Home > News > News Archive News Archive Industrial News International GCC Operations Launched in Hamriya Free Zone, Sharjah International Contracts Ion Exchange Goes West First order from Bahrain Order from Japanese EPC contractor Order from EPC contractor in USA RO-EDI system at Royce Pharma Successfully commissioned at Okpai Overseas orders Joint venture with Waterleau, Belgium Joint Venture with Ace Dynamics, Singapore Overseas Orders Commissioned at Oman India Fertiliser, Oman Nigerian Agip Oil Company Okpai Joint Venture in Malaysia Service About Us in Bangladesh Gaining Ground in the East Neighbourly Ties Into Africa Down Under Westward Bound In the Gulf Region DM for Marubeni Water treatment for Malaysia School In India Ion Exchange Honoured with Top Water Awards Again IEWL awarded Maruti Suzuki’s Greenfield Project. JSW Recycles Cooling Tower Blowdown IEWL successfully completed JSW Steel’s CRM unit IEWL received ETP contract from Essar Steel Successfully Commissioned at O.P. Jindal Thermal Power Project Order for SWRO Plant from Gujarat Anjan Cement Zero Discharge Project at Ambuja Cements O&M Services for Rohm and Haas Unique Sugar Condensate Treatment INDION ASM (Arsenic Selective Media) Novel process for purification of caustic in bottling plant industry INDION EcoServe INDION Lampak INDION Ultra High Rate Clarifier INDCHLOR Mixed Oxidant Generator INDION Chlogen - Chlorine Dioxide Generator ITC Maurya ordered for MBR Prestigious breakthrough from Unitech Their Choice of Brew IEWL bagged order from Asia Pacific Brewery Restoring Clear Waters WaterPower IEWL executing NGPSTP at Reliance Industries IEI awarded with Mundra Thermal Power Projects of Adani Power Ltd. Nuclear Feat International Tie-Ups Ozonia of Switzerland Order from Reliance Industries Ltd. Order from Angeripalayam Centralised Effluent Treatment Plant From O. P. Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant INDION MnSR Manganese Specific Resin Effluent recycle at Chemplast Sanmar Ltd. Heavy Water Board Order from Gas Authority of India TWM contract from GPT Steel Industries Ltd. Bagged order from Bhushan Ltd. Pretreatment plant at INDAL Successfully commissioned Oil coalescer system for IOCL Record contract in Indian industrial water treatment Zero Discharge Plant for CPCL INDION lab - Q System New In-house Farication Facility at Hosur Ion Exchange Presented Top Water Awards Effluent recycle for textile dyeing effluents Strategic service alliance with Nicco Water Park Sugar Decolourisation Sugar Refining Chemicals Powering the Sugar sector Uranium Corp. of India Ltd. Recycle plant commissioned at MFL Reed bed for Dhirubhai Ambani Institute Associated Cement Companies Ltd. China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation Customer Confidence High Purity Water System Artificial Kidney Dialysis Application Innovative Cost-Effective Solutions for the Dyeing Industry Second Rail Neer Project Commissioned Major Engineering Orders Successfully Commissioned Test Rig Inaugurated In the Infrastructural Sector Breakthrough order from Reliance Infocomm Strategic alliance with Chemical Systems Technologies TWM for Maruti Udyog Second largest UF-RO plant for Mysore Sugars Reverse osmosis membranes for Chennai Petroleum Corporation Water treatment for Fosters beer (Iceberg Industries) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) goes for demineralisation DM for Jindal ETP in demand Drinking water for Indian Navy Commissioned Rail Neer project ETP for Sundram Fastners Indian Hotels Company  Limited (IHCL) gets water and waste water treatment plant Service Sector Ion Exchange Services Ltd. now offers a specially developed package O&M contract from Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. Renewal of O&M contract >From Chemplast Sanmar Ltd. Badarpur Thermal Power Station Single identity under Ion Exchange Services Ltd. O&M gains ground Customer Services On the Service Front Homes Zero B Duplex Water Softener Launched Zero B Mera Brand say Consumers Zero B spreads Water Awareness Zero B Ultimate RO System: Under-the-Counter Zero B Pristine UF At Vashi - A Whole New World of Health Zero B Water Vending Stations at bus stations Zero B Hat-Trick!   Communities Satisfaction Certificates INDION Jalshudhi - Low-cost drinking water purification Delhi Jal Board installs Indion Plant for sewage recycle Mobilising Drinking Water Relief for the Tsunami-Affected INDION Power Pump Attachment Fluoride Removal Unit Handpump Attachment Iron Removal Unit Domestic Defluoridation Units Drinking Water Plant Organo.100% Natural Organic Inputs Filtration and softening system for Military Engineering Services Trolley mounted reverse osmosis systems for Army DMU for Meghalaya PHED Waterstation set up at the Taj Mahal, Agra Assam Regimental Centre gets Zero B Waterstation Fluoride Removal in Maharashtra Press Room Elixir of Life - The Times of India, November 28, 2006 Water Awards Announced - The Economic Times, November 27, 2006 More Than Just A Problem - The Times of India, June 5 20006 The Water Method Firm Planning for Sustainable Water Security Numero Uno in the Water Treatment Industry World Water Day: 22nd March 2006 Ion Exchange Launches 'Jalshudhi' Alliance for clean water with Nicco Park Ion Exchange stock gathers steam IEL merges 4 service cos Ion Exchange netbup by 145% - BS Safe Water - Hindu Ion Exchange anticipates sale of 150Cr by 07-08 Ion Expects 20% rise in sale Ion Exchange to tap Nascent Punjab Punjab Kesari 25th September Ion Exchange in JV with Waterleau Group Ion announces growth plans Ion Exchange Launches range of Water Purifers 29th Sept 05 Rs 150 Cr Sales Target CM Visits Okhla Sewage Plant DJB's high-tech plans to recycle water MBR Plant Installed Ion Exchange to launch new water purifiers soon - Tribune News Service, Chandigarh, September 23 2005 DJB installs new filter device at Okhla plant Punjab Kesri - September 24 2005 Ion Exchange all set to launch water purifiers in Punjab -September 23 2005 New technology to recycle waste water Zero Tolerance Ion Exchange inks 50:50 JV with Waterleau Group - The Economics, New Delhi, 22nd September 2005. Ion Exchange forges JV Belgian co - The Economics, Kolkata, 22nd September 2005. Ion Exchange forges JV Belgian co - The Economics, Mumbai, 22nd September 2005. Ion Exchange expects 20% rise in sales - Business Standard, Kolkata, 21st September 2005. GCC Operations Launched in Hamriya Free Zone, Sharjah Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Saeed Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Ajman Ruler's Court and in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Rasheed Al Leem, Director General of Al Hamriya Free Zone, Mr. Rajesh Sharma, announced the launch of the company’s operations in the GCC countries, at a gala dinner held at Le Meridien, Sharjah. The GCC operations headquartered in the Hamriya Free Zone, Sharjah will be the hub catering to the entire Middle East and Africa, offering total environment solutions for industry as well as Zero B water purification processes for homes. Speaking at the launch, Mr. Rajesh Sharma, said: 'We, at Ion Exchange (India) Ltd., are committed to conserve our earth's most precious resource - water, and this is what motivates us in our business of total water and environment management. Initiating our operations in the Middle East, with our headquarters here in the UAE, we offer to the community the widest range of required products to tackle the water problems currently existing in the region, as we affirm our dedication to bringing the best in our technologies to industries and homes.’ Mr. Suneeth Nair as Country Head of UAE, Mr. Gaurav Khullar for the Oman market and Mr. Suhail Khan for the Saudi Market are in position to cater to the demand and needs of the customers in these markets. Top International Contracts Contract for a 10,000 m3/day effluent treatment plant, 5000 m3/day water treatment plant and 300 m3/day DM plant consisting of a high rates solids contact clarifier and auto filtration units from the largest paper mill in Saudi Arabia, awarded against international and local competition. From Unger Steel Me. Fze. through Ibtikariar Architectural/Engineering Consultants, for a 1500 m3/day membrane bio-reactor. From Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO) for a 10,000 m3/day effluent treatment plant, 5,000 m3/day and filtration plant. From Gulfar Engineering & Contracting Co. for supply of a conventional effluent treatment plant. For the the LULU Island Development Project, our INDION membrane bio-reactor (MBR), capacity 3 x 800 m3/day. Ion Exchange also won the 5-year contract for O&M and supply of spares and consumables for this project. At Asia Pacific Lanka Breweries Limited, Srilanka - first international installation of iron removal filter (22 m3/h) and an ultra filtration system (20 m3/h). 30 m3/h pretreatment plant includes high rate solids contact clarifier, primary sand filter and activated carbon filter and demineralisation plant of 15 m3/h, at West Kenya Sugar Limited (Kenya) ordered through M/s National Heavy Engineering Co-operative Limited. Fluidised media reactor 200 unit at Gulf Petrochemicals Services & Trading LLC, Oman. Pretreatment, demineralisation and waste water treatment package supplied to EPC Tepat Teknik Sdn Bhd (MMC Group) with Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Yokohama as consortium partners. Commissioned and handed over to Sepangar Bay 100 MW gas fired power plant at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. . Top Ion Exchange Goes West Our subsidiary company Ion Exchange LLC, headquartered in California with an office in Ontario, will cater to the North American market for distribution & sales of INDION ion exchange resins for water and speciality applications, and water treatment equipment. Top First order from Bahrain Awarded against international competition, our first order from Bahrain, for the LULU Island Development Project, for an INDION membrane bio-reactor, capacity 3 x 800 m3/day. Also, a contract for supply of spares and consumables for 5 years as well as O&M for same project. Top Order from Japanese EPC contractor From a Japanese EPC contractor for a thermal power plant project to be installed in Vietnam, a repeat order comprising 195 m3/h pretreatment, 2 x 55 m3/h demineralisation (DM) and 55 m3/h waste water treatment plant. Top Order from EPC contractor in USA Order bagged from an EPC contractor for the first time from USA for a DM plant (2 streams of 283 m3/h cation, 283 m3/h anion, 321.40 m3/h MB) and filtration plant (2 streams of 55 m3/h cartridge filter/ oil coalescer and activated carbon filter. Top RO-EDI system at Royce Pharma RO-EDI system at Royce Pharma Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd., Malaysai. Top Succesfully commisioned at Okpai Successfully commissioned, a contract from Alstom Power, Italy, for the Okpai Power Plant of the Nigeria AGIP Oil Company - for fully automatic PLC based pretreatment and water treatment plants consisting of 930 m3/h filtration, 2 x 140 m3/h demineralisation, chemical dosing and potable water treatment. Conductivity of demineralised water at the mixed bed outlet is 0-06 – 0.13 microsiemens/cm, and SiO2 is 2 – 10 ppb. Top Overseas order For a leading contracting company in Oman, 2 x 150 m3/day RO plant and 150 m3/day sewage treatment plant (fluidised media reactor). Top Joint venture with Waterleau,Belgium Ion Exchange India has entered into a joint venture with the Waterleau Group based at Brussels. Waterleau is a leading global company with strong presence in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Russia, with a turnover of 30 million euros last year and a current order book of 60 million euros. Waterleau provides environmental solutions and services with proprietary technologies, encompassing, air, water & waste water, biosolids & waste and soil remediation in municipal and industrial segments. With more than 800 reference plants worldwide, Waterleau has an impressive track record in municipal waste treatment and industries like petrochemicals, breweries & distilleries, plastics, industrial chemicals, dairy and also the food & beverages companies, to name a few. Ion Exchange India being an established leader in Asia, for total water management solutions to industries, homes and communities, the joint venture will leverage the strengths of both organizations to provide state-of-the-art turnkey environmental solutions and services to the growing Asian market. The new venture will provide single point responsibility for total environmental solution to industry and municipal needs for waste water and sewage treatment, solid waste treatment and disposal, hazardous waste management, air pollution control and renewable energy generation, with emphasis on industrial and infrastructure projects. The estimated market in India alone for sewage, industrial waste water and solid waste treatment is Rs.4,500 crores. It is growing annually at the rate of 10-12% with Governmental incentives and aid to private sector projects, particularly Infrastructure. The joint venture will also benefit both companies as it will provide engineering, services and manufactured equipments required for the global markets served by Waterleau.

