The project involves the supply of adistillation unit, all interconnectingpipework with existing facilities,the erection of the plant and thecivil works design. The plant isscheduled to be completed in about21 months.
Weir Entropie is responsible forthe execution of the overall pro-ject, but will sub-contract theconstruction work to a localAlgerian company. Weir Entropiesays that this contract furtherstrengthens its position in theAlgerian market place.
Contact:Weir Entropie SA, 18 chemin du fond duchêne, F-78620 l’Etang la Ville, France.Tel: + 33 1 3008 8282, Fax: + 33 1 30088220, Email: [email protected],www.entropie.com
US wastewatertreatment markets becomemore competitiveConsolidation and budget cutsin the US food industry are step-ping up competition in the waterand wastewater treatment mar-kets, claims Frost & Sullivan.
According to the market researchfirm, the US food processingindustry has recently undergone awave of changes. It says that com-panies and organizations are nowfocusing on efficient multi-productlines as opposed to huge manufac-turing facilities. This is creatingopportunities for vendors of waterand wastewater treatment equip-ment, particularly in the repair andreplacement sector.
New analysis from Frost &Sullivan, entitled US Markets forWater & Wastewater Treatment inthe Food & Beverage Industry – AnEnd-User Study, reveals that rev-enue in this market totalled$248.2 million in 2004, and pro-jects it will grow to $373.6 millionby 2010.
In a bid to exploit existing distribution systems and labormarkets, food processors are look-ing at expanding current plantsrather than building new sites, thestudy finds. With growing plantextensions and newer environmen-tal legislation, the replacement
market is seeing demands forimproved upgrades and greaterprocess efficiencies.
With increasing saturation,competition in the water andwastewater treatment market isintensifying, says Frost &Sullivan. Furthermore, because ofthe large number of suppliersthere is relatively less marketawareness, and on average, anyone supplier is recognized by lessthan half of the customers, claimsthe company. Nevertheless, themarket has ample potential foreven small participants to operateas local specialists.
Overall, the water and waste-water treatment market appears tobe moving towards a mature stage,but suppliers can gain a competi-tive edge through customized services. Specific interests lie innewer technologies such as ultravi-olet disinfection, membranes and lower-cost sludge treatmenttechnologies.
Contacts:North America: Frost & Sullivan, 7550West Interstate 10, Suite 400, San Antonio,TX 78229-5616, USA.Tel: +1 877 4637678. Fax: +1 888 690 3329,www.frost.comEurope: Frost & Sullivan, 4 GrosvenorGardens, London SW1W 0DH, UK.Tel: +4420 7730 3438, Fax: +44 20 7730 3343.
UF cartridgereduces systemfootprint sizeNow available from Massachu-setts-based Koch MembraneSystems (KMS) is the PMPW-10ultrafiltration (UF) cartridge forpotable water treatment.
Certified as NSF-61 compliant,the hollow-fiber cartridge is 25 cm(10 inches) in diameter and con-tains 60% more membrane areaand provides 60% more productwater than its 20 cm (8-inch) predecessor, resulting in signifi-cant cost savings for municipalwater treatment plants, says thecompany.
The greater output of the cart-ridge enables systems with fewerskids to be created, reducing plantfloor space requirements by up to50%. For new plants, the smallerfootprint produces dramatic
reductions in building and instal-lation costs. Existing plants canexpand capacity by converting from20 cm (8-inch) cartridges to thePMPW-10 cartridge, without hav-ing to extend buildings or constructnew ones, says KMS.
The cartridge’s hollow-fiber UFmembranes have a nominal molec-ular weight cut-off of 100 000.Compliance with the SafeDrinking Water Act is assuredbecause the membranes consis-tently exceed 4-log removal ofCryptosporidium, Giardia andviruses. The fibers have alsodemonstrated the ability to reduceturbidity to <0.1 NTU.
Contact:Koch Membrane Systems Inc, 850 MainStreet, Wilmington, MA 01887-3388,USA. Tel: +1 978 657 4250, Email:[email protected],www.kochmembrane.com
Website revampsTwo North American companieshave recently revamped theirwebsites.
Canadian-based Zenon Environ-mental (www.zenon.com) haslaunched what it claims is themembrane industry’s newest andmost comprehensive website. Itfeatures greatly expanded coverageof the company’s products, whichrange from small pre-engineeredsystems to large custom-engineeredplants. The easy-to-navigate sitealso provides useful resources suchas technical papers, case studies,industry articles and investor news.
Donaldson Membranes’ newlyrevamped website (www.emea.donaldson.com/en/filtermedia)explains how its Tetratex expandedPTFE (ePTFE) membranes can beused in multiple applications acrossa range of industries. A productoverview details how membranesare employed in each market sec-tor, with features and benefitsclearly outlined. Relevant productliterature also can be downloadedfrom the site.
The Minneapolis-based firmsays that the site also describes howmembranes are thermally bondedto a range of substrates, includingwoven, spun-bonded and needle-felt materials that are used in pulsejet, reverse air and cartridge dustcollectors and filter bag-houses.
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I n B r i e fUS semiconductor equipmentsupplier uses Mykrolis’s MFC
A major semiconductor equipmentsupplier based in the US has select-ed Mykrolis Corporation’sIntelliFlow 3XP mass-flow con-troller (MFC) as a standard optionfor its etch tools. Mykrolis, which isbased in Billerica, Massachusetts,says that the device is its third gen-eration of IntelliFlow DigitalMFCs, and combines several of itsgas delivery core technologies in asingle, modular system for semicon-ductor processing. It performs bet-ter than previous MFC technologyin terms of accuracy, response time,control range, pressure insensitivityand programmability, to enable asuperior yield for next-generationetch, deposition and thermalprocesses, claims the company.
UNICEF water chief to speak at ACE05 conferenceThe American Water WorksAssociation (AWWA) hasannounced that the UNICEFChief of Water, Vanessa Tobin, willspeak at the 124th AnnualConference and Exposition(ACE05) to be held on 12–16 Junein San Francisco, California. Tobinwill be the keynote speaker duringthe Technical & EducationalCouncil Plenary Session. Her talk,entitled ‘After the Tsunami:UNICEF’s Efforts in RestoringWater and Sanitation in Indonesia’,will update attendees on the stepsthat UNICEF, and its many part-ners, took to install safe drinkingwater points and construct sanita-tion and bathing facilities for tem-porary shelters in the areas ofIndonesia hardest hit by theDecember 2004 tsunami.
AppointmentsMassachusetts-based MilliporeCorporation has announced thatSusan Vogt, President of itsBioPharmaceutical Division, isleaving the company to pursueother interests. Martin Madaus,Millipore’s Chairman and ChiefExecutive Officer, will lead the divi-sion until a successor is named. Inother news, John Gordon hasjoined the company as CorporateVice President of WorldwideHuman Resources. He reportsdirectly to Madaus.
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