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"For the water and wastewater treatment professional...."
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Vol. 2, No. 9, February 7, 2000
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Joseph Taylor, Editor, mailto:jtaylor@waterandwastewater.com
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Contents:
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> Contributors Wanted!
> A.O. Smith Plans to Sell Engineered Storage Products Group
> Portasilo Handles Sewage Sludge Granule Disposal Problem
> This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
> We had over 99,000 hits in January!
> Siemens Canada Plans to Acquire Milltronics Ltd.
> GLI AccuChlor Residual Chlorine Measurement System
> Hot Messages from the Help Forum
> Call For Photographs!
> From the Job Fair
> Subscribe and Unsubscribe Information
> ReferWare
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Contributors Wanted!
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Press releases, show announcements and industry news wanted!
Do you have company news, a new product, new service or other
information you would like to share with our subscribers?
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it to:
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A.O. Smith Plans to Sell Engineered Storage Products Group
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MILWAUKEE, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A.O. Smith Corporation
(NYSE: AOS) today announced record 1999 earnings from
continuing operations of $50.3 million or $2.11 per share,
a 26 percent increase over last year's earnings of $40.7
million or $1.68 per share.
Record sales from continuing operations for 1999 were $1.04
billion, more than 34 percent higher than 1998 sales of
$775 million.
At the same time, the company announced its intention to
sell its Storage & Fluid Handling Technologies platform,
thus exiting the fiberglass pipe and storage tank
businesses.
"Consistent with the company's strategy to expand its
presence in the electric motor and water heating markets
and to be a consolidator in each of those industries, we
have decided to divest the Storage & Fluid Handling
platform,"
according to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert
J. O'Toole.
The Storage & Fluid Handling platform reported 1999 sales
of $118 million, a decline of 18 percent compared with 1998
sales of $142.8 million. Sales were adversely affected by
continuing weakness in the fiberglass, dry storage, and
agricultural markets. The platform generated a loss from
operations equivalent to $.04 per share in 1999, compared
with earnings of $.16 per share in 1998.
The company has booked an after-tax charge in the fourth
quarter of approximately $7 million to cover the anticipated
costs associated with the disposition of the Storage &
Fluid Handling platform. The charge was equivalent to $.29
per share. The combined loss from discontinued operations
was equivalent to $.33 per share for all of 1999.
Sales of $32 million for the fourth quarter were slightly
higher than 1998. The platform broke even in the quarter,
compared with $.02 per share earned in the fourth quarter
of 1998.
The platform consists of two operating companies. Engineered
Storage Products Company, with headquarters in DeKalb, Ill.,
manufactures storage tanks for industrial, municipal, and
agricultural applications. The company's aluminum,
epoxy-coated steel, and glass-fused-to-steel tanks are
used to store a wide variety of liquid and dry materials,
including potable water, waste water, plastics, minerals,
and foodstuffs.
In addition to DeKalb, the company operates plants in
Parsons, Kan., and Winchester, Tenn., and employs
approximately 475 people.
The other operating unit, Smith Fiberglass Products Company,
with headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., manufactures
fiberglass pipe and fittings in sizes ranging from one
inch up to 48 inches in diameter. The company serves the
chemical processing, petroleum production, and service
station markets.
Smith Fiberglass operates two plants in Little Rock as well
as manufacturing facilities in Wichita, Kan., and Harbin,
China. The division employs approximately 400 people.
Editor's Note: ESPC of A. O. Smith includes familiar
equipment as Peabody TecTank, Aquastore and Harvestore
brands.
For more information visit A. O. Smith's web site at:
Aquastore
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Portasilo Handles Sewage Sludge Granule Disposal Problem
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Portasilo has successfully completed another project for the
storage and handling of dried sewage granules at Pyewipe Sludge
Treatment Centre (STC), Grimsby on behalf of Purac Ltd. This
STC is at the forefront of Anglian Waters sludge strategy.
Portasilo's contract included the supply of storage silos
and mechanical handling equipment for dried sewage granules.
The plant consists of sludge granule storage silos, which
are filled and emptied by a series of mechanical conveyors.
