Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from December 2000

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from December 2000

ULTRAFILTRATION: Capillary Unit Exceeds Federal Pathogen Regs.
December 1, 2000... Hydranautics has introduced a capillary ultrafiltration membrane for surface water applications. The company's Hydracap modules represent state-of-the-art capillary technology by providing superior performance as compared to microfiltration,...

REVERSE OSMOSIS: Culligan Simplifies LPRO System.
December 1, 2000... Culligan International Co. has launched a commercial-grade reverse osmosis water treatment the company says is engineered to make reverse osmosis product selection, installation, and service simpler. The LoPressureRO (LPRO) system's...

Composite Boosts High-Speed Process.
December 1, 2000... Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. has developed a process for producing high-quality reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, and ultrafiltration membranes in a high-speed process that provides membranes having excellent rejection characteristics coupled...

ION EXCHANGE: Pall Filter Makes High-Purity Solvents.
December 1, 2000... Pall Microelectronics (2200 Northern Blvd., East Hills, NY 11548; Tel: 800/717-7256, Tel: 516/484-5400) has designed a filter for ultra-high-purity solvent applications that removes metal ions from organic solvents or resin solvent mixtures....

ZEOLITES: Phosphate-Based Phases Separate Hydrogen.
December 1, 2000... Sandia National Labs researcher Tina Nenoff and colleagues say they have met targeted milestones in the development of tunable, defect-free, thin film zeolite membranes for the separation and isolation of hydrogen gas. The project, which...

TESTING: Validation, Software Support Flowstar.
December 1, 2000... Pall Corp. has introduced a complete validation package and operating system software to support the Palltronic Flowstar integrity test instrument. Validation support documentation includes an instrument operator's manual, an instrument...

MARKETS: SRI Outlines E-Business Strategies.
December 1, 2000... According to SRI Senior Consultant Barbara Heydorn, a handful of best practices are the key to help membrane businesses achieve and maintain successful e-commerce strategies. In a paper presented at Business Communication Co.'s (BCC's)...

Focus Shifting for Medical Membranes.
December 1, 2000... "It isn't only about nominal pore size and size exclusion anymore," says Millpore's Alan Weiss, referring to membranes for medical and diagnostic devices, because it's not just about filtration anymore. In today's market, between 25 and 30...

Water Reuse Holds Investment Opportunities.
December 1, 2000... In the wake of the annual Water Reuse Association Conference, Dan Noble and John Reutten, consultants with California-based Resource Trends, report that worldwide water reuse is becoming an important option, especially in "water-stressed areas...

INDUSTRY NEWS: Millipore Splits into Separate Companies.
December 1, 2000... Millipore Corp. will separate into two distinct companies by making its Microelectronics business an independent, publicly traded entity. The company, temporarily dubbed Millipore Microelectronics, will focus all of its efforts on the rapidly...

Hydranautics Bumps Up Spiral Prices.
December 1, 2000... Hydranautics has halted the downward spiral of membrane prices by raising theirs 8% across the board. Hydranautics explains the hike, the first increase in five years, by pointing to the significant investment they are making in technology, the...

U.K. Researcher Nets Zenon Technology Award.
December 1, 2000... Zenon Environmental, Inc. has presented Wenjun Liu the first Zenon Membrane Technology Prize for his research on extractive membrane bioreactor treatment for wastewater. The recipient of the $10,000 grant is a Ph.D. candidate at the...

Vivendi to Buy ZeeWeed Membranes.
December 1, 2000... Canadian water treatment firm Zenon Environmental, Inc. has closed a deal with Vivendi subsidiary, OTV, France's largest private operator of wastewater treatment plants. The deal is worth $6.5 million in supply agreements and $2.6 million in...

Workshop Addresses Membrane Use Barriers.
December 1, 2000... As a result of the combined American Water Works Association Research Foundation /U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Workshop held in late July, eight potential projects have been proposed to deal with barriers preventing more widespread membrane usage...

Membrane Project Among ATP Awards.
December 1, 2000... A Medal membrane project is among the 54 industrial research projects, valued at $274 million in private and federal money, recently selected for funding through the Commerce Department's Advanced Technology Program. The Advanced Technology...

BCC Schedules Power Conference.
December 1, 2000... Business Communications Co., Inc., (25 Van Zant St., Norwalk, CT 06855-1781; Tel: 203/853-4266, Fax: 203/853-0348; Email: buscom2@aol.com) will sponsor The 2001 Fuel Cells And Distributed Generation Planning Conference April 2-3 in San Antonio,...

In the News.
December 1, 2000... Millipore microelectronics sales increase 72%. Millipore (Bedford, MA) has reported net sales of $239 million for the third quarter of 2000, an increase of 27% over sales for the same period last year, and reported earnings of $0.61 per share...

Personnel Updates.
December 1, 2000... Ionics appoints three VPs. Ionics (Watertown, MA) has selected two vice presidents from within its Equipment Business Group, a division that provides municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment, desalination, and build-own-operate...

Recent Patents.
December 1, 2000... French Institute Improves Crystal Coverage In U. S. Patent 6,140,263, the French Institut Francais du Petrole (Rueil- Malmaison, France) describes a process for the production of controlled supported zeolite membranes that consists of: (a)...

Calendar.
December 1, 2000... March 4-7, 2001 Membrane Technology Conference, San Antonio, TX. Contact: AWWA; Tel: 303/347-6194; Email: chaas@awwa.org. March 4-9, Pittcon 2001, New Orleans, LA, Contact: The Pittsburgh Conference, 300 Penn Center Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA...

INDUSTRY INSIGHT: Realistic Product Goals for Membrane Manufacturers.
December 1, 2000... William Eycamp, Membrane Consultant, 246 Pleasanton St., Arlington, MA 02476 Recent price declines in RO membrane elements produced a large increase in volume. The economics were more elastic than most participants realized. While the...