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Zenon to provide ultrafiltration for Walkerton
Fairey Nuclear) to make progress in the second halfof fiscal 2000. For more information, contact: FaireyGroup Plc, Station Road, Egham, SurreyTW20 9NP, UK. Tel: +44 1784 470470, Fax:+44 1784 470848.
Pall turns in a solid performance US company Pall Corporation says that it turned in a very solid performance in fiscal 2000. The financial performance goals it had set itself were achieved or exceeded. Sales for thc quartet ended 29 July 2000 rose by, 8% to reach 1_5S344.2 million, compared with S319.1 million posted t;,)r the previous year, [',xcluding restructuring and other charges, fourth-quarter earnings antounted to $54.8 million, con> pared with $50.4 million recorded fi)r last year's fourth quarter. For the year, sales increased by 6.5% to $1224.1 million, compared with $11,47.1 million posted (or the previous financial year. Excluding restructuring and other charges, earnings amounted to $155.3 million, c,ympared with $115.0 million. Pall saw continued strength in its Microelectnmics business, with sales up 700/6, and a return to strong growth in BioPharmaccuticals which helped it to achiexe local currency sales growth above 1{)%, a~d increase earnings at a 4milar rate. Within the Industrial Process segment, the company's Water bLlsiness increased its sales [~XF7() ~i~, reflecting the orders it ichieved earlier in the )ear. For more information, contact: Pall Corporation, 2200 Northern Boulevard, East Hills, NY 11548, USA.Tel: +I 516 484 5400, Fax:+I 516 484 5228.
Zenon to provide ultrafiltration for Walkerton Zenon Environmental of Oakville, Ontario, Canada has been selected by the Ontario Clean Water Agency to provide an interim ultrafiltration system to the Town of Walkerton, Ontario. The company's ZeeWeed ultra-
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filtration membrane technology will be part of a temporary treatment process in the management of Walkerton's well water. The system will be installed on two of the community's wells, while the consulting team exanfines longer-term alternatives for the community. Zenon's 'containcrised' ZeeWeed system will treat raw well-water to remove turbidit> making the addition of a small anaount of chlorine it more effective disinfbctant. For more information, contact: Zenon Environmental Inc, 3239 Dundas Street West, Oakville, Ontario L6J 4Z3, Canada.Tel: +1 905 465 3030, Fax: +1 905 465 3050.
8th Aachen Membrane Colloquium The 8th Aachener Membran Kolloquium (Aachen Membrane Colloquium) is scheduled to take place at the Eurogress in Aachen, Germany on 27-29 March 2001. Although this is a Germanlanguage conference, there will be a number of presentations given in English. According to the organiser, 1he Institut fiir Ver~Cahrenstechnik dcr RWTH Aachen, the conference offers practical knowledge and operating experiences of membrane processes, and a i m s to encourage an open discussion between developers, manufacturers and endusers of membrane technolog> Traditionall B the invited speakers from industry present details of *ecently built membrane plants. ~Ibpics to be covered include recent developments and future directions of gas and vapour separation using membranes; new membranes and module concepts; treatment of process streams; industrial application of extractive membrane reactor technology: water and waste-water treatment; food processing and l,iotechnology; per~aporation; viipour permeatkm; and microporous membrane contactors for industrial separation applications. In addition, there is a poster session on actual topics of rnembrane R&D. For more information, contact: Dipl.-Ing. 5tefan Sommer,Institut fiJr
Verfahrenstechnik der RWTH Aachen, Tutmstrasse 46, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.Tel:+49 241 8054 28, Fax: +49 241 8888 252, Email: [email protected]
Acquisition gives Nu Electric zeolite technology Nu Electric Corporation of Tarpon Springs, Florida has recently acquired Clean Water Technologies lnc, giving the company an exclusive worldwide licence to its proprietary technology for the removal of arsenic from drinking water using zeolite minerals. R¢~en: studies show arsenic to be even mo'e toxic than was previousIv thought, which ptompted the US Environmental Protectinn Agency (EPA) to classify arsenic as a human carcinogen, The EPA is proposirg (by January 2001) to lowc* t ae maximum allo(vable cnnccntlation level of arsenic for drinking water from the present 50 ppb to 5 ppb, or le~s. This will meet the new proposed standard intended to protect consumers against the el'feces of long-term, chronic exposure to arsenic in drinking water. The ncx* standard will apply to all 54 000 community water systems throughout the US, serving approxinmtely 254 million people. in ,~ther news, Nu Electric says that it has also recently acquired Zorax In,:, which owns an exclusive worldwicc liccnsr for a technology' which extracts and identifies dangcrou, C~yptusporic/i,m and Giardit, t\~o water-borne parasites that can cause seriotts gastrointestinal probl~.ms. Nu Electric has yet to record revenues, but is emerging from its current development stage and should become a profitable comp,my in a multi-billion dollar market. The company identifies, acquires, develop,~ and markets emerging technologies which conserve energy, and protect and e n h a n c e natural resotlrccs.
