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Replacement filter elements improve profitability Parker Hannifin has introduced a new range of replacement filter elements.
02 July 2009 New micro-ultracentrifuges offer versatility Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has introduced two new Thermo Scientific Sorvall Micro-ultracentrifuge models.
01 July 2009 Filling bell assembly captures airborne contaminants Meissner has introduced a filling bell assembly on its line of capsule filters.
30 June 2009 Modern Water test plant beats expectations Modern Water plc says that its proving plant in Gibraltar, which uses the company’s manipulated osmosis desalination technology, is performing ahead of expectations.
30 June 2009 Environmental accreditation for VWS VWS (UK) Ltd - formed by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies and ELGA Process Water - has achieved full ISO14001 status.
30 June 2009 Biwater meet with Peruvian President to discuss new desalination plant Biwater, the UK-based water specialists, have met the President of Peru to further discussions about a new desalination plant in Peru.
29 June 2009 New filter winder offers greater automation Elsner Engineering Works, Inc. has designed a new Rewinder for the filtration industry.
29 June 2009 Hyflux to further research into advanced membrane separation technologies Singapore-based Hyflux Ltd will work with the Dutch Technology Foundation (STW) to fund membrane separation technology reearch.
29 June 2009 Danish companies partner on ballast water treatment Denmark’s AP Moller - Maersk, Skjølstrup & Grønborg (UltraAqua) and DESMI have set up DESMI Ocean Guard A/S, a company specializing in ballast water treatment systems designed to protect local maritime eco-systems.
29 June 2009 Veolia to build and operate new wastewater treatment plant Veolia Water have been awarded the contract to build and operate a new wastewater treatment plant in Chartres, France
29 June 2009 Dynaperm offers enhanced particle filtration Dynaflow, Inc. has introduced the DynaPerm system for enhanced high flux rate filtration of particles from liquids.
26 June 2009 GE and the National University of Singapore launch new Water Technology Centre GE and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have opened the new NUS-GE Water Technology Centre in Singapore.
26 June 2009 Toray to open water treatment R&D facility in Singapore Toray Industries Inc is setting up the Toray Water Technology Laboratory (TWTL) in Singapore, in partnership with Nanyang Technological University’s Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI).
26 June 2009 H2O Innovation purchases membrane filtration specialist H2O Innovation Inc. is to acquire Professional Water Technologies, a California, USA-based company that develops, manufactures and sells speciality membrane pre-treatment and maintenance solutions.
25 June 2009 Nominations accepted for INDA nonwovens prize The nomination process for the INDA, The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, 2010 Visionary Award is now open to the global nonwovens and consumer products industries.
25 June 2009 GE opens water and process technology centre in Saudi Arabia GE Water have opened their second water plant in the region, located in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
25 June 2009 Flue gas desulphurisation increases in China Chinese suppliers of flue gas desulphurisation systems have installed or have orders for plants with a total electrical capacity of over 500,000 MW.
24 June 2009 Parkson builds water research establishment US company Parkson Corporation has opened a Water Research Facility (WRF) in Pompano Beach, Florida – near the company’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale.
24 June 2009 PWN Technologies launches at Singapore International Water Week PWN, a Dutch water utility, has launched an international company in order to expand its expertise in pure, clean water provision globally.
24 June 2009 PURELAB offers laboratory flexibility ELGA has introduced the PURELAB flex water purification system.
23 June 2009 Flexible catalytic oxidation system handles extremes of Russian weather UK company AirProtekt has supplied a Honeycat Catalytic Oxidation System to a Medium Density Fibre board (MDF) processing plant in Russia.
23 June 2009 Chemical free cleaning of wastewater treatment plants Microdyn-Nadir GmbH of Wiesbaden, Germany and Darmstadt University of Technology have developed a new, environmentally-friendly cleaning process for submerged membranes in membrane bioreactor applications.
17 June 2009 Two new appointments for Veolia Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies have appointed two key roles - Director of Engineered Solutions and General Manager of Design and Build.
17 June 2009 Donaldson develop filtration products for the medical device industry Donaldson have developed a range of filter media and filtration devices to support the medical device industry.
17 June 2009 New filter media offers higher removal capacity Purafil Inc., the manufacturer of air filtration systems for the removal of odours and gaseous pollutants, has introduced the IAQ GridBLOK™ technology media formulation.
