Members of PERF (Petroleum Environmental Research Forum) have selected Siemens Water Technologies to provide a Petro MBR (membrane bioreactor) pilot unit to test the viability of such technology in treating refinery wastewater. This will be one of the first full-scale operational MBR processes for treating refinery wastewater in the world. The results of this pilot testing will be used to determine the effectiveness and robustness of MBR treatment compared to conventional biological treatment on these types of wastewater. The commercially-sized Petro MBR pilot unit will run for six to nine months at a PERF site in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, USA. more

The South Korean Moorim Paper Group has commissioned the Siemens Industry Solutions Division to supply complete drive technology for the new product line PM1. The paper machine for coated and uncoated wood-free paper will be installed in the DongHae pulp mill in Ulsan, South Korea. The mill is scheduled to produce some 450,000 tons of coated fine papers per year starting in the spring of 2011. With the new line, Moorim Paper will become South Korea’s largest manufacturer of fine paper. more

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from CMC Zawiercie S.A. to equip a new bar mill with the Morgan XpertManager manufacturing execution system (MES). CMC Zawiercie is a part of Commercial Metals Company, headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA (NYSE: CMC). This is the fourth long-product rolling mill at CMC Zawiercie, Poland’s second largest steel producer, that will be operated with XpertManager. Linked to the plant’s SAP system, the MES system offers system operators an overview of relevant production and process data, controls the production process and facilitates coordination of different parts of a plant. This boosts yield and ensures uniformly high product quality. more

Siemens has been selected to provide water treatment equipment as part of an $11Million upgrade to the City of Amsterdam, New York’s water treatment plant. Siemens will supply seven Trident packaged water treatment systems in concrete basins with stainless steel internals. Siemens will also provide underdrain components for five carbon contactors. The new system will allow the city to improve the drinking water quality for this city of approximately 20,000 people. System startup is scheduled for late 2010. more

At this year’s Hanover Fair, Siemens is setting out to answer some of industry’s most pressing questions with an integral array of automation solutions for industrial processes: “The combination of industrial software with automation technology provides the key to a considerably shorter time-to-market of new products and a clearly faster Return on Invest”, explained Anton Huber, CEO of the Industry Automation Division, at Tuesday’s press conference in the run-up to the Hanover Fair. Klaus Helmrich, CEO of the Drive Technologies Division, described “seamless drive trains for energy-efficient, reliable production” as a “main lever to achieving a sharper competitive edge”, and Industry Solutions Division CEO Jens Wegmann emphasized how “solutions aimed at energy saving and protecting the environment offer sustainable economic benefits”. Siemens succeeded in generating revenue of 35 billion euro with its industry business in fiscal 2009, and considers itself well positioned to further gain market share despite of difficult economic times. more

The Siemens Divisions Industry Solutions and Building Technologies have joined forces for worldwide sales and exchange of expertise in the area of energy optimization solutions. The goal is to offer from a single source holistic solutions to increase the energy efficiency of industrial plants and buildings. more

Neufun waterpark in Neufahrn near Munich, Germany, has been using the ECON Pool energy saving concept developed by Siemens Water Technologies for five years. This is based on the minimum possible amounts of energy and disinfectant to treat the swimming pool water so that it meets the quality requirements defined in the German standard DIN 19463. Quality-sensitive regulation of the circulation pumps for three swimming pools has alone reduced average power consumption by 45 percent, amounting to 130,000 kilowatt hours a year. more

Hubert Max Köbach has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Morgan Construction Company and head of Siemens VAI Metals Technologies Long Rolling Business, replacing Philip R. Morgan on 4 January 2010. Philip Morgan has taken on a consulting role with the Worcester, Massachusetts, USA company he led as President and CEO for 23 years. Morgan Construction Company, which specializes in high-speed long rolling, heavy duty bearings (Morgoil) and rolling mill equipment including after market services, was acquired by Siemens in April 2008. more

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will supply a five-strand combi-caster to Handan Steel Works, part of Handan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., China. The new plant will be capable of producing a total of 1.45 million tons of beam blanks and blooms per year and is scheduled commence production operations in the summer of 2011. The order is worth approximately ten million euros. During the past four months Siemens VAI had already received orders from Handan Iron & Steel for the supply of a rod and a bar mill. more

