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Sales rise at Watts Water Technologies
NEWS electrodialysis. Regulatory, operational and small systems issues will be addressed, as will areas such as desalting and membranes for wastewater treatment. The event will also include an exposition that will feature membrane technology products and services. This will give attendees a chance to meet with manufacturers’ representatives, see application demonstrations, and ask specific questions related to their membrane needs. The conference proceedings will be available on CDROM at the conference site, and are included as part of the full-conference and student registration. Contact: American Water Works Association, 6666 W. Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235, USA. Tel: +1 303 794 7711, Fax: +1 303 347 0804, Email: [email protected], www.awwa.org/conferences/membrane
Sales rise at Watts Water Technologies US-based Watts Water Technologies’ results for the third quarter of 2004 reveal solid growth in sales and net income. The company which manufactures products to control the efficiency, safety, and quality of water within residential, commercial and institutional applications, posted sales of $214.8 million for the three-month period ended 28 September 2004. This represents and an increase of $39.3 million, or 22%, compared with the third quarter of 2003. Net income totalled $13.7m, an increase of $4.8m (54%) compared with the corresponding period of 2003. Net income for the third quarters of 2004 and 2003 included losses from discontinued operations of $125 000 and $114 000, respectively. During January 2004, the company acquired substantially all of the assets of Flowmatic Systems Inc located in Dunnellon, Florida for about $16.8 million in cash. Flowmatic designs and distributes reverse osmosis components and filtration equipment.
Contact: Watts Water Technologies Inc, 815 Chestnut Street, North Andover, MA 01845, USA. Tel: +1 978 688 1811, Fax: +1 978 794 1848, www.wattswater.com
USFilter retrofits plant with Memcor CMF-S After a successful pilot study and extensive design work, Forest Park Water in Chalfont, Pennsylvania operated jointly by North Penn and North Wales Water Authorities, has awarded USFilter a contract worth around $5 million to retrofit a conventional water treatment plant with Memcor continuous microfiltration technology (CMF-S). The new membrane system will be installed in the existing sand filter basins, becoming one of the largest membrane filter retrofit units in the world, claims USFilter. Expected to be operational in six stages starting during November 2005, the facility is designed to provide high quality water to the water authority’s new pharmaceutical client and existing water users. According to USFilter, Memcor membranes were selected because of the superior quality of treatment provided by the CMF-S process. Significant cost savings were realized by installing the system as retrofitted units rather than a new ‘greenfield’ site. A major challenge in designing the plant was to retrofit the existing basins — expanding them from about 94 600 m3 (25 million gallons) per day to 153 300 m3 (40.5 million gallons) — using existing feed and filtered water flumes, while maintaining the continuous throughput of the facility. The expansion was designed to convert the sand filter basins, downstream of the existing clarifiers, for the containment of the submerged CMF-S membranes. The construction will be staged so that only one sand filter is off-line at any time. Each cell will be retrofitted and brought on-line individually until all six cells have been converted. Contact: USFilter Memcor Products, 441 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA 01566, USA. Tel:
+1 508 347 7344, Fax: +1 508 347 7049, www.usfilter.com/water/ Business+Centers/Memcor_Products