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One of the objectives of this partnership is entry into new market segments and geographical areas, and thereby a greater market share for our water treatment business in Singapore and China. The well experienced team and good organizational and service set up of Ace Dynamics is a valuable advantage to this association.

From R. L. Yarn Dyeing, Bangladesh against competition from European and Indian suppliers, a 1200 m3/day waste water treatment plant.

From Gulf Farabi Petro Chemicals, Saudi Arabia a 120 m3/day RO plant. The client’s consultant is UDHE India & the main contractor is SNC Lavin, Canada.

Nigerian Agip Oil Company Okpai

910 m³/h pretreatment plant and 120 m³/h demineralisation plant supplied to EPC Alstom Power Italia SpA for Oil Company Okpai power plant. The job involved 175 tonnes of steel fabrication, a single largest rubberlined tank of 4.2 x 12.5 dia (LOS) with a shipment weight of 3.8 tonnes. Our EOU at Rabale arranged to move 180 truckloads of material in a fortnight for a specially chartered barge mounted shipment.

Joint Venture in Malaysia
IEI Water- Tech (M) Sdn, Bhd. has been set up as a joint venture in Kuala Lumpur to service Malaysia. Its main focus will be on infrastructural, powerand community water supply projects including O&M.

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Service About Us in Bangladesh
IEI has supplied more than a hundred plants in Bangladesh over the last 20 years. In order to better service these customers, particular for O&M, we have now set up a separate service About Us, Ion Exchange (WTS) Bangladesh Ltd., in Dhaka.

Gaining Ground in the East
Some recent contracts awarded to IEI:

• MitraPhol Thailand, a leading multi-business Thai group, awarded us the contract for a water treatment plant for their power project at Danchang. The water treatment package incorporated a 100 m³/h softener, 60m³/h demineraliser, 75 m³/h condensate polishing unit and 100m³/h side stream filtration.
  
• From PT Prima Electrik Power, Indonesia, a 550 m³/h pretreatment plant through PT Siskem Aneka, Indonesia. The plant, which will treat river water, comprises two high rate solids contact clarifiers of 16 m. dia. Each, followed by a gravity dual media filter.
  
• Marubeni Corporation, Japan, awarded us a contract for supply of a complete 170 m³/h water treatment system for a power project in Veitnam.
• Under Construction by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan, is a power plant project at Tanjung Jeti in Indonesia. IEI was awarded the contract for the water treatment plant consisting of six large (3.4 m.dia. x 6.5 m. length) horizontal filters followed by two streams of demineralization at 150 m³/h. It was executed in a record five months.
• Mitshubishi Heavy Industries, Japan, EPC contractor to the federal power About Us, Tenaga National Board of Malaysia, is building a 750 MW power plant at Port Dickson near Kuala Lumpur. The water treatment package- demineralization and waste water treatment plants, each 50m³/h, for this was sub-contracted to us - in fact, a revamp of the first plant supplied by IEI to ,Malaysia for the then Taunku Ja'afar project.
• From Kawasaki Heavy Industires, Mindano , Philippines, an order - with a 10 month delivery period FOB Mumbai - for design, engineering and supply of mechanical equipment for plant comprising pretreatment capacity 2 x 155 m³/h; demineralization plant capacity 2 x 45 m³/h; waste water treatment plant capacity 35 m³/h; and sewage treatment plant of 30 m3/day.

Neighbourly Ties
Our 20m³/h water treatment system for an IT Park in Nepal will treat underground water containing ammonia, organics and iron, and incorporates forced draft aeration for iron removal followed by sand and carbon filtration. The order also includes four Zero B pristine 25L reverse osmosis units for drinking water.

Into Africa

• At Serengeti Breweries in Tanzania, we successfully commissioned and handed over a 10 m³/h reverse osmosis system, with a 55 m³/h pretreatment plant. This is the first plant supplied overseas which incorporated MIOX (Mixed Oxidants) disinfection.
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  Through EPC ALTOM for the OKPAI power plant in Nigeria, a turnkey contract for a complete water treatment package (120 m³/h x 2 streams) along with supporting dosing system and potable water system packages.

Down Under
Our first engineering order from Australia was from Omega Chemicals. The contract is for a 6 m³/h fully automatic brine softening unit (our third overseas order for brine softening) for their bleaching plant in Victoria.

Westward Bound
Our first breakthrough in UK is the order for mechanical supply of demineralization plant equipment through a UK-based EPC. The plant will consist of 3 streams of spilt flow cation exchanger and stratified split flow weak/strong based anion exchangers each of 230 m³/h.