Siemens Water Technologies introduces Nosogard infection control filters that help prevent pathogens in water used in the healthcare industry. The 7, 14 or 30-day point-of-use sterile filters feature a unique design that combines a 1.0-micron pre-filter and a 0.2-micron microporous membrane to remove water-borne pathogenic organisms. The filters are individually integrity tested, performance-validated, and shipped in radiosterilized packaging with peel-able lids to maintain sterility. more

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies has received an order from the Chinese company Handan Iron & Steel Co. to supply mechanical equipment for a bar mill and a mill train for the wire rod mill. The project is scheduled to be completed by late 2010. Handan ordered a rod outlet for the wire rod mill from Siemens at the end of 2009. more

Brazilian steel producer Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) placed an order with Siemens for the replacement of two LD converters at its Volta Redonda location. Turnkey delivery of the converters is planned during the summer of 2011 and at the end of 2012, respectively. more

Siemens has received a Wyoming statewide Chapter 3 permit for treatment of produced water. The permit enables Siemens to expedite produced water services, since the pilot requirements and system configuration have already been reviewed by the state. The permit application was modeled after an existing plant in the Powder River Basin that uses Siemens’ equipment to treat coal-bed-methane-produced water to Powder River discharge standards. While the permit is specific to the reverse osmosis/recovery reverse osmosis (RO/RRO) process, it encompasses both fixed plant and mobile services. more

Since January 2010, Chile´s Minera Los Pelambres Ltda. is operating a new SAG mill and a new ball mill equipped with gearless drives systems by Siemens. The mills are intended to increase processing capacity for copper ores. Siemens already equipped two mills for Los Pelambres in 1999 and has been responsible for maintenance of the conveyor belt equipment for more than 10 years. more

Siemens has been awarded a $14M contract to supply a hollow fiber membrane treatment system as part of the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWR System) expansion at Orange County Water District (OCWD) in California, U.S.A. The 48-million-gallons-per-day (MGD) (182 MLD) membrane system, coupled with an existing Siemens membrane system, will increase the flow to 134 MGD (507 MLD) for the reverse osmosis (RO) membranes downstream in the GWR System. Construction could begin as early as late 2010. more

Siemens Water Technologies has signed a 10-year water technology and operations agreement with Walt Disney World® Resort. While Disney already has an existing agreement with Siemens AG to use a wide range of Siemens technologies, this agreement further expands the relationship and paves the way for the two companies to broaden their technological collaboration across platforms. more

Siemens Water Technologies now offers the Liquipure CX replacement continuous electrodeionization (CEDI) module, designed as a reliable and cost-effective replacement module for Millipore’s Elix water purification systems. The Liquipure CX module, to be launched at Pittcon 2010 in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. on February 28-March 5, uses Siemens’ proprietary Ionpure CEDI system to produce ASTM Type II water quality. more

Siemens introduces LaboStar and LaboStar TWF compact deionization water purification systems for producing ASTM Type I water. The LaboStar system purifies water from a pre-purified water source and the LaboStar TWF system purifies water from a tap feed source. Included with all systems as standard equipment is a unique, positively charged 0.2 micron sterile filter, installed at the dispense point. This bacterial/biological protection filter allows the system to produce ultrapure water with endotoxin levels of less than 0.001 EU/ml. For applications that require low total organic carbon (TOC) levels, both the LaboStar system and LaboStar TWF system are available with ultraviolet (UV) sterilization and an enhanced-organic-removal deionization (DI) “polishing” cartridge. All systems can be easily integrated into an existing central high-purity water system loop. more

The Siemens Industry Solutions Division received an order from ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH, a German flat-steel producer, to supply the electrical and automation equipment for the new secondary dedusting system in its LD steelworks. This will reduce the residual dust content of the offgas emitted to the environment to less than 10 mg/Nm3. The dedusting system is scheduled to be put into operation in the first quarter of 2011. more

Feralpi Siderurgica SpA, based in Lonato (BS), Italy, has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies for a new intermediate mill for its rebar rolling mill No. 1. The plant will be able to roll billets with a larger cross-section when the modernization project has been completed in the fall of 2010. This will also increase its production capacity and widen its range of products. more