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Toray supplies RO membranes for use in Saudi desalination plants
NEWS/IN BRIEF Pending approval by the relevant authorities, it is anticipated that this deal will be closed by the end of 2019. ‘The inge GmbH team has done a great job in developing the ultrafiltration membrane technology into a well established player in the market. However, synergies with BASF are very limited,’ explained Anup Kothari, President, Performance Chemicals, BASF. ‘For the ultrafiltration membrane business, becoming part of DuPont, a strategic buyer, provides strong value creation potential and will enable it to reach the next level of growth.’ For further information, visit: www.inge.basf.com & www.dupont.com/industries/safety-and-protection.html
Toray supplies RO membranes for use in Saudi desalination plants
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apan’s Toray Industries Inc has received orders for its ROMEMBRATM reverse osmosis (RO) membranes from Saudi Arabia. The RO membranes are being used in the Shoaibah 3 Extension 2 and Shoaibah 4 desalination plants. The installation will make the site the nation’s largest RO desalination complex, enabling it to produce 650 000 m3 (about 172 million gallons) of water per day. According to Toray, the RO membranes will not only help resolve water shortages in the Middle East, but also contribute greatly to Saudi Vision – a national initiative that aims to reduce the kingdom’s dependence on oil and diversify its economy – which is also receiving support from the Japanese government. Shoaibah, Saudi Arabia’s second largest city, which is located around 120 km (75 miles) south of Jeddah, also employed RO technology in its first expansion of the Shoaibah 3 desalination complex. After going online in 2009 it had a capacity of up to 150 000 m3 (around 40 million gallons) of water a day Toray Membrane Middle East Llc, the Japanese company’s local subsidiary, is supplying the RO membranes and the technical services to fulfil the latest order. In 2012, Toray supplied its ROMEMBRA RO membranes for use in two sea-water desalination plants that were being constructed in the United Arab Emirates (Membrane Technology October 2012, pages 2–3). For further information, visit: www.toray.com
November 2019
H2O Innovation’s O&M business renews five contracts in the USA
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tility Partners Llc (UP) – H2O Innovation’s business that provides operation and maintenance services (O&M) in North America – has recently renewed five contracts in the USA, valued at C$5.6 million. Canada’s H2O Innovation Inc, which designs and provides custom-built and integrated water treatment systems based on membrane filtration technology, for municipal, industrial, energy and natural resources end-users, says that these contract renewals bring its O&M business backlog to C$85.5 million. UP has renewed three municipal contracts in the state of New Hampshire. Two of these were renewed for five years, whilst the third was extended for three additional years. All of the companies involved are long-time clients of UP. The remaining two contracts – for work in Vermont and New York – were renewed for five years and 13 months, respectively. Finally, UP increased the scope of its work on two existing projects, which has increased their annual value. For further information, visit: www.h2oinnovation.com & www.utilitypartnersllc.com
Porvair uses FILTECH 19 to promote metal FMC media
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pecialist filtration and environmental technologies group Porvair Plc used the FILTECH exhibition that was held recently in Cologne, Germany, as an opportunity to promote a metal fibre mesh composite for filter elements, which recently has been added to its Sinterflo® range of products. According to Porvair, the Sinterflo FMC media is specifically designed to deliver performance, strength and practicality in cleaning. The company says that this media boasts many benefits, including resistance to high temperatures and corrosive environments, design and engineering versatility and minimal maintenance costs. Its fine pore surface layer enhances surface filtration. The FMC structure, with integrated Bekaert Bekipor® technology, is composed of random fibre webs and woven mesh structures
In Brief CEO Werner Lieberherr leaves MANN+HUMMEL German filtration company MANN+HUMMEL, and global supplier of membrane products through its water treatment business unit Microdyn-Nadir, reports that its CEO, Werner Lieberherr, has left the company by mutual agreement. Different views on the future strategic direction of the firm are cited as the reason for leaving. Lieberherr joined the family business in October 2018 in order to keep the company on course for success. Nicolaas Zerbst has been appointed as interim managing director and will, for the time being, manage the group together with managing director Emese Weissenbacher. Asahi Kasei honorary fellow chosen to receive the Nobel Prize Dr Akira Yoshino, Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corp, has been chosen for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of his achievements in the R&D of the lithiumion battery (LIB). Asahi Kasei says that he invented the combined structure of carbon for the negative electrode and lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) for the positive electrode; developed the fundamental technology for the LIB, which uses aluminium as positive current collector material; and fabricated the world’s first LIB cell. He also developed other technologies that were essential for the successful commercialisation of the LIB, including technology for fabricating electrodes and assembling batteries, and other technology that made the LIB possible as a small, lightweight rechargeable battery. TriLux and UniLux fluorometers form part of water sensor network in Korea Chelsea Technologies’ TriLux and UniLux fluorometers are being used in a water sensor network that has been constructed in South Korea by the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), in collaboration with government-affiliated water utility K Water. It aims to monitor a number of prominent river watersheds, to provide continuous real-time data on the water quality through key environmental parameters. The network consists of numerous sensors, deployed on individual “mini-pontoons”, to measure key water parameters. De.mem awarded contract to deliver containerised membrane-based plant Australian-Singaporean water and wastewater treatment company De.mem recently secured a contract, for an undisclosed sum, from ACCIONA, an international group that is involved in the development and management of infrastructure and renewable energy. The project will see De.mem delivering a membrane-based water treatment plant as a containerised unit.
