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Orders
May 2006
Filtration Industry Analyst
• Membrana’s Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactor System is being expanded to handle increased demands for ultra pure water at a major semiconductor fab in Singapore. Liqui-Cel Membrane Contactors were chosen to meet the low oxygen requirements of the expanding fab because the contactors have been operating satisfactorily and producing water within specification of less than three parts per billion (ppb) of dissolved oxygen since the first phase was commissioned in Q1 of 2003, the company says. The expanded LiquiCel Contactor system will be installed in two new lines at this plant. The first line in the make-up loop will degas 240 m3/hr (1057 gpm) of water and the second line in the polishing loop will degas 360 m3/hr (1585 gpm) of water. • A report from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claims that the amount of toxic chemicals released into the US environment decreased 4% from 2003 to 2004. Significant decreases were seen in some of the most toxic chemicals from 2003-2004, including dioxin and dioxin compounds, which decreased by 58%, mercury and mercury compounds, which were cut by 16% and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) which went down 92%.The report includes toxics managed in landfills and underground injection wells in addition to those released into water and air and releases or other disposals of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals. PBT chemicals include dioxin and dioxin-like compounds, PCBs, mercury and mercury compounds, lead and lead compounds, and several pesticides.
ORDERS • Severn Trent Services has been awarded a contract extension for an additional two years to install TETRA DeepBed gravity filters at eight wastewater treatment sites for United Utilities PLC, which is responsible for the operation of regulated water, wastewater and electricity distribution networks in northwestern England. The eight systems completed so far handle a combined flow capacity of 573,353 m3 per day. The work, part of a framework agreement that includes a number of ongoing capital improvement projects, was begun in 2003. The contract value thus far under the framework is over £7.2 million. • Met-Pro Corp’s Duall Division based in Michigan, USA has received an order valued at more than US$800,000 to supply three aeration systems, complete with Duall scrubbers and fans, to a municipal water treatment facility in the Southeast United States. The order is expected to ship in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year ending January 31, 2007. This order follows a US$1.2 million order for a similar, but larger system awarded last month to Duall Division. Both orders are scheduled to ship this year. • Ceco Environmental Corp has secured approximately US$4.2 million in new orders. One, valued at approximately US$1.7 million, is for dust collection equipment for a melting equipment manufacturer. Another, valued at approximately US$550,000, is for a gypsum manufacturing facility. Ceco’s new HM White subsidiary secured two orders totaling approximately
US$600,000 for energy management work and ventilation equipment at automotive facilities. The others, totaling US$1.35 million, are in the automotive, food processing, glass, printing, ethanol, building materials, and pharmaceutical industries. • Veolia Water has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply of a new seawater desalination plant in Bahrain. The contract, worth US$336 million, was won following an international call for tenders. Start-up of the plant will take place from April 2007, with installation of the first two units, until November 2007. The plant will have a drinking water production capacity of 273,000 m3 per day, making it the largest desalination plant in the world, using the thermal process known as ‘multiple effect distillation’, the company says. “The new desalination plant in Bahrain is a decisive step for Veolia Water in the recognition of its expertise in thermal desalination using multiple effect distillation,” said Antoine Frérot, CEO of Veolia Water. • GL&V’s process group Dorr-Oliver Eimco has been awarded five contracts totalling over US$16.3 million for the mining industry in Latin America. The largest, worth approximately US$7 million, involves the design, manufacture and installation by February 2007 of an ore processing system comprising 15 disc filters, four thickeners and one clarifier for a mineral producer in Brazil. The other contracts, which total over US$9.3 million, relate to the sale of process equipment in various Latin American countries, scheduled for delivery between June 2006 and
February 2007. Richard Verreault, president and COO of GL&V, indicated that the global mining industry continues to experience very strong activity, especially in emerging countries and the Southern Hemisphere. “We believe that the current boom in the global mining industry, combined with some of GL&V’s other growth sectors, will continue to fuel the company’s performance for several quarters ahead,” he said. • Ceco has also received a new order for approximately US$4 million to provide regenerative thermal oxidation equipment for two food industry facilities located in the Midwest and the Southeast. The equipment will be fabricated by Ceco’s Kirk & Blum subsidiary. Rick Blum, President and COO, stated, “The oxidizer business continues to be strong. Our continued orders indicate the fine reputation that we have built up in this industry through the performance of our equipment.” • Alfa Laval has received an order for the supply of plate heat exchangers for a liquid natural gas (LNG) plant in the Middle East. “This is Alfa Laval’s second major order in six months relating to liquid natural gas. The order shows the Middle East’s increased importance to the world’s supply of natural gas,” says Alfa LavalCEO Lars Renström. The Alfa Laval plate heat exchangers will be used for central cooling, using seawater to cool the liquid natural gas facility. The total order value is about SEK240 million. Delivery will begin in 2007 and be completed in 2008.
