- 6 December 2007 -

Production of traditional filtration media reduced

Inversand is reducing the production of its traditional, manganese greensand filtration media at its mine in New Jersey, US. The production cutback is the result of both the escalating demand for its newer, and more advanced GreensandPlus product and the rising costs of producing manganese greensand, including environmental costs, the company says.

For the past 50 years, manganese greensand, made from a naturally occurring product at the mine site, has been a key water filtration media for water utilities and other water users. However, in the past three years, with the development and introduction of Inversand’s GreensandPlus media, customers have been increasingly making the switch and the overall demand for manganese greensand has been on the decline.

Inversand says that its ability to cost-effectively produce large quantities of manganese greensand has been severely hampered by the company’s inability to comply with water use and waste water discharge restrictions.

“At the new reduced level of production, the company will be able to supply its largest buyers of manganese greensand,” Alan Davis, president of Inversand Co said. “All other customers are either already using GreensandPlus or will have switched over to it when production is reduced.”

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