NAPERVILLE, Ill., Nov. 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nalco (NYSE:NLC), providing essential expertise for water, energy and air, announced today that it will begin pilot plant production of quaternized dimethylaminoethyl acrylate for use in its industrial water treatment programs. The unit at the company's Clearing Plant in Bedford Park, Ill. will employ a patent-pending Nalco process to manufacture this material using state-of-the-art technology to produce a higher-quality product with a smaller manufacturing footprint.
"There are relatively few global suppliers of this critical component used in many of our programs for customers in papermaking, food and beverage and wastewater treatment. We felt it was of strategic importance to back integrate our production capabilities to insure we maintain leadership in the ability to deliver value in these critical water technology markets," said Nalco Chairman and CEO Erik Fyrwald. "Our new process is highly scalable with a relatively modest capital expense."
"Similar to our ongoing quest to help our customers save water and energy and reduce air pollution, we are also constantly improving our own production capabilities through innovation," said Dr. Manian Ramesh, Nalco's Chief Technology Officer. "This new, proprietary process reflects our commitment to our core water treatment business, to our continual efforts to improve our operations and to our strong open innovation practices."
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Nalco is the world's leading water treatment and process improvement company, delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to our customers. We help our customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products while boosting the bottom line. Together our comprehensive solutions contribute to the sustainable development of customer operations. Nalco is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. More than 11,500 Nalco employees operate in 130 countries supported by a comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and research centers to serve a broad range of end markets. In 2008, Nalco achieved sales of more than $4.2 billion. For more information visit www.nalco.com.
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