In the Gulf Region
After successful execution of brine softening plant for Simon Carves, UK, through Simon India, we received another order, for the supply of a reverse osmosis plant, followed by a mixed bed unit, for the sulphuric acid plant coming up in Saudi Arabia.
From EPC Technip, we won a contract for supply of condensate treatment plant for a fertiliser project being set up in the Sultanate of Oman which will be the largest in the Gulf region. The fully automated plant incorporates 3 streams of condensate polishing units, one of which will operate at 750 m³/h.

DM for Marubeni
A 2 x 20 m³/h fully automated PLC controlled demineralisation plant for Marubeni Power Systems Corporation, Japan for their power plant in Vietnam.

Water treatment for Malaysia Schools
100 water treatment plants, consisting softeners and reverse osmosis systems supplied to Malaysia, for installation in different schools there.

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In India

Ion Exchange Honoured with Top Water Awards Again

IEI’s contribution to the water industry was once again recognised with three prestigious Water Awards for the second consecutive year, at the award function held in Delhi on 29th November, 2007.These Water Digest Water Awards were instituted in 2006 in association with UNESCO to recognise efforts and excellence of individuals, NGOs and corporates in the field of water and the water industry.
• Best Water Company – Ion Exchange (India) Ltd.
• Best Water Conserver (Waste Water Management) – Ion Exchange Waterleau Ltd.
• Best RO water Purifier – Zero B from Ion Exchange (India) Ltd.

Mr. Rajesh Sharma,Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. receives the ‘Best Water Company Award 2007-08’ from Minister of State for Water Resources Shri. Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav and Ms. Minja Yang, Director, UNESCO

Eighteen awards were presented in different categories to corporates, individuals and NGOs. These awards recognise excellent performance in specific areas and they also help society by stimulating public awareness and attention on critical water issues.

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IEWL awarded Maruti Suzuki’s Greenfield Project
Ion Exchange Waterleau awarded turnkey execution of 960 m3/day effluent treatment plant for Maruti Suzuki’s greenfield project at Manesar, Haryana.

Right from inception IEI has been the preferred vendor of Maruti Suzuki, with contracts for water, effluent and sewage treatment and effluent recycling entrusted to as per Maruti’s expansion programme. No surprise then, way back in 1997, IEI was the obvious choice for the first ever effluent recycling based on reverse osmosis in the automobile sector.

Now, on the verge of commissioning is the turnkey concept-to-commissioning contract of effluent treatment plant, awarded to our joint venture Ion Exchange Waterleau Ltd. by Maruti Suzuki, for their 3 lakh car/year expansion project at Manesar. Effluent from all the operations is treated in a 960 m3/day centralised effluent treatment plant comprising dissolved air floatation followed by aerobic bio-degradation and regenerative filtration. The treated output will be reused for auxiliary applications and gardening.

An order from Hero Honda, Uttaranchal , for their motor control centre, for a 18 m3/h reverse osmosis (RO)system, 65 m3/h filter and 65 m3/h softener.

From Honda Cars, Greater Noida, a 75 m3/h RO plant – our third installation in the Honda group.

A contract for O & M of complete water treatment plant from Maruti Udyog Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana.

A 21 m3/h RO plant, 8 m3/h mixed bed and 30 m3/h softener from Durr India Private Ltd. for the Tata Motors, Lucknow project; and another from Durr India, for two stage RO, 30 m3/h & 12 m3/h, for Tata Motors, Singur, West Bengal.

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JSW Recycles Cooling Tower Blowdown

A milestone contract for IEI - our first water recycling plant for an integrated steel plant in India.

JSW Steel made use of fresh water from the Tungabhadra River for their operations at Tornagallu, Bellary in Karnataka. Keen on reducing its fresh water intake, JSW decided, as a first step, to treat the cooling tower blowdown from three units viz. the hot strip mill, basic oxygen furnace (BOF) and cold rolling mill (CRM); this water was not being treated and was used mostly for low end applications such as pellet plant and slag quenching.

IEI was awarded the contract for treating 125 m3/hr cooling tower blowdown which will give 105 m3/h RO permeate of excellent quality, with TDS < 250 ppm. The treatment process comprises physico-chemical treatment with high rate solids contact clarification, sand and carbon filtration, ultra filtration and two-stage RO. The treated water will be used for high end applications like the process requirement of the CRM. The RO reject will be used for slag quenching.

The contract is on a semi-BOO model as, apart from constructing the plant, the scope includes 10-year complete O&M services – inclusive of manpower, maintenance and supply of all spares, chemicals, consumables besides membrane replacement.

Once this plant is operational, JSW plans to recycle about 400 m3/h more waste water from various other sources to further reduce fresh water consumption.

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IEWL successfully completed JSW Steel’s CRM unit

Ion Exchange Waterleau successfully completed and handed over the Phase - I 2200 m3/day effluent treatment plant for JSW Steel’s CRM unit at Bellary. The Phase II effluent treatment plant is in final stage of commissioning. The complex effluents from various CRM operations containing very high oil and grease, organics, heavy metals in highly acidic and alkaline streams are treated in a specifically designed tailor made treatment system to achieve safe disposal standards in line with PCB requirements. This contract followed Ion Exchange success in treating CRM effluent earlier for Tata Steel.

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IEWL received ETP contract from Essar Steel

Essar Steel Ltd. has awarded Ion Exchange Waterleau with the contract for effluent treatment plant for its CRM unit at Hazira. The treatment scheme involves specific, customised, segregated treatment of various streams to treat very high oil and grease, organics, heavy metals in highly acidic and alkaline streams to achieve safe disposal standards in line with requirements of the pollution control board; the plant is PLC operated, with SCADA monitoring. With this, the steel sector has confirmed its confidence in Ion Exchange Waterleau’s expertise in the field.

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Successfully Commissioned at O.P. Jindal Thermal Power Project

Successfully commissioned, plant comprising pretreatment, demineralisation with ultra filtration, side stream filtration and chlorination with accessories and auxiliary packages for the 1000 MW (4x250 MW) O.P. Jindal Thermal Power Project at Tamnar, District Raigarh, Chattisgarh. The pretreatment plant consists of three clarifiers, each of 1750 m3/h capacity; demineralisation plant consists of a 3 x 100 m3/h chain, ultra filtration along with accessories and auxiliaries, cooling water treatment plant comprises six vacuum feed chlorinators of 200 kg/h each, and the twenty 20 automatic valveless gravity filters are each of 175 m3/h capacity.

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Order for SWRO Plant from Gujarat Anjan Cement

An order from Gujarat Anjan Cement Ltd., Kutch, for a 6 MLD sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant. The treatment scheme consists of a flash mixer, flocculation tank, lamella clarifier, gravity filter, pressure filters, cartridge filter, high pressure pump with turbo and RO modules with three skids of 85 m3/h each.

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Zero Discharge Project at Ambuja Cements

Ambuja Cement (HOLICIM), Ropar, Punjab awarded IEI the contract for a zero discharge plant - our 1 st complete zero discharge project where the entire recycling system as well as the evaporator equipment are being supplied by us. And it is also the 1st integrated zero discharge project for a cement plant in India which will recover over 93% of the waste water for reuse. The balance 7% will be evaporated leaving no liquid waste for discharge.

The plant will recycle cooling tower blowdown, softener regeneration waste and DM water regeneration waste using clarification, ultra filtration and two stage reverse osmosis. The reject from the second RO plant will be taken to a 100 m3/day evaporator where there will be 80% evaporation and the balance 20% taken to a solar pond. It will treat F m3/day of waste water with recovery of 430 m3/day with TDS < 200 ppm.

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O&M Services for Rohm and Haas

Water and waste water treatment plant at Rohm and Haas, Sriperumbudur. Water treatment scheme includes high rate solids contact clarifier, multigrade filter, UV sateriliser, reverse osmosis and degasser, while that of the waste water treatment plant consists of biological section, multrigrade filter, ultra filtration and two stage reverse osmosis.

Unique Sugar Condensate Treatment

Ion Exchange has developed a new technology for recovery and reuse of sugar condensate generated from sugar mills - the first time in the world a treatment process is available to remove organics contaminants from sugar condensate. The patent application for this technology has been filed. The treated condensate can be used for medium and high pressure boilers in co-gen power plants as well as for cooling towers as make up water. The treated condensate can be used as makeup for cooling towers.

Given the increasing water scarcity, this is a breakthrough technology for the sugar industry, as it effectively conserves fresh water resources through reuse of treated condensate. India has around 500 sugar mills, with 18 million tonnes of annual sugar production. Normally sugar mills have a crushing capacity of 2,500 to 10,000 tonnes per day, generating 70% of sugar condensate. Thus, a sugar mill with sugarcane crushing capacity 5000 tonnes/day produces 3500 tonnes condensate per day. Adoption of our sugar condensate treatment technology will enable sugar mills to significantly reduce their dependency on fresh water from rivers, dams, etc.

