in the production of computer chips. This is used to produce an ultra-thin membrane which is subsequently etched to create billions of holes of equal size. Contact: Ben Brocades, Fluxxion BV, High Tech Campus Eindhoven, Building WAE room 124, Professor Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 40 274 6634, Fax: +31 40 274 4199, Email: [email protected].
Hoku Scientific seals automotive fuel cell deal Hoku Scientific Inc, a developer of components for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, has reached a sales agreement with a global automotive company. Under the agreement it will buy significant quantities of Hoku Membrane and Hoku Membrane Electrode Assembly products. Hoku Scientific, which is based in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, says that the company is evaluating its fuel cell membrane technology for integration into its fuel cell vehicles. During 2003, Hoku Scientific announced a
relationship with Sanyo Electric Co Ltd under which would develop a membrane electrode assembly (using Hoku Membrane) for Sanyo's residential fuel cell systems. In Japan, residential fuel cells are expected to be the first fuel cell products marketed directly to consumers, beginning in 2005. Contact: Hoku Scientific Inc, 2153 North King Street, Suite 300, Honolulu, Hawaii 96819, USA. Tel: +1 808 845 7800, Fax: +1 808 845 7807, Email: [email protected].
ISSN 0958-2118/04 © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved This journal and the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by Elsevier Ltd, and the following terms and conditions apply to their use: Photocopying Single photocopies of single articles may be made for personal use as allowed by national copyright laws. Permission of the publisher and payment of a fee is required for all other photocopying, including multiple or systematic copying, copying for advertising or promotional purposes, resale, and all forms of document delivery. Special rates are available for educational institutions that wish to make photocopies for non-profit educational classroom use.
November 2004 www.filtsep.com
Fuji enters nucleic acid extraction market Fuji Photo Film Co Ltd has entered the worldwide nucleic acid extraction market place with a product entry called QuickGene-800. The product is described as a compact, small footprint, table-top DNA/RNA isolation system that can deliver a DNA whole blood sample in about six minutes. According to the company, the key technology that differentiates the QuickGene-800 from competitive products is the new Fujifilm patented porous membrane, which binds nucleic acids and eliminates the need for a centrifuge. The product attributes include a low membrane thickness for lower contamination, uniform fine pores, and a large specific surface areas to produce higher yields. Contact: Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc, 419 West Avenue, Stamford, CT 06902. Tel: +1 203 324 2000. Fuji Photo Film (Europe) GmbH, Postfach 190321, 40522 Düsseldorf. Tel: +49 211 50890, Fax: +49 211 5089 344.
Contents News Errata
1–4 4
In Brief
3–4
Features: Enhanced flux, erosion resistant membranes for biomass separations – part I
5–9
Patents
10–14
Events Calendar
15
Research Trends
14–16