Dried sewage sludge dust is potentially explosive, hence the
silos are fitted with explosion relief hatches with break
wires to shut down the infeed and outfeed systems in the
event of an explosion.
In addition to the problems of potential explosions, the
sewage sludge granules also present the risk of spontaneous
combustion during storage. Temperature of the granules is
therefore monitored by a multi-point temperature probe
within each silo. Should a high temperature be detected at
any one of these points, the silo is flooded with Carbon
Dioxide to render the atmosphere inert inside the silo.
The atmosphere is monitored for the product of combustion.
Carbon monoxide levels are monitored on a continuous basis.
Should high levels be detected, the inert gas flooding
system is also triggered. This safety has been developed
by Portasilo specially for this application.
Bridging in the silos is a possibility. These events are
negated by fitting of the patented and award winning
Rotoflo discharge valve. These units discharge to a bagging
system via a reversible screw conveyor, which can also
discharge into open topped vehicles via a telescopic
loading spout.
For further editorial information contact:
Mr. Chris Mason
Group Information Officer
Fulford Moor House
Fulford Road
York YO10 4EY
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01904 653040 x 4321
Fax: 01904 611501
Web site: http://www.portasilo.co.uk/
mailto:action@portasilo.co.uk
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This Week's Top Picks From The Reading Room
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Top picks from the Reading Room this week are:
"Filters
and Filtration Handbook"
by T. Christopher Dickenson
Hard Cover, 4th Edition, December 1997
"Valve
Handbook"
by Phillip Skousen
Hard Cover, 864 pages, January 1998
"Urban
Water Demand Management and Planning"
by B. Caumann, J. Boland, W. M. Hanemann
Hard Cover, 350 pages, December 1997
We thank you for your continued support of the Reading Room.
Do you need a book? Can you suggest a book you love, that we
should have in the Reading Room? Let me know and we will
try to include it!
You can visit the Reading Room and view the selections we
have made for you at:
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Siemens Canada Plans to Acquire Milltronics Ltd.
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$335 Million Deal to Strengthen Siemens' Position in Process
Automation and Instruments
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO-- January 21, 2000 -- Siemens Canada
Limited and Milltronics Ltd. (TSE: MLS) jointly announced
today that Siemens will make an all-cash offer to acquire all
of the outstanding common shares of Milltronics for $21 per
share. This price represents a 76% premium to the stocks'
closing price of $11.90 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on
January 20, 2000. Milltronics has approximately 16 million
common shares (on a fully diluted basis), yielding an aggregate
transaction value of approximately $335 million.
The take-over bid will be made on or before February 4, 2000,
and is expected to close, subject to regulatory approvals,
as soon as possible, and in any event no later than May 30,
2000. With $119 million in annual sales and operations in
12 countries, Milltronics is a leader in ultrasonic level
measurement technology for process automation.
"This proposed acquisition is an important part of our
strategy to enhance Siemens' market position by investing
in strategic businesses that are competitive on a global
basis", said Albert Goller, President & CEO of Siemens
Canada
Limited. "This acquisition combines the technical and field
expertise of Milltronics with Siemens' strengths in process
automation, delivering exceptional value to our customers.
As part of Siemens, Milltronics will have worldwide
responsibility for its field of expertise."
"Today's announcement is very good news for Milltronics'
shareholders, employees, and customers," said Dave Bignell,
President & CEO of Milltronics. "By leveraging the combined
strength of Siemens and Milltronics, we have a tremendous
opportunity to build on our success in Canada and around
the world. Siemens will open significant new markets for
Milltronics. The joint product portfolio will result in
a large comprehensive offering of products and services
to our customers."
Established in 1954, Milltronics designs, manufactures
and markets sophisticated measurement instrumentation for
industrial use. Its three principal product lines include
level measurement, dry solids flow measurement, and process
protection devices. Milltronics sells its products for
use in a wide range of primary and secondary industries,
including the mining, chemical, manufacturing, food
processing, cement, dry bulk storage terminals and water
management industries. Milltronics employs 600 staff
worldwide and has annual sales of $119 million.