Cancer scientists benefit from water purification unit Cancer scientists at a research institute based in Newcastleupon-Tyne, UK are using highpurity water produced by a purification plant from Elga Process Water. The research workers recently completed their move into the new £11m purpose-built Northern Institute for Cancer Research Paul O’Gorman building. Their research involves cell culture, biochemical analysis and molecular biology, all of which need high purity water. The water supply for the three floors of laboratories was the responsibility of mechanical and electrical contractor Haden Young, which awarded the critical water purification plant sub-contract to Elga Process Water. A central treatment facility distributes treated water to all three floors of the building through a 1100-m ABS ring main which supplies a total of 30 points of use. Mains water is supplied to a break tank to ensure that a physical barrier to the supply exists. It is pumped through a multi-media deep-bed filter to remove suspended solids and then through a combined water softener and organic scavenger. The softened water is passed into a Purelab Prima RO unit. The RO treated water is collected in a storage tank fitted with a 0.2 µm vent filter to prevent contamination by airborne bacteria. Final deionization is achieved by service exchange mixed bed cylinders followed by 0.2 µm membrane filtration, and disinfection by a UV lamp. The treated water, which has an organic content less than 0.1 mg/l TOC is delivered to the ring main. Unused water is returned to the purified water storage tank. Contact: Elga Process Water, High Street, Lane End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP14 3JH, UK. Tel: +44 1494 887555, Fax: +44 1494 887824, Web: www.elgalabwater.co.uk
In Brief Roger Radke new USFilter CEO Roger Radke has succeeded Andrew Seidel as head of Siemens Water Technologies and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of USFilter Corporation. Radke, who joined USFilter as Chief Operating Officer during August 2003, has played integral roles within Siemens since 1989. Most recently he served as President of Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, which is based in Erlangen, Germany. Seidel, who joined USFilter as a founding executive in 1991 and became CEO in 1999, is leaving USFilter to pursue personal goals. He is expected to stay on for a period as an adviser. USFilter is one of North America’s leading water treatment technology and services supplier, and part of Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services. New corporate website for KMS Koch Membrane Systems has upgraded its corporate website (www.kochmembrane.com). ‘The improvements to the site highlight the extent of our products, and links our technologies and filtration systems in a clear and efficient manner,’ explains John Morrison, KMS Senior VP for Sales & Marketing. Visitors to the site will be able to access and download KMS brochures, data sheets, schematic drawings, technical articles and current press releases, in addition to contacting KMS for detailed information on specific applications in a wide range of industries. World Economic Forum recognizes PolyFuel’s technology PolyFuel has been chosen as a 2005 ‘Technology Pioneer’ by the World Economic Forum. The company, which engineers membranes for fuel cells, has contributed substantially to technology that has the potential to change both the economics and performance characteristics of fuel cells for portable devices and cars (see pp. 4–6). ‘Technology Pioneers’ are selected for developing and applying innovative and transformational technologies worldwide. Other companies honored this year work in fields such as nanotechnology and renewable energy.
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Sales rise at Watts Water Technologies US-based Watts Water Technologies’ results for the third quarter of 2004 reveal solid growth in sales and net income. The company which manufactures products to control the efficiency, safety, and quality of water within residential, commercial and institutional applications, posted sales of $214.8 million for the three-month period ended 28 September 2004. This represents and an increase of $39.3 million, or 22%, compared with the third quarter of 2003. Net income totalled $13.7m, an increase of $4.8m (54%) compared with the corresponding period of 2003. Net income for the third quarters of 2004 and 2003 included losses from discontinued operations of $125 000 and $114 000, respectively. During January 2004, the company acquired substantially all of the assets of Flowmatic Systems Inc located in Dunnellon, Florida for about $16.8 million in cash. Flowmatic designs and distributes reverse osmosis components and filtration equipment.
