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Filtration+Separation September/October 2012

Calgon Carbon appoints new CEO

FLSmidth to acquire Decanter Machine

Vokes Air Denmark merges with Filtac

Peerless Mfg invests in new Texas plant

Randall Dearth, the head of Lanxess Corp, has succeeded John Stanik as president and CEO of Calgon Carbon Corp.

Dearth, who has served as a member of the Calgon Carbon board since 2007, has been president and CEO of Lanxess Corp, an international chemical manufacturer that was spun out of the Bayer Group, since 2004. Before that Dearth was president and CEO of Bayer Chemicals Corp.

Dearth believes that Calgon Carbon has a great global platform to build on with experienced and dedicated employees. “I look forward to working with them as we continue to grow the company’s traditional business and pursue its emerging growth opportunities - ballast water treatment, disinfection byproducts, mercury removal, and reactivation expansion,” said Dearth.

www.calgoncarbon.com

Vokes Air and Filtac A/S are to merge their Danish businesses in order to better serve the local market.

The combined business brings together the air filtration expertise of both companies and will create one of the largest players in the Danish market.

George Black, Vokes Air CEO, said: “Denmark has always been an important market for us and this merger will help us better serve our Danish customer base. Vokes Air has an excellent offering for the market and the expertise that Filtac A/S brings will help us deliver these benefits to our customers and add value to their organisations. Initial feedback from customer consultations has been very

encouraging and as this merger will allow us to take service levels to new heights, we are sure that our customers will be the ultimate winners as a result of this amalgamation.”

Filtac A/S managing director Johnny Hauballe, who will head up the new Danish operation, said: “The cultures and business models of both companies are very complimentary so we are all excited about the synergies afforded by the merger and the opportunities that they will bring.”

The combined company will operate as Vokes Air A/S and be based in Hvidovre.

www.vokesair.comwww.filtac.dk

Peerless Mfg Co is building a new 80 000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Denton, Texas, USA.

The new plant will expand Peerless Mfg’s existing manufacturing capabilities in the United States and support the company’s global supply chain needs. “We continue to see growth in demand for our environmental and process

products equipment both domestically and internationally. This growth is attributed in large part to the role that natural gas will play in meeting future energy requirements,” said Peter Burlage, CEO of PMFG Inc.

The new facility should employ more than 150 people.

www.peerlessmfg.com

FLSmidth is buying the privately owned company Decanter Machine Inc, a US-based manufacturer and supplier of centrifugal technology to the global minerals industries.

Headquartered in Johnson City, Tennessee, Decanter Machine specialises in screen bowl, solid bowl and hyperbaric centrifuges for minerals applications primarily within the coal industry and in the processing of fertilizer mineral potash. The company has over 550 centrifuges installed in 11 countries.

“This is an important step in our strategic efforts to grow within our six focus industries; coal, iron ore, fertilizer minerals, copper, gold and cement. Combined, the acquisitions of the Australian company Ludowici in July and

now Decanter, have strengthened our minerals offerings, making a perfect basis for us to become our customers’ preferred full service provider within both fertilizer minerals and the coal industry,” said FLSmidth Group CEO Jørgen Huno Rasmussen.

Founded in 1983 as Decanter Services Inc, Decanter Machine has offices in South Carolina, USA and New South Wales, Australia. The company has 150 employees and achieved a turnover of approximately US$50 million in 2011.

The transaction is subject to the rezoning of a portion of real estate which is expected to take place in September.

www.flsmidth.comwww.decantermachine.com

Bluewater Bio signs technology alliance with Thames WaterBluewater Bio International has entered into a technology alliance with the UK water company Thames Water.

The two companies will share information on new and emerging technologies, and collaborate on innovations within Thames Water’s products and services. Under the alliance, Bluewater Bio will also be able to access Thames Water’s R&D facilities for technology trials and demonstration projects, while Thames Water will work with Bluewater to identify key commercial customers.

Rupert Kruger, head of innovation at Thames Water, said: “We’re looking forward to working alongside Bluewater Bio to find bigger and better ways to ensure we use water more wisely in our day-to-day processes. We will squeeze every drop of creativity from this alliance so we

can in turn value every drop of our increasingly precious essential resource.”

“This alliance with one of the world’s most respected utility companies formalises a strong technological relationship forged over the last four years around shared objectives and values. These are focused on increased water and wastewater re-use, accompanied by reductions in energy and chemical consumption, physical footprint, carbon emissions and operational costs. We look forward to cementing our collaboration, helping Thames deliver sustainable innovations to their 14 million customers and upholding the UK’s strong water sector credentials,” said Daniel Ishag, founder and CEO of Bluewater Bio.

www.bluewaterbio.com www.thameswater.co.uk

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