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KMS Provides Ultrafiltration Equipment to BMW Spartanburg Plant

KPAK™ ULTRAFILTER EQUIPMENT IMPROVES PLANT EFFICIENCY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE  The UF System is used for paint recovery, paint bath control, and hazardous waste minimization at the plant's new electrocoat/phosphate facility.  The KPAK modules increase the capacity of the electrocoat paint system by about 68 percent.  The KPAK UF system completely replaces the plant's existing ultrafiltration system and offers increased energy efficiency, provisions to allow 100 percent of flow over the membrane surface, superior cleanability of the UF modules, and a safe, easy installation.  Also, the KPAK UF system's efficient operations allow paint recovery to be maintained at more than 95 percent within the closed-loop rinse system, thus reducing wastewater treatment plant load, ultimate disposal costs, and environmental impacts. JUNE10, 2009

KMS Showcases MegaMagnum® Reverse Osmosis System and PURON™ Submerged Modules at ACE '09

ACE '09 EXPO, AWWA'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION, JUNE 14-17, 2009; SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CTR - BOOTH 1313  The MegaMagnum RO and NF systems utilize the world's highest area spiral-wound membrane elements to significantly reduce the complexity, footprint, and installation time of municipal and industrial water treatment systems.  MegaMagnum systems offer an ideal solution for a variety of large-scale industrial and municipal RO and NF applications, such as brackish water desalination, removal of inorganic contaminates (such as nitrates, arsenic and radium), softening, organic removal, water reuse, high-quality process water production and wastewater recycling.  The 1500-square meter PURON module is designed for MBR applications and features greater membrane packing density, lower energy costs for aeration, and simplified installation while providing even greater compatability with other commercially available systems. APRIL 13, 2009

KMS Introduces Brochure Detailing European Pharmaceutical Industry Pilot System

PUBLICATION PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION ON COST-EFFECTIVE cGMP PROCESS DEVELOPMENT Koch Membrane Systems has made available comprehensive information on SPIRAPRO™ Pharma Pilot, its crossflow pilot system for pharmaceutical and biotech applications for the European market.  The brochure explains how the use of crossflow filtration in the pharmaceutical industry has increased in recent years, offering a number of key benefits: lower investment and operating costs, higher product yields and simplification of downstream processing methods.  The brochure details how the new system is a compact crossflow MF, UF, NF and RO filtration system allowing the development and scale-up of the major relevant process parameters for large-scale production in line with current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) guide MARCH 30, 2009

 

KMS Nominated for Global Water Awards for State-Of-The-Art Recycling Facility

MBR PROJECT AMONG LARGEST IN THE WORLD TO USE PURON™ MODULES Koch Membrane Systems is a key participant in the Santa Paula wastewater treatment plant (WTP) upgrade project, which has been shortlisted in the "Water Deal of the Year" category of the Global Water Awards 2009.  When completed the Santa Paula WTP will be one of the world's largest membrane bioreactor (MBR) projects.  The nomination focuses upon the PURON™ modules supplied as part of an MBR system to the city of Santa Paula, CA for the city's new state-of-the-art water recycling facility, which is intended to produce an effluent that meets or exceeds all current environmental wastewater quality standards mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board. MARCH 30, 2009

 

KMS Hires New Director of Marketing & Communications

PETER BOUCHARD BRINGS YEARS OF ENGINEERING AND MARKETING EXPERIENCE TO KMS Peter will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of public relations, marketing and communications on behalf of the company.  In addition, Peter will work closely with Koch Membrane Systems' Market, Business and Regional Managers to support their needs.  Recently, he served as marketing consultant for Parker Hannafin Corp. and Clean Harbors Environmental Services, Inc.  Earlier in his career, Peter worked in applications engineering and product management with Rohm & Haas Corp., eventually being promoted to the position of global marketing manager. FEBRUARY 11, 2009

 

KMS Appoints Imran Jaferey as Vice President, Water & Wastewater

IMRAN JAFEREY BRINGS YEARS OF ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE AND KMS EXPERTISE TO NEW ROLE Jaferey joined Koch Membrane Systems in May of 2000 in a commerical development role and has held positions of growing responsibility over the years.  Jaferey worked on a team to consolidate four different business units into the industrial water and wastewater business, and under his direction, the industrial water and wastewater business has achieved significant growth over the last several years.  His success in that role led to his appointment as business development director, water and wastewater, in 2007.  Before coming to Koch Membrane Systems, Jaferey held engineering and managerial positions at PSI Process Systems, Inc. and Lurgi PSI, Inc. JANUARY 27, 2009

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