With this development, IEI is able to offer the sugar sector an even broader spectrum of solutions, adding to its extensive range of water and waste water treatment and speciality process chemicals.

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INDION ASM (Arsenic Selective Media)
Ion Exchange has introduced INDION ASM Arsenic Selective Media, a path breaking arsenic removal technology far superior to the current technologies available.

INDION ASM is designed to selectively remove arsenic from ground water without affecting other water quality parameters. Its unique chemistry is based on impregnation of hydrated ferric oxide with a high affinity for arsenic and durable polymer substrate. It is used like conventional ion exchange resins and there is absolutely no generation of fines during use. Compared to other technologies, INDION ASM is far more robust and can handle greater arsenic loads per cubic foot of media at high concentrations of arsenic (max. 3000 ppb). The media also has an extremely high static adsorption capacity of 30mg/g of resin.

INDION ASM performs well even in the presence of common anions such as chlorides, sulphates or bicarbonates. However, excessive iron, manganese, hydrogen sulphide, anions like silica, phosphate and vanadium may affect the performance of this media and should be removed in pretreatment.

INDION ASM has been validated during extensive field studies with iron removal handpump attachment and point-of-use units in West Bengal, India where arsenic ranges from 200-500 ppb and treated water showed <10 ppb arsenic on a continuous basis. The exhausted media has successfully passed the TCLP test as per EPA 1311 and is non-toxic and safe for disposal.

Developed completely indigenously, INDION ASM eliminates dependence on foreign technologies even as its technological superiority holds tremendous potential in overseas markets.

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Novel process for purification of caustic in bottling plant industry
It’s the customary procedure in bottling plants to recycle glass bottles to refill products such as beer and cold drinks. The used glass bottles are collected from different places and brought to the factory where they are sterilised by using 2% hot caustic soda solution. The caustic is used for 10 to 15 days till it is contaminated with iron, suspended solids, colour bodies and carbonates. It is then neutralised with an equal amount of acid and disposed off as per the norms set by the pollution control board.

Ion Exchange has now developed a process based on ion exchange resins for removal of the above impurities. As the same caustic soda can be used continuously there is no need to use fresh caustic; moreover, no waste water is generated. Thus our caustic purification process, which has been patented, enables substantial savings, giving a payback period of just 1½ years.

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INDION EcoServe
Efficient, Economical and Eco-friendly

Recently launched INDION ECOSERVE is a state-of-the art system designed to treat and recycle vehicle wash effluent. Ideal for service stations, bus depots, automobile manufacturers, metro yards etc. INDION EcoServe conserves large volumes of fresh water saving upto 80& water costs while enabling compliance with environmental discharge regulations for vehicle wash waste streams.

Vehicle wash effluent contains large amount of petroleum hydrocarbons (oil, grease, fuels), heavy metals, cleaning fluids and detergent, besides high levels of COD and BOD, Moreover, vehicle wash facilities use vast volumes of water which is then sent to drain, thus wasting an increasingly scarce and valuable resource.

The INDION ECOSERVE removes free floating and emulsified oil, grease and suspended particles – organic and inorganic, as well as colour and odour, thereby making the water fit for reuse for vehicle washing. The compact, skid mounted system is totally automated using intelligent control for precise measuring and monitoring which reduces maintenance.

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INDION Lampak
Making available clean and safe drinking water is an urgent, primary concern, particularly in India’s rural areas where it is estimated that a staggering 90 million people in villages do not have access to safe drinking water supplies. The INDION Lampak unit produces safe drinking water from surface water like ponds, lakes, rivers and canals. It is best suited to community requirements and is ideal for small villages and housing colonies, as well as military establishments and resorts/motels.

Designed to treat raw water having total suspended solids (TSS) as high as 500 mg/l, The INDION Lampak can produce 25 m3/h flow of drinking water, which is the typical demand for community use.

Features

1. Produces disinfected water having less than 2 mg/l TSS from raw water with upto 500 mg/l TSS. Treated water quality is independent of raw water TSS containing up to 500 mg/l.
2. Packaged system - incorporates mixing, flocculation, clarification and filtration in a single unit.
3. Less moving parts so easy to install and operate - does not have a rotating mechanism for flash mixing, flocculation and sludge removal; does not require separate backwash water storage tank for backwash.
4. Takes just a day to install.

Advantages

• Ease of operation; can be operated even by villagers who have been adequately trained
• Compact - requires less space
• Low maintenance due to minimum rotating parts.
• Containerised, hence easy to transport and move to different locations if required.
• Does not depend on availability of electricity - if equipped can also work on a diesel generator. The unit can thus be operated in areas where electricity is not available, including remote villages.

INDION Ultra High Rate Clarifier
The innovative INDION Ultra High Rate Clarifier is a compact, efficient and low cost unit for clarification of surface and waste water. Its design combines the technologies of the solids contact clarifier and the lamella clarifier, offering the advantages of both, with enhanced performance at significantly increased rise rates compared to conventional clarifiers. Reaction, flocculation, separation, sludge removal and clarification occur in a single treatment basin. The square design allows construction of multiple units with significant reduction in civil costs; it allows for common wall construction with other units, thus making for very compact layouts. The clarifier can be assembled at site with great ease and in a very short time.

Process Parameters

• Handles high inlet suspended solids load up to 3000 ppm, while giving consistent treated water quality of<20 ppm.
• Wide flow rates and size range – flow rates as high as 2500 m3/h and sizes as large as 20 m x 20 m.
• Rise rates are higher than conventional clarifiers.
• Sludge concentrations up to 4 – 5% are achieved.

Advantages

• Gives better outlet quality
• Improved performance at very high flow rates.
• Minimal space requirement.
• Rapid and complete chemical reaction.
• Dense, easily settled precipitates.
• Minimum chemical requirement
• Sudden flow fluctuation does not affect performance; uniform results obtained regardless of feed suspended solid fluctuation.
• Minimum energy consumed.
• Reduces the overall sizes of equipment, and hence the cost.
• Effective solid handling and sludge removal; maximum consistency of sludge

INDCHLOR Oxidant Generator

The INDCHLOR unit is an integrated oxidant generator which produces treated water from salt water feed. INDCHLOR can produce a maximum of 0.8 kg/day oxidants; designed for continuous operation, it can produce chlorinated water at all times except during cleaning and maintenance. It is ideal for drinking water treatment apart from swimming pool treatment and applications in industrial process and cooling water treatment.

Features

• Electronically controlled safety interlock allows the system to operate safely.
• Simple, cost effective method of generation.
• An integrated monitoring system ensures efficiency.
• Alert alarm signals unwanted conditions
• Stringent quality assurance procedures (QAP)ensures the product quality

INDION Chlogen - Chlorine Dioxide Generator

INDION CHLOGEN is a very reliable and cost effective solution in disinfection technology combining high performance, simplicity of use and low maintenance. It produces chlorine dioxide safely and efficiently. Chlorine dioxide can be produced by using chlorinated water and acid methods. The simple design reduces operational difficulties, which results in lower operating cost and easy operator control.

INDION CHLOGEN is ideal for drinking water treatment, cooling water treatment, process water treatment, swimming pool applications and waste water treatment. It finds applications in almost every industry such as dairy, beverage, pulp and paper, food and vegetable processing poultry, chemical, power, textile, hotels as well as in hospitals etc.

Advantages:

• Kills viruses, bacteria, giardia, cryptosporidium, botulism, e.coli and cholera
• Very effective in removing odour and taste caused by high organic loading, phenols, humic acid or sulfides.
• No significant formation of trihalomethanes (THMs)
• Does not react with bromides to form bromine or bromate (a known carcinogen) or promote the formation of other brominated hydrocarbons.
• Approved for drinking water treatment by Environmental Protection Agency
• Oxidises iron, manganese and sulfides
• Does not react with ammonia and is only slightly reactive with primary amines
• Long shelf life in water
• Less corrosive

Chlorine dioxide is an effective bio-dispersant; unlike traditional oxidising biocides which do not penetrate the biofilm and leave underlying bacteria unaffected, chlorine dioxide can penetrate the slime layer, as it is a true gas.