16 June 2009 Amiad Automatic Microfibre Filter wins California approval Amiad Automatic Microfibre (AMF) fiter wins California Title 22 approval - approving it for use as a filtration technology for achieving the required turbidity level.
15 June 2009 Key appointment for Sartorius Sartorius Stedim Biotech North America Inc. has appointed Dr. Yujing Yang as director of Purification Technologies, North America.
12 June 2009 Berkefeld introduce the Berkal advanced high performance disc filter Berkefeld, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Technology and Solutions, have introduced Berkal advanced, a high performance disc filter for the filtration of industrial process water.
12 June 2009 Techtextil 2009 - Frankfurt 2009 The international trade fair for technical textiles and nonwovens is being held in Frankfurt, Germany from 16-18 June. What do the organisers - and exhibitors - have planned for this year's Techtextil?
10 June 2009 Disruptor wins filtration media award Ahlstrom's Disruptor™ powdered activated carbon (PAC) for water filtration has received the INDA's Visionary Award.
10 June 2009 Dow Water announces plans for Singapore International Water Week Dow Water and Process Solutions, a sponsor of Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), have announced their new product launches and plans for the international water event.
10 June 2009 Final approval for Carlsbad desalination plant The Carlsbad desalination plant, California's first large-scale desalination plant, has received final approval from regulators.
09 June 2009 Polymer Group Inc. announce plant consolidation and closure Polymer Group Inc (PGI) have announced that they will close one plant and consolidate certain other manufacturing operations, due to the global economic downturn.
09 June 2009 World ultrapure water market will rebound, according to McIlvaine report. The world ultrapure water market will rebound in 2010, according to the latest report by McIlvaine.
09 June 2009 Good times for sustainable water and wastewater treatment technology? Despite the recession, Frost & Sullivan believe that there are huge opportunities for sustainable water and wastewater treatment. Is water the new oil? Or is investment in sustainable water and wastewater treatment money down the drain?
08 June 2009 High performance membrane composite is ideal for air filtration Lydall Performance Materials has launched Arioso, a new line of high performance air filtration composite media based on Solupor microporous membranes.
08 June 2009 Pall Corporation win contract for water filtration project in Phillipines Pall Corporation, a specialist in filtration, separation and purification systems, announced that it has won the contract to design and install an integrated microfiltration/reverse osmosis membrane water treatment system in Manila, Phillipines.
08 June 2009 Veolia acquire new desalination technology Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies acquire the right to new desalination technology, known as Zero Discharge Desalination (ZDD).
08 June 2009 GE Ecomagination award given to Scottish semiconductor manufacturer GE Water, part of GE Energy, have presented a GE ecomagination leadership award to National Semiconductor Ltd. The Scottish company is honoured for reaching its environmental goals of achieving water and costs savings.
08 June 2009 New reverse osmosis membrane elements launched Toray Membrane USA has introduced two new low pressure brackish models of TMG20-400C and TMG20-430C reverse osmosis membrane elements.
05 June 2009 Meissner expands Protec range The Protec RM filter from Meissner Filtration Products Inc. is now available in an expanded choice of absolute ratings - 0.2 µm, 0.3 µm and 0.5 µm.
05 June 2009 Donaldson adds to membrane range Donaldson Membranes has added the EXTREME to its Tetratex range of ePTFE membranes.
03 June 2009 AstroPore micro filters arrive in Europe Fujifilm has introduced its AstroPore micro filter products to the European market.
01 June 2009 New electrospinning process improves filter media US-based Zeus Inc. has developed new technology in the field of electrospinning for applications that include the filtration industry.
26 May 2009 New resin provides benefits for nonwovens ExxonMobil Chemical has added a new resin, ExxonMobil™ PP 3885E1 polypropylene, to the Vistamaxx™ speciality elastomers and polypropylene (PP) solutions for nonwoven applications, including filter media.
22 May 2009 DelStar develops sustainable meltblown filter media DelStar Technologies, Inc. has developed a meltblown filter media that is biodegradable and compostable.
22 May 2009 River water desalination plant opens in Catalonia One of the world's largest river water desalination plants has opened in Catalonia, Spain. Operated by Aigues Ter-Llobregat and GE Water, the desalination plant is based near Barcelona.