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Toray supplies RO membranes for use in Saudi desalination plants
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apan’s Toray Industries Inc has received orders for its ROMEMBRATM reverse osmosis (RO) membranes from Saudi Arabia. The RO membranes are being used in the Shoaibah 3 Extension 2 and Shoaibah 4 desalination plants. The installation will make the site the nation’s largest RO desalination complex, enabling it to produce 650 000 m3 (about 172 million gallons) of water per day. According to Toray, the RO membranes will not only help resolve water shortages in the Middle East, but also contribute greatly to Saudi Vision – a national initiative that aims to reduce the kingdom’s dependence on oil and diversify its economy – which is also receiving support from the Japanese government. Shoaibah, Saudi Arabia’s second largest city, which is located around 120 km (75 miles) south of Jeddah, also employed RO technology in its first expansion of the Shoaibah 3 desalination complex. After going online in 2009 it had a capacity of up to 150 000 m3 (around 40 million gallons) of water a day Toray Membrane Middle East Llc, the Japanese company’s local subsidiary, is supplying the RO membranes and the technical services to fulfil the latest order. In 2012, Toray supplied its ROMEMBRA RO membranes for use in two sea-water desalination plants that were being constructed in the United Arab Emirates (Membrane Technology October 2012, pages 2–3). For further information, visit: www.toray.com
November 2019
H2O Innovation’s O&M business renews five contracts in the USA
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tility Partners Llc (UP) – H2O Innovation’s business that provides operation and maintenance services (O&M) in North America – has recently renewed five contracts in the USA, valued at C$5.6 million. Canada’s H2O Innovation Inc, which designs and provides custom-built and integrated water treatment systems based on membrane filtration technology, for municipal, industrial, energy and natural resources end-users, says that these contract renewals bring its O&M business backlog to C$85.5 million. UP has renewed three municipal contracts in the state of New Hampshire. Two of these were renewed for five years, whilst the third was extended for three additional years. All of the companies involved are long-time clients of UP. The remaining two contracts – for work in Vermont and New York – were renewed for five years and 13 months, respectively. Finally, UP increased the scope of its work on two existing projects, which has increased their annual value. For further information, visit: www.h2oinnovation.com & www.utilitypartnersllc.com
Porvair uses FILTECH 19 to promote metal FMC media
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pecialist filtration and environmental technologies group Porvair Plc used the FILTECH exhibition that was held recently in Cologne, Germany, as an opportunity to promote a metal fibre mesh composite for filter elements, which recently has been added to its Sinterflo® range of products. According to Porvair, the Sinterflo FMC media is specifically designed to deliver performance, strength and practicality in cleaning. The company says that this media boasts many benefits, including resistance to high temperatures and corrosive environments, design and engineering versatility and minimal maintenance costs. Its fine pore surface layer enhances surface filtration. The FMC structure, with integrated Bekaert Bekipor® technology, is composed of random fibre webs and woven mesh structures
In Brief CEO Werner Lieberherr leaves MANN+HUMMEL German filtration company MANN+HUMMEL, and global supplier of membrane products through its water treatment business unit Microdyn-Nadir, reports that its CEO, Werner Lieberherr, has left the company by mutual agreement. Different views on the future strategic direction of the firm are cited as the reason for leaving. Lieberherr joined the family business in October 2018 in order to keep the company on course for success. Nicolaas Zerbst has been appointed as interim managing director and will, for the time being, manage the group together with managing director Emese Weissenbacher. Asahi Kasei honorary fellow chosen to receive the Nobel Prize Dr Akira Yoshino, Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corp, has been chosen for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of his achievements in the R&D of the lithiumion battery (LIB). Asahi Kasei says that he invented the combined structure of carbon for the negative electrode and lithium cobalt oxide (LiCoO2) for the positive electrode; developed the fundamental technology for the LIB, which uses aluminium as positive current collector material; and fabricated the world’s first LIB cell. He also developed other technologies that were essential for the successful commercialisation of the LIB, including technology for fabricating electrodes and assembling batteries, and other technology that made the LIB possible as a small, lightweight rechargeable battery. TriLux and UniLux fluorometers form part of water sensor network in Korea Chelsea Technologies’ TriLux and UniLux fluorometers are being used in a water sensor network that has been constructed in South Korea by the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), in collaboration with government-affiliated water utility K Water. It aims to monitor a number of prominent river watersheds, to provide continuous real-time data on the water quality through key environmental parameters. The network consists of numerous sensors, deployed on individual “mini-pontoons”, to measure key water parameters. De.mem awarded contract to deliver containerised membrane-based plant Australian-Singaporean water and wastewater treatment company De.mem recently secured a contract, for an undisclosed sum, from ACCIONA, an international group that is involved in the development and management of infrastructure and renewable energy. The project will see De.mem delivering a membrane-based water treatment plant as a containerised unit.
Membrane Technology
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