ITC Maurya ordered for MBR
ITC Maurya, earlier managed by Sheraton and now part of the Star Wood luxury chain, is among the most preferred hotels in Delhi, playing host to presidents, prime ministers and high level dignitaries of many countries. The hotel is being renovated to international standards, and as part of the refurbishment of the sewage treatment plant, Ion Exchange was awarded the contract for supply of an 800 m3/day membrane bio-reactor – the contract was won against international competition. We will also be providing O&M services for five years.

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Prestigious breakthrough from Unitech

Another prestigious breakthrough is the supply of a 50 m3/day membrane bio-reactors to Unitech (Shantiniketan Buildwell) for their new corporate office campus which is under construction in Saket. Unitech is the second largest builder in the construction segment and among the top three in terms of land bank, with a hundred plus projects under construction or ready to start. Unitech’s choice of our membrane bio-reactor for their own complex is of telling importance in terms of technology and supplier preference.

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Their Choice of Brew

When Heinekein, the world’s leading beer manufacturer, decided to put up a greenfield project in India - Asia Pacific Pearl Pvt. Ltd. at Hyderabad, to produce their world famous brands, IEI was the obvious choice for water and waste water management, particularly as breweries produce complex effluents high on organics.

Based on its global domain expertise of many years in treating brewery effluent, Ion Exchange Waterleau was awarded the order for a 1000 m3/day effluent treatment plant. The state-of-the art, PLC operated plant comprises a LUCAS anaerobic system (UASB), which converts 2000 kg/day of COD into the valuable by-product of biogas, followed by a LUCAS secondary aerobic system based on cyclic activated sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treatment process. The LUCAS SBR treatment process offer the advantages of a compact, modular, easy to operate and expand system with less maintenance compared to conventional systems, due to the absence of a secondary clarifier mechanism and sludge recirculation pumps.

To conserve water, it was decided to recycle the treated effluent for use in utility and auxiliary applications. The recycle system added on comprises a high rate solids contact clarifier for silica removal, regenerative filtration followed by ultra filtration and reverse osmosis. Biogas, as an energy source, and water from the effluent recycling plant are the net resource gains. The water treatment and management system was supplied by Ion Exchange thus completing total water management solutions for the brewery.

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IEWL bagged order from Asia Pacific Brewery

Ion Exchange Waterleau’s first export order, from Asia Pacific Brewery, Sri Lanka, is for augmentation of the existing 250 m3/day effluent treatment plant to 500 m3/day by inclusion of LUCAS anaerobic system (UASB) followed by upgradation of the existing aerobic biological system.

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Restoring Clear Waters

The eutrophication of the large 50 hectare Hebbal lake at Bangalore was adversely affecting realty value in the vicinity and had also become a prime impediment to the development of a high end complex in the area by to East India Hotel of Delhi,

LUCAS technology offered by Ion Exchange Waterleau is the ideal solution for nutrient removal to abate eutrophication of water bodies. Together with East India Hotel, Ion Exchange Waterleau took up this lake restoration project. The lake was cleaned for restoration. Ion Exchange Waterleau installed a state-of-the-art 4 MLD capacity sewage reclamation plant based on its proprietary technology of cyclic activated sequencing batch reactor process with co-current removal of nutrients - the culprits behind the eutrophication. The cyclic sequencing batch reactor (SBR) technology of Ion Exchange Waterleau is ideal for sewage and industrial effluent reclamation as it offers very compact modular solutions (requiring just 25% area of conventional systems) that are also very user friendly with PLC operations. Ion Exchange Waterleau will also undertake the responsibility of operating and maintaining the system.

The treated sewage, free from organics and nutrients, will be used to replenish water losses from this large water body. The restored lake has not only added to the aesthetics and value of the area but will be developed as a recreational tourist attraction to generate revenue.

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WaterPower

Ion Exchange is presently engaged in water systems for several power projects of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) & Reliance (ADA) Groups. The capacity of treated water from each of the systems varies from 80 to 100 m3/h.

The Indira Gandhi Super Thermal Power Project (IGSTPP) is a prestigious 3x500 MW project linked to the Commonwealth Games scheduled in 2010. This project is being set up at Jhajjar, in Haryana by the Aravali Power Co. (P) Ltd., a venture jointly promoted by NTPC, and the governments of Delhi & Haryana. IEI has been awarded the contract for the demineralisation plant, the core, qualitative requirement for any thermal power plant.

Reliance (ADA) Group, the leading promoters of power projects in the private sector, are currently at an advanced stage of executing two projects in Uttar Pradesh - at Rosa (near Shahjahanpur) and at Parichha (near Jhansi).

Rosa Power Supply Company Limited (RPSCL), a fully owned subsidiary of Reliance Power, is developing a 600 (2x300)MW coal-fired power project, Rosa Phase I, at Rosa village in Shahjahanpur. The complete water system that includes 2x1675 m3/h pretreatment, the 2 x 80 m3/h demineralisation plant and the cooling water treatment system is being designed, engineered and built by Ion Exchange. The drinking water reverse osmosis system too for the Rosa township has been awarded to us.

Reliance Energy Ltd. is the EPC contractor for the 2x250 MW Parichha Thermal Power Station for Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam. For this project as well, the our 44 years of expertise in Total Water Management Solutions provided the confidence to entrust us with the design, engineering and construction of the complete water system that includes 2 x 1260 m3/h pretreatment, 2 x 85 m3/h demineralization plant and cooling water treatment system.

While civil construction portion in both contracts is retained by Reliance, the civil design & engineering is being provided by Ion Exchange.

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IEWL executing NGPSTP at Reliance Industries

Ion Exchange Waterleau is executing a 80 m3/day (2 X 40 m3/day) new generation packaged sewage treatment plant (NGPSTP) for treating sewage from the administrative block of Reliance Industries Ltd. (Petroleum Project) gas exploration unit (KGD6 block development project). The treated sewage will be used for gardening. Our NGPSTP was selected from various available options because of its compact, easy to operate, modular design that also blended in with the aesthetics of the surrounding area.

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IEI awarded with Mundra Thermal Power Projects of Adani Power Ltd.

Against international competitive bidding, IEI was awarded the design, engineering, supply, erection & commissioning of a 7 MLD sea water RO plant for the 4 x 330 MW Mundra Thermal Power Projects of Adani Power Ltd., at Mundra, Gujarat. The scheme consists of a flash mixer, flocculation tank, lamella clarifier, gravity filter, pressure filters, cartridge filter, high pressure pump with pressure exchanger and RO modules with four skids. The scope includes process & mechanical equipment along with a high tension electrical system of 6.6 KV HT switchgear, transformer, all electrical work and PLC based control system. The contract also includes detailed civil design of the RO plant.

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Nuclear Feat

Ion Exchange has successfully designed, supplied, commissioned and handed over a 170 m3/h uranium recovery plant to Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL). This is for its prestigious 3000 MT per day capacity project for uranium ore mining and processing at Turamdih, Jharkhand. The operating system is fixed bed ion exchange with anion resin bed; in the ion exchange system, uranium is absorbed in the resin beds and the absorbed uranium recovered by chloride elution with saturated solution of sodium chloride in sulphuric acid. Uranium in eluate is subsequently reacted with magnesium oxide to precipitate and thus recover uranium in the form of magnesium diuranate.

Prestigious boron enrichment Plant handed over to Heavy Water Board, Manuguru. Contract included related instrumentation and electricals, including PLC. The process of enrichment of boron (B10) from naturally occurring boric acid is based on isotopic exchange between borate ions on an anion exchanger and boric acid in solution in contact with resin. The scope covered related instrumentation and electrical works including PLC. Operation of the plant based on this process mainly involves preparation of feed chemical solutions, ion exchange chromatographic operations, regeneration and product/reject purification.

International Tie-Ups

With Triogen of UK

Ion Exchange has entered into a representative agreement with Triogen Ltd. (Degremont Technologies), based in Glasgow, UK. Triogen is one of the world’s leading design and manufacturing companies specialising in UV systems for leisure and industrial applications. Their wide range includes low and medium pressure UV systems for applications ranging from general water disinfection and drinking water disinfection to high purity water disinfection, TOC reduction and de-ozonation. The full range of Industrial applications.

1. Drinking water Disinfection
2. Process general purpose water disinfection
3. Water feature and fountain disinfection
4. Waste Water disinfection
5. High purity water deozonation
6. General Purpose deozonation
7. High purity water disinfection
8. High purity water TOC reduction
9. General purpose TOC reduction
10. Aquarium and seawater disinfection

Triogen products will be marketed, sold and serviced in the Indian sub-continent by Ion Exchange with support from Triogen UK.