22 May 2009 New rainwater harvesting and wastewater reuse systems to be launched Bord na Mona Environmental Products have announced plans for the launch of new rainwater harvesting and wastewater reuse systems, in the form of a new compact membrane for residential wastewater and recycling needs.
19 May 2009 Monitors track mist filter failure US company FilterSense has developed new Liquid Mist Flow Monitors.
18 May 2009 Siemens wins membrane filtration system contract The City of Highland Park, Illinois, USA has awarded Siemens a multi-million dollar contract to provide a Memcor submerged membrane filtration system for its existing water treatment plant.
12 May 2009 Large-scale platform for extracting high-value functional protein products The Biomine division ofUpfront Chromatography A/S has introduced the Rhobust® Whey Refinery – a new cost-effective, large-scale chromatography platform for optimal purification of high-value protein products from whey.
11 May 2009 Flue gas desulphurisation grows in China Chinese suppliers of flue gas desulphurisation systems have installed or have orders for plants with a total electrical capacity of over 500,000 MW.
08 May 2009 Polymer membrane combines high temperature and chemical resistance VICTREX® PEEK™ high performance polymer has been selected by PoroGen Corporation for its new PEEK-SEP membrane technology for the separation of liquids and gases.
07 May 2009 Filtration+Separation webinar with GE Energy Filtration+Separation has produced a new interactive webinar in association with GE Energy. This online webinar is free to access.
07 May 2009 Parkson builds water research establishment US company Parkson Corporation has opened a Water Research Facility (WRF) in Pompano Beach, Florida – near the company’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale.
01 May 2009 Siemens to provide system for treating FGD scrubber wastewater One of the largest power producers in the U.S. has selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide a system to treat wastewater from a Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) scrubber being constructed at a power plant in the eastern U.S.
28 April 2009 New surface-scum removal system Finnish company Finnchain Oy has developed a new surface scum removal system with reduced water consumption and no energy-consuming devices.
27 April 2009 IChemE launches new corporate partner scheme The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) has launched a new corporate partner programme to integrate and enhance various strands of its business and forge stronger links with industry employers.
24 April 2009 New premises for Severn Trent Services Severn Trent Services is relocating its European Water Purification Division to the Birch Coppice Business Park near Tamworth, United Kingdom.
24 April 2009 PURELAB offers laboratory flexibility ELGA has introduced the PURELAB flex water purification system.
22 April 2009 Catalytic Oxidation System handles weather extremes UK company AirProtekt has supplied a Honeycat Catalytic Oxidation System to a Medium Density Fibre board (MDF) processing plant in Russia.
21 April 2009 Degrémont Technologies-Ozonia supply UV reactors to drinking water plants Degrémont Technologies-Ozonia have supplied AQUARAY® UV reactors to two drinking water plants in Paris - the largest drinking water UV contract in Europe
21 April 2009 Air pollution monitoring market to increase, according to McIlvaine report Air pollution monitoring market is expected to increase by 20% in 2010, according to latest McIlvaine Air Pollution Monitoring and Sampling World Market Report.
17 April 2009 Donaldson opens new Australian premises Donaldson Australasia’s Industrial Group has opened a new warehouse and office in Sydney.
17 April 2009 GE name Liberatore as leader of GE Water's global process separations business Frederick Liberatore has been named as the leader of GE Water's global process separations business.
15 April 2009 Fuel recirculating system features back-up pump RCI Technologies has introduced the FRS 660-11-DPU-UL - the newest addition to the company’s line of diesel fuel purifiers and fuel recirculating systems.
15 April 2009 Siemens to supply membrane filtration system to new water treatment plant Siemens will be supplying a large-scale pressurised membrane system for a new water treatment plant in East Chicago, Indiana USA.
13 April 2009 Hydranautics supply reverse osmosis elements for Australia's Gibson Island Plant Hydranautics' ESPA2 reverse osmosis (RO) elements have been selected for Australia's Gibson Island Advanced Water Treatment Plant.
