Membrane & Separation Technology News articles from March 2000

Membrane & Separation Technology News archives from March 2000

NANOFILTRATION: Double Gyroid Twists Nanoporous Film.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... An MIT researcher (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139; Tel: 617/253-6901, Fax: 617/258-7874) has brought a theoretical structure to life that has potential as a self- assembling,...

French Companies Focus on Water.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... There's a renaissance in the development of membrane systems being carried out in France, caused in part by deterioration of natural water resources and the tightening of standards for water quality. That country has a significant number of...

BIOMEDICAL: RenalTech Sorbent Improves Kidney Dialysis.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... RenalTech Intl. (320 E. 65 St., Suite 116, New York, NY 10021; Tel: 212/717- 8644) claims its cross-linked, biocompatible polymer bead sorbent improves the efficiency of membrane-based methods for removing toxic molecules in patients with...

Dental Waterlines Scrutinized.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Membrane manufacturers are working to address concerns expressed by the American Dental Association's Council on Scientific Affairs, which set a goal to reduce the level of microbial bioburden in the unfiltered output water from air/water...

Gambro Ramps Up Dialyzer Production.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Gambro AB (Box 7373, SE-103, 91 Stockholm, Sweden; Tel: +46 8-613 65 00, Fax: +46 8-611 57 31) is ramping up production of renal dialyzers. The company has made major investments to increase production capacity of synthetic dialyzers at...

ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN: Fuel-Cell Companies Eye Residential Market.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... In a public-private research partnership, the NAHB Research Center, the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), and Energy Partners, LC, are evaluating the effectiveness of polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells for use...

Linked Process Improves Organic Acid Recovery.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Researchers at the Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien's (BOKU) Institute of Food Technology (Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna, Austria; Tel: (+43 1) 47 654 - 0) have found that recovery of organic acids with high molecular weight can be improved...

REVERSE OSMOSIS: Nitto Denko Rejects More Salt.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Nitto Denko Corp. (61-7, Aza-Sasadani, Yamadera-cho, Kusatsu, Shiga 525, Japan; Tel: 81-775-627711, Fax; 81-775-653515) researchers have developed a reverse osmosis composite membrane with high salt rejection, high water permeability, and...

HERO Treats Smelter Wastewater.(High Efficiency Reverse Osmosis)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Hydrometrics, Inc., (2727 Airport Rd., Helena, MT 59601; Tel: 406/443-4150, ext. 147, Fax: 406/443-1252) has designed a full-scale High Efficiency Reverse Osmosis (HERO) system from for treating industrial wastewater at a metals smelter. The...

Pressure Exchanger Cuts Desalination Cost.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... A Virginia researcher's innovation for desalination systems is touted as cutting the energy consumption of reverse osmosis desalination units by more than 60%. The construction of modern desalination plants can transform islands and...

MICROFILTRATION: Zenon Purifies with One-Two Punch.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Zenon Environmental, Inc., (845 Harrington Ct., Burlington, Ontario L7N 3P3, Canada; Tel: 905/639-6320, Fax: 905/639-1812) has developed a system of purifying water to remove at natural organic matter, color, turbidity, bacteria, cysts and...

Memcor Featured in Largest MF Plant.(microfiltration)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... The Kenosha, Wisconsin, Water Utility is considered the largest microfiltration plant in the U.S. The plant uses a Memcor, Inc., (441 Main St., P.O. Box 36, Sturbridge, MA 01566; Tel: 508/347-4522, Fax: 508/347-7049) process - 16 Memcor...

Pall's Emflon Filters Polish Solvents.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Pall BioPharmaceuticals (25 Harbor Park Dr., Port Washington, NY 11050; Tel: 516/484-3600, Fax: 516/484-3637), a division of Pall Corp., has Emflon FM Filters with a PTFE membrane designed for polishing of solvents used in the manufacture of...

HYBRID SYSTEMS: EnSolve Commercializes Oily Water Separator.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... EnSolve Biosystems (3209 Gresham Lake Rd., No. 147, Raleigh, NC 27615; Tel: 919/954-6196, Fax: 919/954-6197) will install its first commercial maritime oily water separator on a 1,000-ft. cargo vessel operating in the U.S. Great Lakes....

INDUSTRY NEWS: Linde Drops Plans to Buy Messer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Linde AG (Postfach 40 20, 65030 Wiesbaden, Germany) has ended talks to buy a majority in Aventis S.A.'s Messer Griesheim GmbH (Frankfurt Airport Center 1, C9, D-60547, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Tel: 49-5\69-69508-0, Fax; 49-69-69508- 276)...

AMT Becomes PTI Advanced Filtration.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... PTI Technologies, Inc. (PTI, 950 Rancho Conejo Blvd., Newbury Park, CA 91320; Tel: 805/375-2345, Fax: 805/375-2297) has formed a operating unit following the recent purchase of Advance Membrane Technology, Inc., (AMT) made by parent company,...

Osmonics Unit for Home Use.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Osmonics, Inc., (5951 Clearwater Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343-8995, Tel: 612/933- 2277, Fax: 719/264-3937) has reorganized their business to globally focus on household water treatment, specifically residential and light commercial water...

Ionics Gets UPW Plant Contract.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Ionics, Inc., (65 Grove St., Watertown, MA 02172; Tel: 617/926-2500, Fax: 617/926-3404) has received a contract in excess of $9 million from STMicroelectronics to design, construct, and commission an advanced ultrapure water (UPW) plant for...