Contact: Watts Water Technologies Inc, 815 Chestnut Street, North Andover, MA 01845, USA. Tel: +1 978 688 1811, Fax: +1 978 794 1848, www.wattswater.com
USFilter retrofits plant with Memcor CMF-S After a successful pilot study and extensive design work, Forest Park Water in Chalfont, Pennsylvania operated jointly by North Penn and North Wales Water Authorities, has awarded USFilter a contract worth around $5 million to retrofit a conventional water treatment plant with Memcor continuous microfiltration technology (CMF-S). The new membrane system will be installed in the existing sand filter basins, becoming one of the largest membrane filter retrofit units in the world, claims USFilter. Expected to be operational in six stages starting during November 2005, the facility is designed to provide high quality water to the water authority’s new pharmaceutical client and existing water users. According to USFilter, Memcor membranes were selected because of the superior quality of treatment provided by the CMF-S process. Significant cost savings were realized by installing the system as retrofitted units rather than a new ‘greenfield’ site. A major challenge in designing the plant was to retrofit the existing basins — expanding them from about 94 600 m3 (25 million gallons) per day to 153 300 m3 (40.5 million gallons) — using existing feed and filtered water flumes, while maintaining the continuous throughput of the facility. The expansion was designed to convert the sand filter basins, downstream of the existing clarifiers, for the containment of the submerged CMF-S membranes. The construction will be staged so that only one sand filter is off-line at any time. Each cell will be retrofitted and brought on-line individually until all six cells have been converted. Contact: USFilter Memcor Products, 441 Main Street, Sturbridge, MA 01566, USA. Tel:
+1 508 347 7344, Fax: +1 508 347 7049, www.usfilter.com/water/ Business+Centers/Memcor_Products
Cancer scientists benefit from water purification unit Cancer scientists at a research institute based in Newcastleupon-Tyne, UK are using highpurity water produced by a purification plant from Elga Process Water. The research workers recently completed their move into the new £11m purpose-built Northern Institute for Cancer Research Paul O’Gorman building. Their research involves cell culture, biochemical analysis and molecular biology, all of which need high purity water. The water supply for the three floors of laboratories was the responsibility of mechanical and electrical contractor Haden Young, which awarded the critical water purification plant sub-contract to Elga Process Water. A central treatment facility distributes treated water to all three floors of the building through a 1100-m ABS ring main which supplies a total of 30 points of use. Mains water is supplied to a break tank to ensure that a physical barrier to the supply exists. It is pumped through a multi-media deep-bed filter to remove suspended solids and then through a combined water softener and organic scavenger. The softened water is passed into a Purelab Prima RO unit. The RO treated water is collected in a storage tank fitted with a 0.2 µm vent filter to prevent contamination by airborne bacteria. Final deionization is achieved by service exchange mixed bed cylinders followed by 0.2 µm membrane filtration, and disinfection by a UV lamp. The treated water, which has an organic content less than 0.1 mg/l TOC is delivered to the ring main. Unused water is returned to the purified water storage tank. Contact: Elga Process Water, High Street, Lane End, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire HP14 3JH, UK. Tel: +44 1494 887555, Fax: +44 1494 887824, Web: www.elgalabwater.co.uk
In Brief Roger Radke new USFilter CEO Roger Radke has succeeded Andrew Seidel as head of Siemens Water Technologies and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of USFilter Corporation. Radke, who joined USFilter as Chief Operating Officer during August 2003, has played integral roles within Siemens since 1989. Most recently he served as President of Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, which is based in Erlangen, Germany. Seidel, who joined USFilter as a founding executive in 1991 and became CEO in 1999, is leaving USFilter to pursue personal goals. He is expected to stay on for a period as an adviser. USFilter is one of North America’s leading water treatment technology and services supplier, and part of Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services. New corporate website for KMS Koch Membrane Systems has upgraded its corporate website (www.kochmembrane.com). ‘The improvements to the site highlight the extent of our products, and links our technologies and filtration systems in a clear and efficient manner,’ explains John Morrison, KMS Senior VP for Sales & Marketing. Visitors to the site will be able to access and download KMS brochures, data sheets, schematic drawings, technical articles and current press releases, in addition to contacting KMS for detailed information on specific applications in a wide range of industries. World Economic Forum recognizes PolyFuel’s technology PolyFuel has been chosen as a 2005 ‘Technology Pioneer’ by the World Economic Forum. The company, which engineers membranes for fuel cells, has contributed substantially to technology that has the potential to change both the economics and performance characteristics of fuel cells for portable devices and cars (see pp. 4–6). ‘Technology Pioneers’ are selected for developing and applying innovative and transformational technologies worldwide. Other companies honored this year work in fields such as nanotechnology and renewable energy.
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