10 April 2009 Filtration+Separation announce new free webinar with GE Energy GE Energy and Filtration+Separation magazine will be holding a free webinar on 29 April, which will look at consistent performance and increased production with filtration fabrics, and preventing contamination with microfiltration and venting membranes
09 April 2009 Water and wastewater solution provider Ashbrook Simon-Hartley acquires Centriquip Ltd Water and wastewater treatment solution provider Ashbrook Simon-Hartley have acquired Centriquip Ltd, a centrifuge manufacturer who supply the water and wastewater industries with centrifuge equipment.
09 April 2009 Aquatech Global release details of new Aquatech India event Aquatech Global, the organisers behind the Aquatech events in Amsterdam, USA and China, have announced a new Aquatech show in New Delhi, India.
09 April 2009 Larox opens Russian subsidiary Finnish filter manufacturer Larox has established a subsidiary in Russia to offer local service and customer support.
09 April 2009 GE establishes water technology centre in Singapore GE Water and the National University of Singapore have signed an agreement to establish a water technology centre on the campus of the university.
08 April 2009 Seccua introduces ultrafiltration system for drinking water treatment Seccua has launched a drinking water ultrafiltration installation, which has been particularly designed for use in households, small individual water supplies, restaurants and catering businesses.
07 April 2009 ERI to provide energy efficient water to South America Energy Recovery Inc (ERI) have been awarded a contract by Acciona Agua to provide its PX technology to Acciona Agua's latest desalination plant in Venezuela. ERI produce energy recovery devices which lower the energy consumption in desalination plants.
06 April 2009 Williamson is new president of ITT Water & Wastewater ITT has announced that John P. Williamson as the new president of its Water & Wastewater business. Williamson replaces Per-Inge Birgersson, who is retiring.
06 April 2009 Dow complete acquisition of Rohm and Haas The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) has completed its acquisition of Rohm and Haas, the advanced material producers. Rohm and Haas is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Dow.
03 April 2009 World demand for nonwoven fabrics to climb 6.9% Global demand for nonwoven fabrics is projected to climb by 6.9% annually to 2012, according to the latest nonwoven market report by The Freedonia Group
02 April 2009 Dow to collaborate with IBM on their Global Innovation Outlook on Water While over a billion people still do not have access to safe, clean drinking water, and production processes are affected by water scarcity, Dow and IBM set up a series of sessions with leading water management experts - known as the Global Innovation Outlook (GIO) on Water.
02 April 2009 Pentair Inc. and Nano Terra Inc. announce strategic alliance Water treatment and storage specialist Pentair Inc, today announced details of a strategic alliance with Nano Terra Inc, a surface engineering and nanotechnology company.
31 March 2009 Gas chromatography collaboration for Agilent Agilent Technologies has formed a strategic alliance with chromatography gas instrumentation (GC) specialist Markes International Limited.
31 March 2009 EPA assess safe drinking water needs A recent survey by the US Environmental Protection Agency assesses the need for future investment in drinking water.
30 March 2009 Pipeline flash reactor for municipal wastewater treatment Mazzei Injector Company has developed a pipeline flash reactor (PFR) for post-treatment aeration or pure oxygen injection in wastewater treatment applications.
25 March 2009 Water tube for RO membrane replacement Toray Membrane USA has developed a 1.125 inch product water tube for its TMG20–400C and TMG20-430C reverse osmosis (RO) low pressure brackish membrane elements.
25 March 2009 Water treatment website from ITT ITT has developed what it calls “probably the world’s most comprehensive wastewater treatment web” designed for professionals and lay persons understand wastewater treatment functions, along with installation and design challenges.
25 March 2009 Stimulis plan could fast track wastewater The US$800 million stimulus package unveiled by President Barack Obama in the US could fast track 400 wastewater projects valued at US$6 billion.
25 March 2009 20% wastewater growth in Brazil The Brazilian market for water and wastewater treatment is forecast to grow 20% per year over the next three years.
25 March 2009 Joint venture to market biogas technology GLV Inc and Hong Kong-based Global Water Engineering Limited have launched a North American joint venture with Hong Kong-based Global Water Engineering Limited to market the latter’s processes for the anaerobic treatment of industrial wastewater and organic waste, and for the conversion and handling of biogas to produce energy.
25 March 2009 Thames Water cuts 300 jobs Thames Water Utilities Limited, the UK's largest water and sewerage company, has laid off 300 employees as part of a restructuring programme, and in response to the current economic downturn.
