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Porvair Filtration reports solid sales growth

Porvair Filtration Group has deliv-ered a strong increase in sales for

the first half of fiscal 2011.This growth is reflected in the half

yearly results reported by parent company Porvair plc for its microfiltration division where aerospace revenues were up 17% and several large successful bids in the industrial process and nuclear industries contributed to record orders in the second quarter (see Filtration Industry Analyst, July 2011).

Tom Liddell, managing director of Porvair Filtration group, said: “Our growth has been as a result of an increased sales footprint and operational capability in the US, and from the introduction of a range of new products including fuel tank inert-ing filters, printing filters and materials for Solid Phase Extraction. As a result, we are looking to expand our workforce, par-ticularly in engineering and purchasing, by close to 10% this year.”

For further information please visit www.porvair-

filtration.com and www.porvairfiltration.com/view/

AboutUs/Careers.aspx

Johnsen Oil partners with Donaldson Europe

Danish liquid filtration specialist Johnsen Oil A/S has signed a

strategic partnership agreement with Donaldson Europe to explore co-operating within the development and marketing of industrial hydraulic solutions.

“We are now starting the process with regards to developing a close business

relationship with Donaldson Europe, which we believe will bring several ben-efits to the industry segments that we operate in,” said Henrik Karlsgaard, CEO of Johnsen Oil.

“The strategic partnership has potential in the development of new products and solu-tions, in addition to offering improved filtra-tion systems procurement across the wide range of markets and industries that rely on Johnsen Oil and Donaldson Europe prod-ucts,” added Karlsgaard.

Johnsen Oil’s liquid filtration products are based on a new generation of environmen-tally focused filtration technology.

For further information, visit www.johnsenoil.com and

www.emea.donaldson.com/en/index.html

HTI signs technology distribution agreement with South Korean companies

Forward osmosis (FO) membrane manufacturer Hydration Technology

Innovations LLC (HTI) has reached an international distribution, services and cooperation agreement with South Korea’s Techwin Co Ltd and Sundo Inc to cooperatively sell and integrate HTI FO technology in Asia.

Techwin and Sundo currently provide turnkey solutions in Korea and internation-ally for water and wastewater treatment, industrial process and the pollution control markets.

“We are pleased for the opportunity to enter into a distribution agreement with Techwin and Sundo. Together these two companies are leading providers of integrated solutions for the protection, control and enhancement of Korea’s water resources,” said Mark Lambert, corporate development director for HTI. “We are looking forward to a great relationship of introducing FO to the Korean market.”

Under the international agreement, Techwin and Sundo will sell and integrate the HTI licenced technology, such as forward osmosis modules, into complete system pack-ages with related ancillary services including, but not limited to, engineering, manage-ment, construction, design and consulting, and incorporating into Techwin/Sundo prod-ucts and systems, as well as other companies’ products.

Techwin’s vice president James Kim said: “Techwin and Sundo sought to improve our competitive edge as a total solution and technology provider in the wastewater marketplace, and we actively sought out lead-ing technology for difficult to treat waste streams.”

Sundo’s CEO, Eun Sang Chi, said: “We are very pleased that Techwin/Sundo reached the cooperation agreement with HTI and plan to deploy the technology not only in South Korea, but wherever we see a need with difficult waste streams.”

For further information, visit www.htiwater.com, www.

techwin.co.kr and www.sundo.co.kr

Kurion achieves cleanup goals at Fukushima nuclear plant

Nuclear waste technology com-pany Kurion Inc says that its

Ion Specific Media System at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in Japan has been achieving its cesium removal goal of approxi-mately 99.9% since startup on 17 June 2011.

After a five week design/fabricate/delivery cycle with frequent and significant specifica-tion changes, the system was assembled at Fukushima in nine days followed by one day of cold commissioning and three days of warm commissioning before hot startup with actual wastewater.

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“Anticipating the challenge to quality assurance posed by the highly compressed delivery and commissioning times, Kurion designed the system with redundancies for pumps, valves, and media capacity. For example, TEPCO has the option of not utilizing any of the Kurion system pumps if an increase to the upstream buffer tank pump discharge pressure is made; convert-ing the system to a highly reliable electri-cally passive system. This improvement will be evaluated along with media and system life extension, return to improved pre-filtration media, installation of shield-ing on system feed piping to eliminate off-design flushing cycles and reduce dose for safe operator entry during ves-sel change-out, and other optimizations,” said Kurion vice president of Engineering and Fukushima project director, Dr Richard Keenant. “Despite the challeng-ing 8-week duration from project award to system startup, when operated in its design configuration the system removes approximately 99.999% of the cesium, the principal source of radioactivity, a perfor-mance that is expected to improve as salin-ity decreases.”

Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kurion operates an R&D facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and a test facil-ity in Rolla, Missouri. Founded in 2008, Kurion is backed by energy investors Lux Capital Management and Firelake Capital Management.

For further information, visit www.kurion.com

Donaldson employees to ring NYSE closing bell

Three Donaldson Co Inc employ-ees will ring the closing bell at

the New York Stock Exchange on 29 August 2011.

The employees were selected through the Donaldson “They Win, We Win, You Win” corporate strategy contest.

This event celebrates the company’s customer-focused strategy and its goals of growing to US$3 billion in revenues in fis-cal 2016.

Donaldson will also release its fiscal 2011 fourth quarter earnings on 29 August 2011.

For further information, visit www.donaldson.com

ITT Industrial Process launches career website

ITT Industrial Process (IP) has a new career website at www.ipcareers.

itt.com, which allows job seekers to easily access company and job infor-mation and apply online.

The website is a one-stop shop for poten-tial employment candidates to research and understand the company’s business, factory and service locations, job openings and ben-efits, and organisational culture.

The company says that it is expanding globally and recruiting for open positions in a variety of career fields, including engineer-ing, manufacturing, sales, product manage-ment, quality management, purchasing, finance and accounting and information technologies.

“The new IP career website is an excellent addition to our recruitment toolbox,” said Ron Golumbeck, director of human resourc-es for Industrial Process. “We are expanding, and our goal is to attract the right talent for our business by presenting the information a candidate needs in one place.”

A new applicant-tracking system was introduced on 1 August 2011 that allows applicants to keep their CVs on file with the company.

ITT Industrial Process includes C’treat and Goulds Pumps.

For further information, visit www.ipcareers.itt.com

and www.itt.com

Hamworthy to open new service centrein Brazil

Hamworthy is to open a new ded-icated service centre in Brazil,

with offices in Rio De Janeiro and planned workshops and warehous-ing operations in Macae.

The new service centre will offer spare parts from a domestic warehouse and quali-fied service personnel for all Hamworthy products, as well as related products and equipment.

“Brazil is a key market for technology companies involved in marine and offshore,” said Hans Jakob Buvarp, managing director,

In Brief

• AAF International (AmericanAirFilter) will implement a price increase on all of its commercial and industrial air filtration products from 6 September 2011. The filter company says that despite work-ing closely with suppliers to control cost increases and aggressively pursuing savings opportunities and process improvements, they have been forced to increase prices.

www.aafintl.com• Cummins Inc’s 2010–11 Sustainability

Report focuses on the company’s efforts to build cleaner products and reduce the size of the company’s own environmental footprint. This year’s report is the most global that Cummins has produced and includes stories on initiatives in Africa, Brazil, China, India, the US and Australia as well as additional content and photos from the UK, Mexico and Romania.

http://cummins.com• Envirogen Technologies Inc has moved

into the market for the treatment of selenium-containing coal mining waste-waters with a portfolio of treatment solu-tions, including the company’s fluidized bed reactor (FBR) biological treatment systems.

www.envirogen.com• Technologiefabrik Karlsruhe start-up

Bokela has just celebrated its 25th anniversary.

www.bokela.de• Anua (ah-noo-ah) is the new name for

Bord na Móna Environmental Products US, the manufacturer of wastewater treat-ment, water reuse and VOC/odour con-trol systems. The company, which has its headquarters and an Innovation Centre in Greensboro, North Carolina, is the American subsidiary of Bord na Móna plc, an Irish utility service provider. “Our new name, Anua, comes from the Irish word athnuaig, which means renew,” explained Shane Keaney, president of Anua. “This change is not merely cosmet-ic; rather, it reflects a renewed commit-ment to provide sustainable products that help communities, municipalities and industries manage their environmental impact more effectively and cost-efficient-ly.” Anua products include Mónashell VOC and Odor Control Biofiltration System, Puraflo Wastewater Treatment System and RainSava rainwater harvest-ing systems.

www.anua-us.com