For more information, contact: Nu Electric Corporation, 624 EastTarpon Avenue, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689, USA Tel: +1 727 942 8938, Fax:+1 727 942 0713.
nised oil and gas en~neer Thomas Cooley~ marketer Duane Baumert and former Husky Oit C E O James Nielson to its board of directors. They will advise in technical and marketing areas, including Synergy's current commercialisation negotiations on its gas-to-liquids and heavy oil upgrading technologies.
Center has issued a verification for the Membralox Silverback 900 alkaline cleaner recycling system produced by US Filter. ~kaline cleaning solutions are used m metal-finishing operations to prepare parts for processing, and are typically discarded when the entrained 'soils' become too great. This system extends the life of the cleaning solution through crossflow microfiltration, using a ceramic membrane to remove oils, without depleting components of the cleaning solution. Chinese projects approved The State Development & Planning Committee in China has officially approved a giant demonstration project in Xiamen, which involves building a 5000 mYlday sea-water desalination plant, a 22 000 mY/day municipal wastewater treatment plant, and a 600 m3/day landfdl leachate treatment plant, using membrane systems. Minntech, Di-Chem expand supply relationship Haemodialysis concentrates and dialyser reprocessing technology company Minntech will not acquire Di-Chem Concentrate after all. Di-Chem manufactures haemodialysis concentrates, and Minntech now intends to expand its existing supply relationship with Di-Chem. Haemodialysis concentrates are used by kidney centres to prepare 'dialysate', a chemical solution used to draw out waste products from blood during haemodialysis treatments. Dialysis removes excess fluids and toxins from the blood of patients with kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease.
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Pall turns in a solid performance US company Pall Corporation says that it turned in a very solid performance in fiscal 2000. The financial performance goals it had set itself were achieved or exceeded. Sales for thc quartet ended 29 July 2000 rose by, 8% to reach 1_5S344.2 million, compared with S319.1 million posted t;,)r the previous year, [',xcluding restructuring and other charges, fourth-quarter earnings antounted to $54.8 million, con> pared with $50.4 million recorded fi)r last year's fourth quarter. For the year, sales increased by 6.5% to $1224.1 million, compared with $11,47.1 million posted (or the previous financial year. Excluding restructuring and other charges, earnings amounted to $155.3 million, c,ympared with $115.0 million. Pall saw continued strength in its Microelectnmics business, with sales up 700/6, and a return to strong growth in BioPharmaccuticals which helped it to achiexe local currency sales growth above 1{)%, a~d increase earnings at a 4milar rate. Within the Industrial Process segment, the company's Water bLlsiness increased its sales [~XF7() ~i~, reflecting the orders it ichieved earlier in the )ear. For more information, contact: Pall Corporation, 2200 Northern Boulevard, East Hills, NY 11548, USA.Tel: +I 516 484 5400, Fax:+I 516 484 5228.
Zenon to provide ultrafiltration for Walkerton Zenon Environmental of Oakville, Ontario, Canada has been selected by the Ontario Clean Water Agency to provide an interim ultrafiltration system to the Town of Walkerton, Ontario. The company's ZeeWeed ultra-
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filtration membrane technology will be part of a temporary treatment process in the management of Walkerton's well water. The system will be installed on two of the community's wells, while the consulting team exanfines longer-term alternatives for the community. Zenon's 'containcrised' ZeeWeed system will treat raw well-water to remove turbidit> making the addition of a small anaount of chlorine it more effective disinfbctant. For more information, contact: Zenon Environmental Inc, 3239 Dundas Street West, Oakville, Ontario L6J 4Z3, Canada.Tel: +1 905 465 3030, Fax: +1 905 465 3050.