Donaldson Buys DCE Dust Control Business.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Donaldson Co. (1400 W. 94th St., P.O. Box 1299, Minneapolis, MN 55440; Tel: 612/887-3131, Fax: 612/887-3155) has completed the acquisition of the DCE dust control business of Invensys plc. DCE, headquartered in Leicester, England, is a major...

Spin Off Spins Off CoorsTek.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Coors Brewing Co. spin off ACX Technologies (16000 Table Mountain Pkwy., Golden, CO 80403; Tel: 303/271-7000) has, in turn, spun off CoorsTek, Inc., formerly known as Coors Ceramics, as a tax-free dividend. ACX Technologies was created by...

Cuno.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Cuno (400 Research Pkwy., Meriden, CT 06450; Tel: 203/237-5541, Fax: 203/238-8962) reports record results for the first quarter ended January 31, including worldwide sales of $57.7 million, up 14% from $50.6 million in the same period in 1999....

Ionics.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... Ionics (65 Grove St., Watertown, MA 02172; Tel: 617/926-2500, Fax: 617/926-3404) says revenues for the year were $358.2 million, compared to $351.3 million in 1998. Net income was $19.4 million, compared with net income of $21.4 million in...

CoorsTek, Inc.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... CoorsTek, Inc., (16000 Table Mountain Pkwy., Golden, CO 80403; Tel: 303/278-4000, Fax; 303/277-4574) achieved record sales in 1999 of $365.1 million, 23% greater than in 1998, while operating income grew 55% to $37.5 million. Strong results in...

HemaSure.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... HemaSure (140 Locke Dr., Marlborough, MA 01752; Tel: 508/490-9500) reports fourth-quarter revenues of $672,000 from sales of its r\LS Red Blood Cell Filtration System. For the fourth quarter of 1999, HemaSure sustained a net loss of $2.7...

Baxter Intl.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Thomas T. Stallkamp has been named to the Baxter Intl.'s (Deerfield, IL 60015; Tel: 708/948-2000) board of directors. Stallkamp is vice chairman and chief executive officer of MSX Intl., a global provider of technology-driven business,...

Parker Hannifin.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Don Washkewicz has been promoted to corporate position of president and chief operating officer of Parker Hannifin (17325 Eulid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44112-1290; Tel: 216/531-3000, Fax: 216/486-6057). In addition, John Oelslager is named...

Millipore.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Daniel Bellus has been elected to the Millipore (80 Ashby Rd., Bedford, MA 01730; Tel: 617/275-9200, Fax; 617/275-5550) board of directors of the corporation, effective March 10. Bellus is global head of research, Division Additives, of Ciba...

Robert J. Halliday.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Robert J. Halliday has been appointed executive vice president and chief operating officer at Ionics (65 Grove St., Watertown, MA 02172; Tel: 617/926- 2500, Fax: 617/926-3404). Halliday has held a variety of administrative and operating...

Praxair.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Dennis Reilley, former DuPont Co. (1007 Market St., Wilmington, DE 19898; Tel: 302/774-1000, Fax: 302/773-5355) executive vice president, has been named president and chief executive of Praxair. Reilley left DuPont in mid-February. He succeeds...

ULTRAFILTRATION: Viresolve Modules Remove Viruses.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Millipore Corp. (80 Ashby Rd., Bedford, MA 01730; Tel; 617/275-9200, Fax: 617/275-5550) has developed Viresolve technology, membrane-based systems to remove mammalian viruses from protein solutions predictably and reproducibly - with high...

SpinTek Offers Tubular Configuration.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... SpinTek Systems (16421 Gothard St., Unit A, Huntington Beach, CA 92647; Tel: 714/848-3060, Fax: 714/848-3034) has developed ultrafiltration membranes for use in filtering and concentrating difficult process and waste streams. The S Series...

ZeeWeed Romances United Kingdom.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... In less than a year since signing a licensing agreement with the PuracGroup, a division of Anglican Water plc, Zenon Environmental, Inc., (3239 Dundas St. W., Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6J 4Z3; Tel: 905/465-3030, Fax: 905/465-3050) has...

GAS SEPARATIONS: IMS Keeps Frito-Lay Feeling Chipper.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Frito-Lay (7701 Legacy Dr., Plano, TX 75024-4099; Tel: 800/352-4477), a division of PepsiCo, uses nitrogen produced by on-site membrane systems to keeps its potato chips crisp. The company converted several plants from liquid nitrogen to flush...

FILTRATION: PUR Removes 95% of MTBE in Water.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... Recent testing by an independent laboratory show that PUR's (9300 N. 75th Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55428; Tel: 800/787-5463) Ultimate faucet-mount water filters significantly reduce levels of the contaminant methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether (MTBE)...

Pseudomonas Removes Mercury from Air.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
March 1, 2000... A team of researchers from the University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND 58202; Tel: 701/777-4195) have confirmed partial removal of metallic mercury from air by fiber-based trickle-bed bioreactors. Up to 50% to 65% of the inlet mercury...

CALENDAR.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2000... April 3-7, 2000, The Eighth World Filtration Congress, Brighton, U.K. Contact: Amy Richardson; Email: arichardson@elsevier.co.uk. May 3-5, 2000, Integration des Membranes dans les Procedes: Facteurs de Succes, Perspectives, Lyon, France....