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Raffles Capital shelves planned NanoSun acquisition
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affles Capital Ltd’s proposed acquisition of membrane startup NanoSun Pte Ltd is no longer going ahead (see Filtration Industry Analyst, April 2015). The Australian diversified financials company said that the acquisition may be reconsidered when it receives audited financial accounts which were not available during the due diligence period. Raffles also said that it would consider other investment opportunities. Singapore-based NanoSun has developed a novel 3D printing method for the fabrication of multifunctional membranes for the rejection, adsorption and degradation of pollutants and disinfection of bacteria for the reclamation of clean water, clean air and clean oil. NanoSun, which was spun off from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), was co-founded by NTU Associate Professor Darren Sun from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and managing director Wong Ann Chai, who is also an adjunct professor with the Nanyang Business School. Earlier this year, NanoSun entered into a S$4.3 million joint venture with China Commerce Group for International Economic Cooperation (see Filtration Industry Analyst, March 2015). This partnership is expected to treat about 100 million litres of water within the next 3–4 years. For further information, visit www.nanosun-main.com, www.ntu.edu.sg and www.rafflescapital.com.au
Johns Manville adds new production line in Berlin
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ohns Manville has officially opened a new state-of-the-art polyester spunbond production line at its facility in Berlin, Germany (see Filtration Industry Analyst, July 2013). The production line uses newly developed proprietary spinning technology and
will increase the Berlin plant’s spunbond lightweight capacity by more than 40%. Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, has invested more than E32 million to build the line, which is part of a strategic plan to support the growing demand for highend polyester filtration media. “This new capacity at our Berlin plant will benefit Johns Manville’s global customer base,” said Mary Rhinehart, Johns Manville president and CEO. “Customers will have even greater access to our high-quality filtration products and to a new generation of spunbond filter media for cabin air, air pollution control and liquid filtration applications. This new line also puts Johns Manville in a prime position to handle continued growth and customer demand in the many global markets we serve.” The Berlin site was founded in 1919 as Spinnstofffabrik Zehlendorf AG. In 1960, Hoechst acquired the factory and in 1967 changed the production from Perlon (artificial silk) to polyester spunbond and filaments. In 1999, Johns Manville acquired the Berlin plant from Hoechst Trevira. The plant produces Evalith polyester spunbond nonwovens mainly for the filtration, roofing and geotextile industry. For further information, visit www.jm.com
PGI rebrands as Avintiv
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pecialty materials company PGI is changing its name to Avintiv. The new Avintiv name is derived from the words advanced, inventive and innovative. “The unveiling of our new name is the culmination of our successful efforts to transform into a unified specialty materials company,” explained Joel Hackney, Avintiv’s CEO. “Over the past 18 months we have worked hard to bring four companies together to create a powerful portfolio of technologies, products and services. The Avintiv name embodies our progress, our scale, and our ambitions to continue driving growth and innovation.” The company has also started to roll out a new corporate brand and identity. The new Avintiv logo is built on bold colours and confident shapes, which the company says are representative of the impact its solutions have on the world.
For further information, visit www.polymergroupinc.com
June 2015
Filtration Company Index Ahlstrom Akastor Aker Solutions Alfa Laval Amiad Andritz Aquarion Asahi Kasei Avintiv BASF Bilfinger BioLargo BioteQ Biwater BluMetric Environmental Calgon Carbon Cantel Medical CECO Environmental Cemtrex Clarcor Crane Cummins Danaher Donaldson DuPont Eagle Eaton Ecolab Entegris Envirogen Enviro Voraxial ESCO Technologies Exterran FLSmidth GE GEA Griffin Filters Grundfos GUD Holdings H2O Innovation Hollingsworth & Vose Hyflux Indutrade Ionic Industries ItN Nanovation ITT Johns Manville Keystone Clearwater Lanxess Lindsay LiqTech Lindsay Lydall 3M MayAir Memstar Merck Metso Meurer MFRI Modern Water Mycelx Technologies Nederman Neptune-Benson Nitto Outotec Ovivo Pall Parker Hannifin Pentair PGI PMFG Polypore Porvair Puradyn RWL Water Sartorius Schweitzer-Mauduit Seychelle Environmental Siemens SKF SPX Sulzer Tomoe Engineering Toray Toyobo United Envirotech Valmet Watts Water Xcel Energy Xylem
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Raffles Capital shelves planned NanoSun acquisition
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affles Capital Ltd’s proposed acquisition of membrane startup NanoSun Pte Ltd is no longer going ahead (see Filtration Industry Analyst, April 2015). The Australian diversified financials company said that the acquisition may be reconsidered when it receives audited financial accounts which were not available during the due diligence period. Raffles also said that it would consider other investment opportunities. Singapore-based NanoSun has developed a novel 3D printing method for the fabrication of multifunctional membranes for the rejection, adsorption and degradation of pollutants and disinfection of bacteria for the reclamation of clean water, clean air and clean oil. NanoSun, which was spun off from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), was co-founded by NTU Associate Professor Darren Sun from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and managing director Wong Ann Chai, who is also an adjunct professor with the Nanyang Business School. Earlier this year, NanoSun entered into a S$4.3 million joint venture with China Commerce Group for International Economic Cooperation (see Filtration Industry Analyst, March 2015). This partnership is expected to treat about 100 million litres of water within the next 3–4 years. For further information, visit www.nanosun-main.com, www.ntu.edu.sg and www.rafflescapital.com.au
Johns Manville adds new production line in Berlin
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ohns Manville has officially opened a new state-of-the-art polyester spunbond production line at its facility in Berlin, Germany (see Filtration Industry Analyst, July 2013). The production line uses newly developed proprietary spinning technology and
will increase the Berlin plant’s spunbond lightweight capacity by more than 40%. Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company, has invested more than E32 million to build the line, which is part of a strategic plan to support the growing demand for highend polyester filtration media. “This new capacity at our Berlin plant will benefit Johns Manville’s global customer base,” said Mary Rhinehart, Johns Manville president and CEO. “Customers will have even greater access to our high-quality filtration products and to a new generation of spunbond filter media for cabin air, air pollution control and liquid filtration applications. This new line also puts Johns Manville in a prime position to handle continued growth and customer demand in the many global markets we serve.” The Berlin site was founded in 1919 as Spinnstofffabrik Zehlendorf AG. In 1960, Hoechst acquired the factory and in 1967 changed the production from Perlon (artificial silk) to polyester spunbond and filaments. In 1999, Johns Manville acquired the Berlin plant from Hoechst Trevira. The plant produces Evalith polyester spunbond nonwovens mainly for the filtration, roofing and geotextile industry. For further information, visit www.jm.com
PGI rebrands as Avintiv
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pecialty materials company PGI is changing its name to Avintiv. The new Avintiv name is derived from the words advanced, inventive and innovative. “The unveiling of our new name is the culmination of our successful efforts to transform into a unified specialty materials company,” explained Joel Hackney, Avintiv’s CEO. “Over the past 18 months we have worked hard to bring four companies together to create a powerful portfolio of technologies, products and services. The Avintiv name embodies our progress, our scale, and our ambitions to continue driving growth and innovation.” The company has also started to roll out a new corporate brand and identity. The new Avintiv logo is built on bold colours and confident shapes, which the company says are representative of the impact its solutions have on the world.
For further information, visit www.polymergroupinc.com
June 2015