8th Aachen Membrane Colloquium The 8th Aachener Membran Kolloquium (Aachen Membrane Colloquium) is scheduled to take place at the Eurogress in Aachen, Germany on 27-29 March 2001. Although this is a Germanlanguage conference, there will be a number of presentations given in English. According to the organiser, 1he Institut fiir Ver~Cahrenstechnik dcr RWTH Aachen, the conference offers practical knowledge and operating experiences of membrane processes, and a i m s to encourage an open discussion between developers, manufacturers and endusers of membrane technolog> Traditionall B the invited speakers from industry present details of *ecently built membrane plants. ~Ibpics to be covered include recent developments and future directions of gas and vapour separation using membranes; new membranes and module concepts; treatment of process streams; industrial application of extractive membrane reactor technology: water and waste-water treatment; food processing and l,iotechnology; per~aporation; viipour permeatkm; and microporous membrane contactors for industrial separation applications. In addition, there is a poster session on actual topics of rnembrane R&D. For more information, contact: Dipl.-Ing. 5tefan Sommer,Institut fiJr
Verfahrenstechnik der RWTH Aachen, Tutmstrasse 46, D-52056 Aachen, Germany.Tel:+49 241 8054 28, Fax: +49 241 8888 252, Email: [email protected]
Acquisition gives Nu Electric zeolite technology Nu Electric Corporation of Tarpon Springs, Florida has recently acquired Clean Water Technologies lnc, giving the company an exclusive worldwide licence to its proprietary technology for the removal of arsenic from drinking water using zeolite minerals. R¢~en: studies show arsenic to be even mo'e toxic than was previousIv thought, which ptompted the US Environmental Protectinn Agency (EPA) to classify arsenic as a human carcinogen, The EPA is proposirg (by January 2001) to lowc* t ae maximum allo(vable cnnccntlation level of arsenic for drinking water from the present 50 ppb to 5 ppb, or le~s. This will meet the new proposed standard intended to protect consumers against the el'feces of long-term, chronic exposure to arsenic in drinking water. The ncx* standard will apply to all 54 000 community water systems throughout the US, serving approxinmtely 254 million people. in ,~ther news, Nu Electric says that it has also recently acquired Zorax In,:, which owns an exclusive worldwicc liccnsr for a technology' which extracts and identifies dangcrou, C~yptusporic/i,m and Giardit, t\~o water-borne parasites that can cause seriotts gastrointestinal probl~.ms. Nu Electric has yet to record revenues, but is emerging from its current development stage and should become a profitable comp,my in a multi-billion dollar market. The company identifies, acquires, develop,~ and markets emerging technologies which conserve energy, and protect and e n h a n c e natural resotlrccs.
For more information, contact: Nu Electric Corporation, 624 EastTarpon Avenue, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689, USA Tel: +1 727 942 8938, Fax:+1 727 942 0713.
nised oil and gas en~neer Thomas Cooley~ marketer Duane Baumert and former Husky Oit C E O James Nielson to its board of directors. They will advise in technical and marketing areas, including Synergy's current commercialisation negotiations on its gas-to-liquids and heavy oil upgrading technologies.
Center has issued a verification for the Membralox Silverback 900 alkaline cleaner recycling system produced by US Filter. ~kaline cleaning solutions are used m metal-finishing operations to prepare parts for processing, and are typically discarded when the entrained 'soils' become too great. This system extends the life of the cleaning solution through crossflow microfiltration, using a ceramic membrane to remove oils, without depleting components of the cleaning solution. Chinese projects approved The State Development & Planning Committee in China has officially approved a giant demonstration project in Xiamen, which involves building a 5000 mYlday sea-water desalination plant, a 22 000 mY/day municipal wastewater treatment plant, and a 600 m3/day landfdl leachate treatment plant, using membrane systems. Minntech, Di-Chem expand supply relationship Haemodialysis concentrates and dialyser reprocessing technology company Minntech will not acquire Di-Chem Concentrate after all. Di-Chem manufactures haemodialysis concentrates, and Minntech now intends to expand its existing supply relationship with Di-Chem. Haemodialysis concentrates are used by kidney centres to prepare 'dialysate', a chemical solution used to draw out waste products from blood during haemodialysis treatments. Dialysis removes excess fluids and toxins from the blood of patients with kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease.
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