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Calgon Carbon to acquire Japanese joint venture
 Pittsburgh,
PA -- Calgon Carbon Corporation announced today that it has
signed a definitive agreement to acquire the shares of
Calgon Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (“CMCC”) which it
does not currently own. CMCC is a joint venture between
Calgon Carbon Corporation and Mitsubishi Chemical
Corporation (“MCC”). In 2008, CMCC recorded sales of
approximately ¥6.8 billion ($67 million).
Under the terms of the definitive
agreement, Calgon Carbon will increase its current 49%
ownership interest in CMCC to 80% at the closing, which is
currently expected to occur on March 31, 2010. At closing,
the company will be renamed Calgon Carbon Japan (“CCJ”).
Calgon Carbon will acquire the remaining 20% interest in
CMCC on or about March 31, 2011.
CMCC provides a full-range of
outsourced activated carbon products to the Japanese market,
including coal-based, granular activated carbon produced at
Calgon Carbon’s manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and
China. Although by country Japan ranks second worldwide in
the consumption of activated carbon, no coal-based activated
carbon is currently manufactured there.
CMCC also produces and sells
reactivated carbon in Japan, and included in the purchase
price is a reactivation facility in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture,
which is currently owned and operated by the joint venture
company.
Commenting on the announcement,
Leroy M. Ball, Calgon Carbon’s chief financial officer, who
has served on the joint venture’s board of directors since
its formation, said, “We are very excited about the
opportunity to obtain sole ownership of a profitable
business in a major geographical market with which we have
had first-hand operating experience. And equally important,
we expect to retain the majority of the workforce and
leverage their experience to complement our existing Asian
organization.”
John S. Stanik, Calgon Carbon’s
president and chief executive officer added, “This is an
important acquisition for our company. It represents a major
step in implementing our strategic initiative to increase
Calgon Carbon’s presence in Asia, and significantly
strengthens our core capability in that region.”
“We expect the acquisition to be
immediately accretive. However, our goals are to increase
sales and profitability by introducing activated carbon
products and services in Japan that are already well
established throughout the world.”
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MyCelx System removes MTBE from
Wastewater
 Atlanta,
GA -- MyCelx Technologies Corporation announces the
successful commissioning of a wastewater recycling process
for Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) in Al-Jubail
Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This SABIC
installation is the first viable system of its kind for MTBE
process wastewater handling.
“This project has high
environmental significance. Its complex nature required
extensive evaluations and an innovative treatment design.”
MyCelx units clean carcinogenic
wastewater, a by-product of MBTE production, so it may be
safely discharged or re-used. The MyCelx wastewater
treatment system engineered for SABIC is a successful
environmental solution for this wastewater, creating safety
and health benefits for workers.
“This is an innovative solution
to a long-standing environmental problem in MTBE
facilities,” says Mr. Mohammed Raza, Senior Process Engineer
for SABIC’s IBN SINA facility.
MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl
ether) is manufactured around the world as an additive for
motor gasoline. The MyCelx multi-stage recycling process
effectively handles the petrochemical facility’s process
fluctuations and waste with hydrocarbon contamination in the
range of 10 to 500,000 parts per million (ppm).
After treatment, the effluent
water is more than 99% free from hazardous contaminants and
carcinogenic compounds. The filtered water is pure enough to
be re-used, replacing the working environment’s carcinogenic
water, which would otherwise be toxic to operators.
The MyCelx wastewater treatment
unit also recovers a hydrocarbon by-product used in the
facility’s process. This recovered product is now used as a
complementary fuel to the facility’s boiler for more energy
efficiency and a reduced carbon footprint.
According to Harikrishnan P.,
Manager of Applications & Technical Services for MyCelx:
“This project has high environmental significance. Its
complex nature required extensive evaluations and an
innovative treatment design.”
Source:
http://www.mycelx.com/
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GE
Water creates “Center of Excellence” in Minnesota
 Minnetonka,
MN -- GE is creating a world-class “Center of Excellence”
(COE) for manufacturing reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and
ultrafiltration spiral-wound membranes in its Minnetonka,
Minnesota facility. A GE COE brings together the company’s
most advanced capabilities and expertise to focus on a key
technology sector. The Minnetonka COE will integrate
technology development, manufacturing capacity and quality
control for membrane production, all under one roof.