Ozonia of Switzerland

Ion Exchange has entered into a representative agreement with Ozonia for their complete range of ozonators for the industrial segment. Ozonia, headquartered in Switzerland, is a world leader and innovator in ozone generator technology, and their developments in this field include the self centered AT dielectric segment technology that has allowed increased ozone concentration with greater energy efficiency. Ozonia’s worldwide ozone production capacity exceeds 15000 kg/h since 1991.

Ozonia’s range of products varies from small lab generators generating 4gm/h to large XF generators generating over 97kg/h from a single unit. Ozonia’s product range also includes innovative Membrel ozonators for high purity applications which generate ozone from pure water. The Ozonia range also includes containerised ozone generator systems capable of generating over 250kg/h.

The application areas for these systems are primarily in the area of waste water reuse and process water treatment. The Membrel range will be exclusively used for disinfection of high purity water loops (pharma and semi-conductor). These systems would be sold and serviced by Ion Exchange in the Indian subcontinent with technical support from Ozonia Switzerland.

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Order from Reliance Industries Ltd.

Our joint venture, Ion Exchange Waterleau Ltd. (IEWL) , has been awarded an order from Reliance Industries Ltd. for their petroleum refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat, for a 2000 m³/h effluent treatment plant & the DM plant and condensate polishing units (CPU) for the Reliance Jamnagar expansion project were awarded by Reliance Petroleum Limited to IEI The DM plant will treat desalinated water through 13 x 338 m³/h mixed bed units. The CPUs consist of six activated carbon filters and 3 x 338 m³/h mixed bed units. Bechtel, London is the consultant for this project.

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Order from Angeripalayam Centralised Effluent Treatment Plant

A prestigious order from Angeripalayam Centralised Effluent Treatment Plant (ACETP), Tirupur, Tamil Nadu for a 10 MLD effluent recycle and zero discharge plant to treat textile effluent. Treatment scheme incorporates membrane bioreactor followed by two stage RO plants and nano filtration.

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From O. P. Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant

For O. P. Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant (4 x 250 MW), Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, raw water treatment plant having 2100 m³/h clariflocculator, and three streams of 100 m3/h DM plant. This is the first utility plant commissioned in the O.P. Jindal Super Thermal Power Plant grassroot project.

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INDION MnSR Manganese Specific Resin

to provide catalytic properties, INDION MnSR effectively & economically removes dissolved manganese and iron from ground water. The media can treat the feed water with concentration as high as 2.5 ppm, to reduce the levels of managanese to <0.05 ppm & iron <0.3 ppm, meeting drinking water standards. INDION MnSR is insoluble catalyst, which oxidizes dissolved manganese and converts the soluble manganese into insoluble manganese dioxide, which can be filtered through the media. Backwash of the media removes precipitated manganese particles. Its advantages are many:

• In the presence of catalytic media, dissolved manganese gets oxidized, thereby precipitating it.
• Media does not undergo any chemical change.
• Compact and economical system requiring no electricity.
• No chemicals required for regeneration
• Sturdy, easy to operate, maintenanc- free
• Media does not required regeneration or activation with potassium
• Permanganate and hence less operating and chemical costs than other media.

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Effluent Recycle at Chemplast Sanmar Ltd.

Effluent recycle at Chemplast Sanmar Ltd, Mettur, Tamil Nadu. The plant capacity 300 m³/day, treats cooling tower blowdown and DM effluent for reuse.
The treatment scheme comprises high rate solids contact clarifiers, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis.

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Heavy Water Board

From Heavy Water Board, Manuguru, for their boron enrichment plant, 4 cascades, PLC based, of ion exchange columns with complete mechanical, electrical and instrumentation work for this prestigious project of the Department of Atomic Energy. Another order from this client, for enhancement of their existing 6 x 300 m³/h DM plant (supplied by us in 1987) with addition of a` strong base anion unit.

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Order from Gas Authority of India

Third order from Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), Assam for a 25m³/h iron specific resin (ISR) based iron removal filter, activated carbon filter and a MIOX disinfection system. This is for disinfection of drinking water for the Central Industrila Security Force (CISF) colony at Lakwa, Assam.

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TWM contract from GPT Steel Industries Ltd.

A total water management contract from GPT Steel Industries Ltd., for their project at Mithirohar, near Gandhidham in Kutch, Gujarat. The water treatment and waste water recycle was awarded to IEI, and the waste water treatment order to Ion Exchange Waterleau.

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Bagged orders from Bhushan Ltd.

Handed over Bhushan Limited, Rengali, Dist. Sambalpur, Orissa, DM & softening plants.

The scheme for Phases I & II is as follows:
a. Pretreatment plant, 1200 m³/h, consisting of cascade aerator, flash mixer, flocculation tank, lamella clarifier and pressure sand filters
b. DM plant (semi auto), 2 x 22 m³/h, consisting of multigrade sand filter, activated carbon filter, strong acid cation unit, degasser, strong base anion unit, mixed bed and DM water tank.
c. Two softening plants (auto), 3 x 180 m³/h and 2 x 200 m³/h.

A repeat order from this client is recieved for their expansion project - a pretreatment plant of 6000 m³/h, softener of 1000 m³/h and mill scale filtration plant of 8500 m³/h, all PLC based

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Pretreatment plant at INDAL
At INDAL,Hirakud 550 m³/h pretreatment plant consisting of high rate solids contact clarifier and a 20 m³/h DM plant with pressure sand and activated carbon filters, strong acid cation, strong base anion and mixed bed units.

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Successfully commissioned

For Chemplast Sanmar, Karaikal, Pondicherry, sea water reverse osmosis plant (SWRO) of 2 x 25 m³/h consisting of lamella clarifier, multigrade and pressure sand filters, RO system, degasser and storage tank

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Order from Gas Authority of India

For Chemplast Sanmar, Karaikal, Pondicherry, sea water reverse osmosis plant (SWRO) of 2 x 25 m³/h consisting of lamella clarifier, multigrade and pressure sand filters, RO system, degasser and storage tank.

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Oil coalescer system for IOCL

An order from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Haldia for condensate treatment with oil coalescer system. IOC will be using oil coalescer technology for the first time in their refineries in India starting with the installation at their Haldia works.

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Record contract in Indian industrial water treatment

The Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) , Chennai awarded a contract for a 5.8 MGD desalination project on turnkey basis to Ion Exchange India's Water & Environment division. The sea water reverse osmosis plant is of 1100 m³/h capacity and the scope includes civil work and high tension electrical system with mechanical, electrical and automation of the plant. This is the largest value order in sea water desalination in the history of Indian industrial water treatment industry. We have already executed a contract from CPCL, Manali for a zero discharge effluent and sewage recycle plant, feed capacity 200 m³/h. The plant incorporates pretreatment, filtration, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis..

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Zero Discharge Plant for CPCL

The capacity of CPCL's 3 mtpa refinery at Manali was doubled in 2002, increasing the refinery's requirement of process water. Although CPCL was treating raw sewage from municipal supplies in their tertiary treatment plant, this was proving costly for process requirements; moreover, not only was the quality and quantity of sewage inconsistent but also insufficient to meet the demands of the expanded refinery.

Hence the concept of a new zero discharge plant was mooted and the contract awarded to Ion Exchange India Limited. The plant, feed capacity 200 m³/h, incorporates pretreatment, coagulation and filtration, ultra filtration and reverse osmosis, and degassification. It treats water from the existing effluent treatment plants of CPCL, for process use in the refinery. The process waste water is led back to the effluent treatment plants and thus the waste is recycled again. The water used for cleaning and backwashing is also generated at various stages of the treatment plant.

The zero discharge plant amply demonstrates that recycle of waste water not only protects the environment bu tmakes good business sense with water becoming increasingly scarce and costly

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--------- INDION Lab - Q System

Purified water is an essential resource in all laboratory environment from university research, clinical labs, to bio-pharmaceutical research and pharmaceutical laboratories.

INDION Lab-Q is a compact and convenient laboratory-grade, high purity water (ASTM Type III) system that is an economical alternative for bottled distilled water. It features all the technologies of RO systems with the added benefit of an integral auto sanitisation feature that delivers better than double-distilled quality water from a potable water source. The UV cartridges, in-built sanitisation and microprocessor controls ensure that purity standards are maintained.