Siemens is one of the largest and most diversified companies
in the world, working in areas such as healthcare,
information & communication, energy & power, industry,
transportation, and lighting. In Canada, Siemens is
headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario and has 80 offices
and 12 manufacturing facilities across Canada. Locations
span from coast to coast staffed by 6,300 employees.
For further information, please contact:
Mr. D.L. Leslie
Siemens Canada Limited
Telephone: 905-819-5926
mailto:dl.leslie@siemens.ca
Mr. David Bignell
Milltronics Ltd.
Telephone: 705-745-2431
Web site: http://www.milltronics.com/
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GLI AccuChlor Residual Chlorine Measurement System
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The AccuChlor system uses an EPA approved amperometric
measurement technique to provide highly accurate free or total
chlorine measurements. The unique construction of the measuring
cell provides stable and repeatable measurements from extremely
low ppm ranges to as high as 50 ppm of free or total chlorine.
This system uses ordinary 5% food grade distilled white
vinegar for pH adjustment. In addition to being extremely
inexpensive, distilled white vinegar prevents fouling by cleaning
the sensor's flow cell, and is readily available, non-toxic,
and non-hazardous. The AccuChlor system is ideal for many
applications in municipal and industrial water and wastewater
plants, food & beverage processing, pharmaceutical processing
and cooling water control.
For more information contact:
Tim Schilz, Manager of Marketing
GLI International, Inc.
9020 West Dean Road
Milwaukee, WI 53224
Phone: 414-355-3601
Fax: 414-355-8346
Toll Free: 800-GLI-0263
mailto:info@gliint.com
Website: http://www.gliint.com
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Hot Messages from the Help Forum
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People post their requests for help and offer their suggestions
to others in our open forum.
Mr. Mohammed wants help with waste water treatment:
My name is Roshan Mohammed and represent R-Tech Industries, a
company in Trinidad. I must develop a method of treating my
waste water and disposing of it pretty soon. I would be most
grateful if you can assist me by giving me a method as well
as a quote for any of the chemicals need in the method that
can be supplied by you company. Here is the problem:
Waste water derived from a powder soap production plant
Quantity of waste water to be treated 10-20 tons Waste water
Contents... Approximately 12% glycerol high salt content
mainly NaCl BoD5 - 760mgO2/l (oxygen per liter) little or no
dissolved oxygen Chloride content-104,663mg/l Total fat- 3.3%
pH-13
Please reply as soon as possible!!!
Thank You,
Roshan Mohammed, Director
R-Tech Industries
Telephone: 1-868-638-1565
Fax: 1-88-623-8816
Cell phone: 1-868-678-5856
mailto:roshan@trinidad.net
Mr. Sudeep need help with effluent from potatoes:
We use water in three stages to wash potatoes in our snack
food mfg. unit, first coarse wash, second after peeling and
third hot wash of cut potatoes. When this water is discharged
into the municipal disposal we are having lots of problems
with the authorities on disposal as the effluent is high BOD,
more than 4000 and high tds more than 4000 again we learn that
there are technologies that in addition to offering conventional
effluent treatment can also offer recycled water as a cost
effective option.
If any company has any solution or experience with similar
application, we shall be keen on exploring immediate business
opportunities.
mailto:sudeep@danwayllc.com
phone: 00971 50 4545613(cell - 24 hrs.)
fax 00971 4 3473232 (in case you require the case reports,
water data etc. for studying)
Thanks,
S. Sudeep
Mr. Powell wants to get the caramel out:
A trade waste comprising of caramel rinse water is impacting
on our UV disinfection system. Anyone know of a cheap treatment
method to deal with this?? We've looked at chlorination, bleaching,
UV and peroxide, ozonation, GAC etc...
At the moment we're looking at membranes to remove the problem,
does anyone out there have any experience with a similar scenario
as this?
Andy Powell
mailto:andy.powell@wessexwater.co.uk
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From the Job Fair
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WATER ENGINEER WANTED
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Hobbs & Towne, Inc.
Telephone: 610-783-4600 x104
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