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Filtration Industry Analyst
• Membrana’s Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactor System is being expanded to handle increased demands for ultra pure water at a major semiconductor fab in Singapore. Liqui-Cel Membrane Contactors were chosen to meet the low oxygen requirements of the expanding fab because the contactors have been operating satisfactorily and producing water within specification of less than three parts per billion (ppb) of dissolved oxygen since the first phase was commissioned in Q1 of 2003, the company says. The expanded LiquiCel Contactor system will be installed in two new lines at this plant. The first line in the make-up loop will degas 240 m3/hr (1057 gpm) of water and the second line in the polishing loop will degas 360 m3/hr (1585 gpm) of water. • A report from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claims that the amount of toxic chemicals released into the US environment decreased 4% from 2003 to 2004. Significant decreases were seen in some of the most toxic chemicals from 2003-2004, including dioxin and dioxin compounds, which decreased by 58%, mercury and mercury compounds, which were cut by 16% and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) which went down 92%.The report includes toxics managed in landfills and underground injection wells in addition to those released into water and air and releases or other disposals of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals. PBT chemicals include dioxin and dioxin-like compounds, PCBs, mercury and mercury compounds, lead and lead compounds, and several pesticides.
ORDERS • Severn Trent Services has been awarded a contract extension for an additional two years to install TETRA DeepBed gravity filters at eight wastewater treatment sites for United Utilities PLC, which is responsible for the operation of regulated water, wastewater and electricity distribution networks in northwestern England. The eight systems completed so far handle a combined flow capacity of 573,353 m3 per day. The work, part of a framework agreement that includes a number of ongoing capital improvement projects, was begun in 2003. The contract value thus far under the framework is over £7.2 million. • Met-Pro Corp’s Duall Division based in Michigan, USA has received an order valued at more than US$800,000 to supply three aeration systems, complete with Duall scrubbers and fans, to a municipal water treatment facility in the Southeast United States. The order is expected to ship in the fourth quarter of the current fiscal year ending January 31, 2007. This order follows a US$1.2 million order for a similar, but larger system awarded last month to Duall Division. Both orders are scheduled to ship this year. • Ceco Environmental Corp has secured approximately US$4.2 million in new orders. One, valued at approximately US$1.7 million, is for dust collection equipment for a melting equipment manufacturer. Another, valued at approximately US$550,000, is for a gypsum manufacturing facility. Ceco’s new HM White subsidiary secured two orders totaling approximately
US$600,000 for energy management work and ventilation equipment at automotive facilities. The others, totaling US$1.35 million, are in the automotive, food processing, glass, printing, ethanol, building materials, and pharmaceutical industries. • Veolia Water has been awarded the contract for the turnkey supply of a new seawater desalination plant in Bahrain. The contract, worth US$336 million, was won following an international call for tenders. Start-up of the plant will take place from April 2007, with installation of the first two units, until November 2007. The plant will have a drinking water production capacity of 273,000 m3 per day, making it the largest desalination plant in the world, using the thermal process known as ‘multiple effect distillation’, the company says. “The new desalination plant in Bahrain is a decisive step for Veolia Water in the recognition of its expertise in thermal desalination using multiple effect distillation,” said Antoine Frérot, CEO of Veolia Water. • GL&V’s process group Dorr-Oliver Eimco has been awarded five contracts totalling over US$16.3 million for the mining industry in Latin America. The largest, worth approximately US$7 million, involves the design, manufacture and installation by February 2007 of an ore processing system comprising 15 disc filters, four thickeners and one clarifier for a mineral producer in Brazil. The other contracts, which total over US$9.3 million, relate to the sale of process equipment in various Latin American countries, scheduled for delivery between June 2006 and
February 2007. Richard Verreault, president and COO of GL&V, indicated that the global mining industry continues to experience very strong activity, especially in emerging countries and the Southern Hemisphere. “We believe that the current boom in the global mining industry, combined with some of GL&V’s other growth sectors, will continue to fuel the company’s performance for several quarters ahead,” he said. • Ceco has also received a new order for approximately US$4 million to provide regenerative thermal oxidation equipment for two food industry facilities located in the Midwest and the Southeast. The equipment will be fabricated by Ceco’s Kirk & Blum subsidiary. Rick Blum, President and COO, stated, “The oxidizer business continues to be strong. Our continued orders indicate the fine reputation that we have built up in this industry through the performance of our equipment.” • Alfa Laval has received an order for the supply of plate heat exchangers for a liquid natural gas (LNG) plant in the Middle East. “This is Alfa Laval’s second major order in six months relating to liquid natural gas. The order shows the Middle East’s increased importance to the world’s supply of natural gas,” says Alfa LavalCEO Lars Renström. The Alfa Laval plate heat exchangers will be used for central cooling, using seawater to cool the liquid natural gas facility. The total order value is about SEK240 million. Delivery will begin in 2007 and be completed in 2008.
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