• Feed for type I water
• Media and chemicals preparation
• Rinsing of highly sensitive glassware
• Instrumental analysis

New In-house Fabrication Facility at Hosur
A modern 11,000 sq. ft. facility for fabrication of vessels, pipes and structurals has been set up at our Standard Systems unit at Hosur to better Producing an average of 60 T/month equipment, the facility is soon expected to touch the planned and installed capacity of 80 T/month. It houses a series of equipment including conventional and Co₂ welding, rolling and drilling machines, a boiler to cater to rubber lining requirements, and sandblasting. The fabrication facility is helping to significantly crunch delivery times, enhance quality, and reduce costs particularly from the viewpoint of logistics.

Ion Exchange Honoured with Top Water Awards

Our contribution to the water industry was recognised with four prestigious awards,

•Best Water Company
•Best Water Conserver - Wastewater Management
•Best Domestic Water Purifier - Complete RO Purifier
•Lifetime Achievement Award to Chairman Mr. G. S. Ranganathan for
dedicating his life to the cause and fight for water conservation for the past 50 years

The esteemed panel of judges from the field of water were Dr. Sudhirendar Sharma, Director of Ecological Foundation; Dr. Sukumar Devotta, Director, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI); Mr. D. Datta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) and Dr. B. R. Neupane, Regional Programme Specialist, UNESCO.

At Simbhaoli Sugar Mills, Dist. Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, the sugar decoloursiation unit enables production of refined sugar of < 70 ICUMSA. The system is designed for sugar melt flow rate of 48 3/h m. The ion exchange system comprises of two resin columns – an acrylic (loader) column followed by a styrene (polisher) column.

From Haidergarh Chini Mills, a unit of Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd., Haidergarh, U.P. two side stream filters, capacity 125 m³/h each and one multi grade filter, capacity 40 m³/h. From Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. (the Bhabhnan unit - Chemical Division), Bhabhnan, a 125 m³/h multi grade filter, a 48 m³/h activated carbon filter and a 77 m³/h softener.

A prestigious contract for water treatment plant from Nizam Deccan Sugars Ltd., Hyderabad for the cogen power plant of their Bodhan plant in Andhra Pradesh The plant comprises 70 m³/h high rate solids contact clarifier, 55 m³/h ultra filtration, 41 m³/h reverse osmosis and 38 m³/h mixed bed. The treated water will be used for boiler feed and process application.

• 6 m³/h ultra filtration system for gelatin concentration – our third order from this customer for this application.
  
• Activated carbon filters for deodorisation of gelatin, for their Ooty unit
  
• Additional stream of DM plant for the unit at Karakadi, Vadodara.
  

From Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., Raigarh, Chattisgarh, a 700 m³/h pretreatment plant, 3 x 350 m³/h rapid gravity filter, 2 x 50 m³/hdemineralisation plant, 4 x 150 m³/h side stream filter and 6 x 10 kg/h chlorination. This is the seventh contract we will be executing for this client, the fifth in two years.

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High Purity Water System
Order for the high purity water system from Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., for installation at Devas, Madhya Pradesh. Another order for the system from Torrent Pharma Ltd. for their new project at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh along with another order for pretreatment plant consisting of two stream filter and softener of 55 m³/h each.

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Artificial Kidney Dialysis Application

An order from Hai Medicare and Research, a major hospital in Patna, Bihar, for artificial kidney dialysis application; the system comprises RO with pretreatment. We have also supplied two units to Wockhart Kidney Research With this the number of hospitals in the Eastern region using our AKD systems stands at 42.

Ion Exchange India presented an extremely cost-effective technology to address the waste water problems posed by the widespread textile dyeing industry in Tirupur district. The unique membrane-based Ultra Filtration (UF)-Reverse Osmosis (RO) combination system we offer is a huge improvement over conventional RO systems. We had installed such an effluent recycling system, capacity 2 lakh litres/day, at Arora Fashions, Veerapandy village, Tirupur.. Around 75% of the influent to the plant is recovered and recycled. This project was discussed as a case in point during the seminar.

Tirupur has about 700 textile dyeing units located in different parts of its outskirts. All these units produce large volumes of waste water containing a lot of colour, total dissolved solids (TDS) and other impurities rendering it unfit to be discharged into the soil or river. With conventional RO systems only about 60% - 70% of the water can be recovered while the balance 30% - 40% goes as reject. To handle this reject again a huge amount of money has to be spent in evaporation etc. This turns a project for treatment of the waste water into a very expensive and uneconomical proposition. The only solution to overcome this issue is to treat the waste water through a UF-RO combination system.

IEI had supplied and commissioned the Indian Railway's first packaged water plant at Nangloi, near New Delhi, to meet the demands of Northern,North Western, North Central and parts of Central Railway.

Major Engineering Orders

• From ACC Ltd., Chaibasa, Jharkhand, a water treatment plant and dosing systems, comprising2 x 50 m³/h filtration, 2 x 45 m³/h softening, chlorination, 2 x 4.8 m³/h demineralisation and low pressure (LP) dosing.
• From Indian Aluminium Co. Ltd., Kolkata, for their Hirakud project, plant consisting of solid contact clarifier with sludge disposal system, a 20 m³/h stream of demineralisation chain including vessels, resins, degassed water pump, DG blower, piping, valves, fittings, instruments and accessories, and a demineralised water storage tank with instruments and accessories.
  
• From VVF Limited, Taloja a 600 m3/day effluent recycle plant comprising high rate solids contact clarifier, lamella clarifier, dissolved air flotation, bio-tower, membrane bio-reactor, reverse osmosis section and dosing systems; total contact value around Rs.25 million. This will be the first membrane bio-reactor to be installed in India
  
• From Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Manali a zero discharge effluent & sewage recycle plant, capacity 200 m³/h feed. The plant, valued at around Rs.104 million, comprises pretreatment, filtration, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis.
  
• From Global Oil and Fats Ltd., Gandhidham, Bhuj Dist. Gujarat a 2 X 18 m³/h RO plant followed by demineralisation for their power plant requirement, and a 10 m³/h RO plant for process water treatment for their plant coming up at Gandhidham in Gujarat. Reject from both RO units will be taken to a secondary RO to produce another 10 m³/h permeate for process requirement.
  
• An order for a total water management system , value Rs.30 million, from Bhushan Limited, Kolkata for their integrated steel plant at Rengali, Dist. Sambalpur, Orissa. Mecon, Ranchi is consultant. The semi-automatic, PLC operated plant consists of :
  - 1200 m³/h pretreatment with cascade aerator, flash mixer, flocculation tank, lamella
  clarifier and pressure sand filter
  - 3 x 180 m³/h softeners
  - 2 x 22 m³/h demineraliser
  - 2 x 200 m³/h auto valveless gravity filter (AVGF) for sidestream filtration
  

Successfully Commissioned
At Gujarat Refinery, Vadodara - 3 x 250 m³/h auto demineralisation plant.

• A 1400 dia. softener at Ruchi Foods, Chennai for their vegetable oil refinery unit.
  
• At Mohan Breweries Distilleries Ltd., Chennai a 30 m³/h RO plant.
  
• At Sirpur Paper Mills, Sirpur, Khagaznagar, the fourth stream of demineralisation plant, capacity 75 m³/h.
  
• At Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. site, a one MLD pilot plant to treat refinery waste. The order for supply of skid mounted reverse osmosis system and for rolling membranes at our Goa factory was received from Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI) , Bhavnagar
  
• A 50 m³/h effluent treatment plant using the C-Tech cyclic activated sludge process at Manav Breweries Pvt. Ltd., Bulandshahr, Ghaziabad, UP.
  
• A reverse osmosis plant for West Bengal Chemicals Ltd.
  
• Water treatment plant for 20 MW cogen unit of Sree Doodhganga Krishna Sahakari Sakhar Karkhane Niyamit, Dist. Belgaum, Karnataka
  
• A plating effluent recycle plant at Sundaram Fasteners Ltd., Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Test Rig Inaugurated
At our speciality chemicals factory at Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, Mr. S. Ramachandran, Vice President - Speciality Chemicals, inaugurated a unique pilot test rig which stimulates the conditions of a cooling water system.

The cooling water test rig comprises a mini cooling tower, automated pH correction facility, deposit and biofilm monitors, baby boiler and test heat exchanger. The rig enables us to stimulate a customer's cooling water system parameters and upgrade the treatment programme, and to pre-test and evaluate new product applications and programmes to optimize treatment cost, so that customers are assured of the optimum treatment programme.

In the Infrastructural Sector
From Public Works Dept., Panaji, Goa, a 12.5 MLD sewage treatment plant based on Cyclic Activated Sludge Technology (C-Tech) for the city. The largest sewage treatment plant (STP) provided by IEI, it is also the largest STP based on C-Tech for IEI and for India. It also includes a five year O&M contract. This is a landmark order - a breakthrough in the infrastructure segment.
This expansion project Environmental Upgradation of Panaji City Phase I, scheduled to be completed by February 2005, will service the city's population upto 2031. Manohar Parrikar, Chief Minister of Goa laid the cornerstone of this modern sewage plant at Tonca, Panaji.

