Tag: United Kingdom
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North Sea gas RO package supplied by UK company
A containerised reverse‑osmosis (RO) desalination package is to be supplied for an unmanned gas platform in the North Sea by Salt Separation Services of Rochdale, UK.
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Forward osmosis is not to be ignored
For about 3 or 4 years now, D&WR has annually requested a feature from Modern Water about the company’s development of forward osmosis and its desalination plants in Gibraltar and Oman. So it was with pleasure that we finally received the article below, which shows the consistent strides the firm has been making with the…
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Grant support for UK graphene membrane research
Graphene researchers at the UK’s University of Manchester have been awarded a £ 3.5 million grant that could bring new desalination membranes, safer food packaging and enhanced disease detection closer to reality.
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Positive BWA relishes future challenges
BWA ADDITIVES has been through many changes of ownership since its first commercial sales as part of chemical giant Ciba-Geigy in the early 1970s, but, according to James Argyle, VP for Thermal Desalination & Group CFO of the UK desalination and water treatment chemical producer, the company has gained something each time. The real turning-point…
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Ion Exchange (India) loses founder
The founder and chairman emeritus of India’s water and environment company, Ion Exchange (India) Ltd, G Shankar Ranganathan, passed away on 18 March 2013.
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BASF water business combined with other sectors
German chemical giant BASF has combined its water business with its oilfield and mining businesses as from 1 April 2013 to increase efficiency and support growth.
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MottMac named as engineer for Ghubrah IWP
Mott MacDonald of the UK has been named owner’s engineer for the US$ 350 million Ghubrah Independent Water Project (IWP) in Muscat, Oman.
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UK MBR specialist acquired by US filtration group
UK membrane bioreactor company Aquabio Limited was acquired by US industrial filtration specialists Freudenberg group on 1 March 2013.
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Modern Water gets £ 9.5 million from share issue
UK forward-osmosis (FO) and monitoring specialist Modern Water plc announced on 12 February 2013 that it had raised, subject to certain conditions, £ 10.0 million (approximately £ 9.5 million net of expenses) by way of a placing of 20,000,000 new ordinary shares with both new and existing institutional shareholders at a price of £0.50 per ordinary share.
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Advanced turbidity meter launched by Palintest
A new Compact Turbimeter featuring QuadoptiX™ advanced testing technology has been launched by Palintest Ltd of the UK.