Filtration and Separation news, September 2017

De.mem wins A$300,000 in new contracts

De.mem's recently acquired Akwa-Worx and Akwa Facility Maintenance subsidiaries have secured four contracts totalling approximately A$300,000.

Preview the newest innovations coming to Filtration 2017

With the Filtration 2017 International Conference & Exposition less than a month away, customers can now preview many of the product introductions.

Camfil acquires Danish filtration company Nomitec

Camfil AB continues to strengthen its position in the Nordic market with the acquisition of the Danish air filtration company Nomitec AS.

Ruwac NA35 Series collects metal additive manufacturing dust

Ruwac USA's NA35 Series immersion separator is designed to collect metal additive manufacturing dust.

RISE conference connected product developers with emerging technologies

Eco-friendly single-serve compostable coffee pod wins innovation award at this year’s RISE conference.

Amazon Filters creates filter housings for API manufacturing

Highly corrosive chemicals such as concentrated acids are often used in API manufacturing.

Koch Membrane Systems announces return of Fluid Systems NF and RO products

The Fluid Systems line includes multiple products engineered to serve in potable water and industrial water applications.

Japan’s Kuraray to acquire Calgon Carbon

Kuraray is to acquire the US activated carbon manufacturer Calgon Carbon Corp in a deal valued at more than US$1.3 billion.

Eriez introduces two metal detector/magnetic separator systems

Eriez has launched two metal detector/magnetic separator systems which hope to protect against ferrous and nonferrous metal contamination.

Xylem pledges US$1mn for hurricane and flooding relief efforts

Xylem commits US$1 million in contributions and volunteer time following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the severe flooding in South Asia.

Porvair: nine-month revenues up 8%

Filtration specialist Porvair plc has seen revenues rise 8% in the nine month period ended 31 August 2017.

Oktolex membrane technology could offer faster priming

Entegris Inc. has announced the availability of its Oktolex membrane technology for point-of-use photolithography applications.

Fluence signs MoU for African water treatment plant

Fluence Corp signs an exclusive memorandum of understanding with an African nation to design and construct an advanced water treatment plant.

De.mem to acquire Australia’s Akwa-Worx

De.mem Ltd is acquiring Australia's Akwa-Worx.

Filter cloths created for European wastewater plants

SAATI has developed PP2623 and V2623 filter cloths for slurry treatment.

Mann+Hummel creates filter to target brake dust

The brake dust particulate filter from Mann+Hummel claims to reduce the emission of particulates.

Hi-Line unveils latest generation of air dryers

Hi-line Industries has expanded its range of HBP-ZL absorption air dryers.

Entegris expands Taiwanese technology centre

Entegris Inc is investing US$8.5 million expanding its Taiwan Technology Center for Research and Development in Hsinchu, Taiwan.

Northwestern University and Ben-Gurion University sign MOU on water research

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Northwestern University are collaborating on water research.

Amiad UK moves to new facility

Amiad Water Systems UK has relocated to a much larger engineering facility in Llanelli, South Wales.

US Water buys Tonka Water

US Water Services Inc has acquired Tonka Water, a Plymouth, Minnesota-based supplier of municipal and industrial water treatment systems.

Amazon Filters to showcase at the 4th Annual Ink Jet Conference

Amazon Filters will showcase filtration products for optimizing manufacture of bulk digital inks at the 4th Annual Ink Jet Conference.

FLSmidth opens office in Ghana

FLSmidth is strengthening its presence in Africa with the opening of a new office in Accra, Ghana.

Alchemist brewery receives award for wastewater treatment implementation

Alchemy Holding, LLC, Stowe Brewery located in Stowe, VT was recently awarded the Outstanding Industrial Facility Award.

Jiangsu Jiuwu runs paper pulp industry’s largest zero-liquid discharge project

The project by Jiangsu Jiuwu Hitech Co., Ltd is located in Japanese Oji Paper Co., Ltd. (OJI PAPER) in China.

GEA launches control for use with every centrifuge

GEA has unified controls for separators and decanters with the IO control generation.

Sulzer licences Total wash tank technology

Sulzer’s Chemtech division has been granted a licence covering Total’s wash tank technology for oil processing.

World Water Works upgrades its deammonification technology

Merck to acquire Natrix Separations

Merck KGaA is buying Natrix Separations Inc, the Canadian supplier of hydrogel membrane products for single-use chromatography.

LiqTech wins 2 further orders for marine scrubber water treatment systems

Denmark’s LiqTech International Inc has secured two new orders for its systems that treat wastewater from marine scrubbers.

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ItN Nanovation secures binding order for water treatment plants in Iran

ItN Nanovation AG has received a binding order worth more than €2 million to supply peripheral water treatment plants to Iran.