merger leads to creation of stormwater company

APPROVALGRANTED FOR

GAS TREATMENTSYSTEM

Swedish technology compa-ny ETG, Emission Technolo-gy Group, has had approvalby the Dutch certificationorganisation RDW for itsEuro 5 system.

The system, which is forthe after treatment of exhaustgases from existing dieselengines, is now approved forthe requirements that willcome into force in the EU in2009.

The exhaust gas cleaningsystem can be fitted to dieselengines manufactured from1996 onwards. This means thatolder buses, lorries and con-struction machines can have anexhaust gas cleaning systemthat can satisfy the require-ments of the future, accordingto ETG.

“The fact that the systemhas now been certified is agreat success. It proves thatour system really works - thatwe can reduce emissions ofhydrocarbons, oxides of nitro-gen (NOx) and particles fromdiesel engines by more than 80%. We’re two steps ahead oftoday’s EU requirements,” saidKenneth Dahlqvist, exportmanager at ETG.

ITT ANNOUNCESACQUISITION OF

ELLIS K PHELPS

ITT Industries Inc hasacquired the business andassets of Ellis K. Phelps &Company (Phelps) of Apopka,Florida, USA.

According to ITT, Phelpsis the largest US distributor ofproducts sold under ITT’sFlygt brand for the wastewaterpumping and treatment market.

“This acquisition will pro-vide a foundation for supportand sales growth in ourUS$2.3billion global water

and wastewater business, andfirmly secure our position as apremier supplier of relatedproducts in the Florida-Geor-gia region,” said Robert Ayers,president of ITT Industries’Fluid Technology.

Phelps’ sales, service, andlocal monitoring and controlbusiness revolves primarilyaround ITT’s Flygt productsand complimentary equipmentused in water and wastewaterpumping and treatment solu-tions. The Phelps organisationhas 75 employees between itsmain location in Apopka andthree full service satellite facil-ities in West Palm Beach andFort Myers, Florida, andSavannah, Georgia, USA.

Terms of the transactionwere not disclosed.

LIFE CYCLE COSTPROGRAMME

INTRODUCED FORGAS TURBINES

Camfil Farr has developed anew Life Cycle Cost (LCC)programme, aimed at gasturbine filtration.

According to the company,the interactive software allowsa user to see how different fil-tration options affect the totallifecycle cost of ownership of agas turbine. Among the vari-ables calculated are: engineperformance characteristics,different environment, filterefficiency, pressure drop, filterdust holding capacity, price offilters, labour costs for filtermaintenance, filter disposalcosts, fuel prices, value ofengine output, cost of down-time for filter change outs andengine cleaning.

The LCC software can beused to optimise a filter systemfor specific gas turbines, asthese tend to differ in sensitivi-ty to fouling. In general, higherefficiency turbines may bemore sensitive to fouling. Anassessment of performance inrelation to the filter systemcould provide valuable inputinto the combination of

equipment selected, claims thecompany.

MERGER LEADSTO CREATION OF

STORMWATERCOMPANY

Two stormwater industryfirms, Stormwater Manage-ment, Inc and VortechnicsInc. have united to form anew company, Stormwa-ter360.

The new company identitywas launched at StormCon, theSurface Water Quality Confer-ence & Exposition in Orlando,Florida, USA.

In April, Stormwater Man-agement joined forces withVortechnics when it became awholly-owned subsidiary ofCONTECH ConstructionProducts Inc, a comprehensivecivil engineering site solutionsproduct and services companybased in Ohio, USA. With thelaunch of Stormwater360, thefirms continue the integrationof their operations, the compa-ny reports.

“We are pleased to intro-duce Stormwater360,” saidcompany president and chiefexecutive officer (CEO) DavidMiley: “we chose the namebecause it communicates ourpassion about providing innov-ative and cutting-edge engi-neered solutions that meetevery stormwater challenge.”

CUMMINSCELEBRATES

PRODUCTION OF750,000TH ENGINECummins Jamestown EnginePlant is celebrating the pro-duction of its 750,000thengine with a visit from USSenator Hillary RodhamClinton.

According to Cummins,the Senator played a key rolein passing legislation that willhelp the Jamestown EnginePlant continue to grow, whileensuring that the environment

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Filtration Industry Analyst

Filtration Company Index

Alfa Laval 11

Aquious WET 13

Asahi Kasei Corp 8

Camfil Farr 2

Cummins 2

Defense Products Division 13

Domnick Hunter 1, 6

Donaldson 14

Door Oliver 11

Eimco 11

Ellis K Phelps & CO 2

Entegris Inc 5

EPA 3

Eriez 14

ETG 2

Filter Sciences Inc 16

Freudenberg Nonwovens 5

GE Infrastructure 5

GL&V 11

Honeywell 14

INDA 3, 5

ITT Industries 2

Johns Manville 14

Jones & Attwood 11

Koch Membranes 13

Mann + Hummel 3, 5

McIlvaine Co 11

Millipore Inc 8, 14

NAFA 3

NAPA Filters 14

Pall Corp 13, 14, 16

Parker Hannifin Corp 1, 7, 14

Peerless Mfg Co 13

Purex International 5

Purite 13, 14

Sartorius AG 9

Seychelle Water Filtration 5

Sharples 11

Siemens Water Technologies 3, 13

Stormwater Management 2

Upchurch Scientific 14

USFilter 11

Veolia Environment 13

Vortechnics 2

Watts Water Tech Inc 9, 16

The Weir Group plc 10

Westphalia Separators 11, 14

Zenon Environmental Inc 10