25 March 2009 US$100 million water technology centre from GE GE Water and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have signed an agreement to establish a water technology centre on the campus of NUS.
24 March 2009 Fuel injection to require higher efficiency filtration Donaldson has predicted that, by 2010, diesel injection systems will require much higher efficiency filtration below 5µm and will need to be significantly cleaner than technology allows today.
23 March 2009 Ultrafiltration system for drinking water treatment Seccua has launched a drinking water ultrafiltration installation which has been especially designed for use in households, small individual water supplies, restaurants and catering businesses.
23 March 2009 Dewatering technology for ultrafine coal Virginia Tech University in the US says that it has successfully developed a dewatering technology for ultrafine coal which can reduce moisture content to less than 20%.
20 March 2009 Compact oil/water separator from Siemens Siemens Water Technologies has launched a compact oil/water separation unit to the offshore oil and gas industry.
20 March 2009 Dow builds water technology centre in Spain Dow Water Solutions has started the construction of a US$15 million Water Technology Development Center at the Dow facilities in Tarragona, Spain.
17 March 2009 Seccua signs agreement with Hydranautics Ultrafiltration specialists Seccua GmbH and Nitto Denko/Hydranautics have signed a co-operative agreement to develop new markets in the field of ultrafiltration small-scale installations.
12 March 2009 Munkwell opens US office Swedish paper filtration specialist Munktell Filter AB has opened its first US sales and distribution office in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
11 March 2009 Automatic fabric filtration from Serfilco Serfilco Ltd has introduced the DF series of totally automatic filtration units.
10 March 2009 Biodegradable media for air filtration DelStar Technologies has developed DelPore, a biodegradable and compostable meltblown filter media made from PLA (polylactide).
10 March 2009 Gas chromatography collaboration for Agilent Agilent Technologies has formed a strategic alliance with Markes International Limited for the global distribution and market development of analytical thermal desorption (TD) instruments.
10 March 2009 Dow ultrafiltration certified for drinking water Dow Water Solutions’ ultrafiltration modules have been tested and certified by NSF International under a NSF/ANSI Standard.
10 March 2009 Civil engineering award for Katrine project Black & Veatch’s Katrine water treatment project has won the prestigious Saltire Society Award for Civil Engineering in 2008.
10 March 2009 Membranes the future for South Africa Demand for membranes in South Africa is set to increase, with the market tripling by 2014, according to new report by market analysers Frost and Sullivan.
10 March 2009 Ultrafiltration cassette for viscous media Microdyn-Nadir GmbH has developed the FLOW-CEL® module, a cassette system for the ultrafiltration of highly viscous media in processes such as fermentation.
05 March 2009 GE Expands Brazil facility GE Water & Process Technologies has expanded its production facilities located in Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
05 March 2009 Forward osmosis for dye wastewater Catalyx, Inc has piloted a patent-pending forward osmosis system for the recycling of difficult to treat, high biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and high chemical oxygen demand (COD) carpet dyeing wastewater.
04 March 2009 Membrane joint venture in China Toray Industries and China Blue Star have created a joint venture for water treatment in Beijing, China.
04 March 2009 Siemens buys sole rights to ITT line Siemens Water Technologies has been awarded the sole license for the global manufacture and supply of products, service and replacement parts in ITT's Portacel product line.
04 March 2009 Slowdown in crossflow market Sales in crossflow filters are predicted to rise at 3% in 2009, down from a predicted 9%, says McIlvaine in the company's RO/UF/MF World Markets report.
04 March 2009 High pressure filter for hydraulics Schroeder Industries has launched a high pressure reverse flow filter for hydraulic filtration.
04 March 2009 Ion chromatography used to find melamine in milk UK titration specialist Metrohm has released a method to determine melamine in milk powder and other food using ion chromatography after inline sample dialysis.
04 March 2009 Stimulis plan could fast track wastewater The US$800 million stimulus package unveiled by President Barack Obama in the US could fast track 400 wastewater projects valued at US$6 billion.
04 March 2009 Filters for compressed air systems Hi-line Industries has developed a range of compressed air filter units for the removal of oil, water, particulates and gaseous aerosols from compressed air systems.
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