Challenge Operating independently as a publicly held company since 1999, OMNOVA Solutions Inc. has over 100 years of polymer and manufacturing experience dating back to its time with The General Tire and Rubber Company. OMNOVA prides itself on strong core values and an inventive spirit. OMNOVA works to create innovative polymeric materials for a host of applications. At one of their...
Challenge MCM HEK is based in Lübeck, Germany and is a member of the MCP Group, who have additional facilities in Wellingborough (UK), Fairfield (USA) and Shenzen (China). Their activities are based on the production of non-toxic Bismuth chemicals for use in many industries including pharmaceuticals and electronics. MCP HEK had a fire in 2009, resulting in the destruction of...
Challenge Camfil KG supplies a leading manufacturer of solar panels with filters for many applications throughout their plant in Frankfurt (Oder). They were happy to supply the company with replacement cartridge filters on their solar panel recycling plant as they required changing every 3 – 4 weeks. However, the customer was tired of changing the filters so often and asked...
Challenge Creator Teknisk Utveckling AB takes on assignments to develop a product and they contribute primarily with two things: Creativity and methodology. Creator always strives to be a partner that both leads and contributes to an efficient implementation to create profitability and competitiveness. Creator contacted Camfil Svenska for a filtration solution for lead. Peter Berg, the Camfil Svenska Salesman, directly...
Challenge Big Quill Resources in Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada is a manufacturer of high purity potassium sulfate. Potassium sulfate is a specialty plant fertilizer that is utilized on crops that have a low tolerance to chlorides in standard potash fertilizer. Previously, a cyclone was used to control dust from a bucket elevator, screen, bin, and truck loading areas. Because of low...
Challenge Entek International Limited manufactures battery separators in their high-tech factory in Newcastle upon Tyne. They had two DCE Sintamatic dust collectors each serving several manufacturing lines. The dust collectors are critical to the manufacturing process as the plant runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, with the only planned shutdown being in the summer for two weeks....
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