To meet customer demands for
improved overall membrane quality and reduced manufacturing
costs, GE is substantially expanding and upgrading the
equipment in the Minnetonka plant. This automated,
streamlined facility will allow the company to sharpen its
competitive focus and increase overall efficiency to help
support the growing needs of customers in the United States
and around the world.
As part of its overall strategy
to build a COE to supply high rejection seawater and
brackish membranes, last year GE relocated its element
auto-winder from Watertown, Mass. to Minnesota. That
equipment has been upgraded and it currently is operating in
the Minnetonka plant. The initial production of advanced
thin film flat sheet membranes has increased GE’s capability
and capacity to provide state-of-the-art membranes to
customers worldwide.
Further supporting the
development of the Minnetonka COE, GE will relocate and
integrate the dairy and industrial process membrane
capabilities of its Vista, California operations into the
Minnesota site. The move is intended to increase GE’s
capabilities and capacity to grow in this key market sector.
The combination of these
investments and increased technology developments, supported
by 35 active and pending patents, continues to position GE
as a premier supplier of membrane-based technology solutions
for brackish water, seawater desalination, waste water,
water reuse, dairy processing and industrial processing
applications. The enhanced capabilities of the core facility
in Minnetonka will enable GE to offer higher quality
products with longer life cycles, providing customers with
increased value from their initial investments.
GE will continue its broad-based
filter, membrane and RO system manufacturing capabilities in
Minnesota, reinforcing the company’s role as the world’s
only supplier of integrated products for the filtration and
separation sector of the water processing industry.
The Minnetonka COE joins several
other similar facilities worldwide, including a nearly $10
million GE Saudi Water & Process Technology Center that was
inaugurated last year in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. This facility
joins a GE COE in Dubai to help customers meet the growing
water treatment and reuse requirements of the Middle East.
Source:
http://www.gewater.com/
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Next-Generation Wastewater
Treatment
 Dallas,
TX -- An advanced, modular waste water treatment and
recycling system – using technology originally designed
for the US Military and the oil and gas industry – is
now available for cities, industrial customers and other
users, says Global Water Group, Inc., Dallas, TX-based
manufacturer of advanced water processing systems.
Global Water employs an
advanced extended aeration/activated sludge waste water
treatment system that processes water in half the time
of conventional aeration systems. Using modular units,
the waste water treatment system operates in combination
with a separate recycling unit and a purification unit.
The end result is recycled water that is unsurpassed in
purity and taste, says Global Water President/CEO Alan
M. Weiss.
Even with three integrated
systems, Weiss said, the Global Water modular units are
cost competitive with other treatment systems. The
modular units also are easy to maintain and operate, he
said.
Global Water’s proprietary
extended aeration – recycling systems are applicable for
flows of a few thousand gallons to tens of millions of
gallons per day. These modular systems are suitable for
municipalities, villages, condominiums, schools,
restaurants, motels, hotels, mobile home parks, oil
field platform rigs, new developments or any place where
sewage processing is required.
These models can be
constructed of standard configurations or engineered for
custom designed special configurations. Regardless
of size or configuration, the Global Water wastewater
and recycling systems feature:
• No sludge to dispose;
• Minimal required maintenance, and
• Effluent that meets WHO drinking standards.
Raw sewage enters the unit
through the influent line and passes through a bar
screen, which keeps out any large solids. A
super-diffuser system introduces air into the Digester.
The air bubbles that are generated provide the oxygen
necessary to sustain the bacteria that devours the
organics.
The solution is displaced
from the Digester to a clarification chamber. There the
remaining solids either float to the surface or settle
to the bottom and are returned by a vacuum system to the
Digester maintaining a higher active bacteria count
until the solids are eliminated.
The clear effluent of the
Clarifier chamber flows into the Global Recycling System
which captures all suspended solids down to 5-Microns.
Those solids are also returned to the Digester. The flow
passing through the Recycler enters the Global LS3
three-process water purification system — removing
parasites down to 1-Micron; removing and/or
significantly reducing all hazardous chemicals; and
using Ultra-Violet, killing any disease-carrying
bacteria and viruses that remain. Maintenance and
power requirements on this unit are minimal. No special
equipment is needed.
Global Water manufactures
mobile, fixed-base and modular municipal water
processing systems. Modularization for municipal systems
enables faster manufacturing an installation, easier
access, easier and less costly maintenance, Weiss said.
The control systems are all custom-designed for optimal
quality control. All of Global Water’s systems meet or
exceed US-EPA, U.S. ANSI, EU and WHO potable water
standards.
Source:
http://www.globalwater.com/
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