"With the completion of the project", the Chief Minister said, "the long felt need of the city of Panaji to upgrade its sewage infrastructure will be solved. 2004 has been declared Year of Roads and Sewage in Goa, and once this sewage treatment plant becomes operational, other cities in Goa will also undertake similar projects".

MOU with Vivendi Water
A Memorandum of Understanding with Vivendi Water to manufacture and market the ORION range of purified water electrodeionisation (EDI) systems in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar on exclusive basis. Vivendi Water is an international player in the field of water treatment. ORION purified water systems have been specifically designed to meet the latest regulatory demand (compliance of USP 25 standards) of the pharma industry. This tie-up will enable us to offer a complete package to the pharma industry for their purified water requirement.

Strategic alliance with Chemical Systems Technologies
A strategic alliance with Chemical Systems Technologies, to offer sugar mills the technology and systems for production of refined sugar to international standards. CST, pioneers in India of technology upgradation, have numerous installations for clarifications systems and refineries successfully operating in the sugar sector. While with our innovative and integrated approach we will bring to bear our extensive expertise in ion exchange, membrane processes and media based decolourising systems for diverse process applications. The tie-up will redefine sugar processing technology and provide sugar mills a strong technical edge.

TWM for Maruti Udyog
For Maruti Udyog Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana, a total water management (zero discharge) plant for their upcoming foundary project at Manesar, Haryana. The treatment scheme comprises oil removal physio-chemical treatment by dissolved floatation and biological treatment, capacity 252 m3/day; ultrafiltration, capacity 336 m3/day and reverse osmosis, capacity 288 m3/day.

Second largest UF-RO plant for Mysore Sugars Ltd
Our second largest UF-RO plant in India from Mysore Sugars Ltd. - 800 m3/day capacity, UF-RO plant with a high rate solids contact clarifier, capacity 130 m³/h as pre-treatment, for their Mandiya site at Mysore, Karnataka. The consultant for this job was Avante Garde.

Reverse osmosis membranes for Chennai Petroleum Corporation
From Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., order for replacement of 264 reverse osmosis membranes for tertiary treatment, for the reverse osmosis plant to treat sewage. The order was finalised by the client based on ICB (International Competitive Bidding) tendering where we were awarded the order against competition from all the major international manufacturers.

Water treatment for Fosters beer (Iceberg Industries)
From Iceberg Industries, Patna, Bihar, makers of Fosters beer, a 40 m³/h filtration, softening unit, capacity 23 m³/h and dealkaliniser 15 m³/h.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) goes for demineralisation
From NPCIL, Kaiga & Kota units, a demineralisation plant package. The plant consists of a demineralization plant, 2 x 25 m³/h, a filtration plant 2 x 100 m³/h, a boiler blowdown polisher 4 x 5.5 m³/h, a chlorination plant 2 x 180 kg/h, a Hydrazine and Morpholine dosing system and 10 nos. storage tanks.

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DM for Jindal
A 50 m³/h semi-automatic PLC based demineralisation plant from Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., Raigarh consisting activated carbon filter, layered bed cation, weak base anion, strong base anion and mixed bed unit for their Raigarh Project. The consultant is Desein India, New Delhi.

ETP in demand
An effluent recycle plant to treat 180 m³/h effluent + 70 m³/h borewell water from Hotline CPT Ltd., Malanpur, Madhya Pradesh Gwalior. The plant consists of fluoride + chrome removal, HRSCC, sand filters, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis, mixed bed and softener.

From Apollo Fibres, Hoshiarpur a subsidiary of Reliance, an effluent treatment plant, capacity 1050 m3/d consisting of oil removal tank, cavitation air floatation unit (CAF), aeration tank, secondary clarifier, HRSCC and filter press.

A repeat order for supply of filters - 17 dual media filters and 10 activated carbon filters, from Larsen & Toubro, Chennai for a common effluent treatment plant at Delhi State Industrial Development Corp (DSIDC), Jhilmil.

Drinking water for Indian Navy
From Indian Naval Service, Kolkata a drinking water system for their residential quarters and office. The order includes 600 l/h reverse osmosis with pretreatment and a separate water softening system, capacity 45 m³/h, as well as a year's O&M services.

Commissioned

Rail Neer project
The prestigious contract for production of Rail Neer packaged drinking water, received from the Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) for the Indian Railways was successfully commissioned on 8th May'03. Mr. Nitish Kumar, Union Minister for Railways inaugurated the plant and was accompanied by Mr. Saheb Singh Verma, Union Labour Minister and senior officials of IRCTC and IEI.

The contract consisted of design, manufacture and supply of a 5000 litre/hour capacity turnkey packaged water plant at Nangloi village, Rohtak Road near New Delhi and includes five-year O&M services. Special care was taken in selecting material of construction for storage, conveyance and treatment of water at all stages. The entire piping from feed pump to the bottling plant is of stainless steel grade 316. The treatment plant is complete with blow moulding machine, filling machine, air compressors and DG set for electricity generation, labelling & packaging machinery and a full fledged laboratory with facilities for mineral and bacteriological analysis of the packaged water.

We are also executing a similar packaged water plant for IRCTC at Danapur, Patna, which is also expected to go on-stream in 2003 and will supply Patna and the neighbouring stations.

ETP for Sundram Fasteners
An effluent recycle plant of capacity 400 m3/d was successfully commissioned for Sundram Fasteners Ltd., Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The plant consists of multi grade filter, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis.

Indian Hotels Company  Limited (IHCL) gets water and waste water treatment plant
A 4 m³/h water treatment plant and a 60 m3/day sewage treatment plant was successfully commissioned for IHCL's Taj Sats Air Catering Limited, Kolkata. The water treatment plant included an oxidation chamber, multi grade filter, activated carbon filter, softener and reverse osmosis.

Breakthrough order from Reliance Infocomm
A breakthrough order for 372 five-litre reverse osmosis systems from Reliance Infocomm for their webstores across the country.

Service Sector


Ion Exchange Services Ltd. (IESL) now offers a specially developed package
Our associate service company Ion Exchange Services Ltd. (IESL) now offers a specially developed package which will help in monitoring site operations of any RO plant from a remote location. The objective is to solve potential problems for the customer, before they occur, so that the performance and life of the equipment increases. This initiative was launched with an order from Balaji Breweries Limited, Chennai for their RO plant which will be remotely monitored from Bangalore.

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O&M contract from Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
O&M contract from Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Manali, Chennai for the zero discharge plant commissioned by us in December 2005.

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Renewal of O&M contract >From Chemplast Sanmar Ltd.
Renewal of O&M contract From Chemplast Sanmar Ltd., Mettur, Tamil Nadu for their 15 m3/h effluent recycle plant

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Customer Services
An O&M contract from Sundram Fasteners, for their effluent recycle system comprising ultra filtration and two stage RO.

An annual maintenance contract from Kochi Refineries Limited for their complete DM stream, renewed for the 4th consecutive year.

Our Bangladesh operations have gained around 20 customers for boiler and cooling water treatment.

A water audit for Brakes India Ltd., Chennai.

An order from Heavy Water Board, Kota for modification of the DM plant – replacement of existing co-flow strong acid cation with a layered bed cation unit ,and replacement of strong base anion co-flow by strong base anion counter current regeneration. The plant is designed for a normal flow rate of 227 m³/h and maximum flow rate of 340 m³/h.

New Service Initiatives Take Off
The launch of value added services (VAS), reverse osmosis monitoring services (ROMS) and the Economy Club by our service About Us network has received an overwhelming response – 949 VAS and 51 ROMS orders, and 93 club memberships.

The overseas demand for our services is growing -

• In Nigeria, modification of DM plant through Walchandnagar Industries
  
• An E & C contract in Bahrain for WTP- Ferro alloys ltd.
  
• E&C contract from Oman and Saudi Arabia for a packaged sewage treatment plant and RO/mixed bed plants respectively.

  Testimonials
  Our service personnel at various locations were proud recipients of a number of letters of appreciation from satisfied customers

  • Balaji Distilleries, Chennai
    
  • Rama Mineral Water, Bellary
    
  • Rallis India Ltd., Bangalore
    
  • SBL (Skol Breweries) Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow
    
  • URSS Techservices (P) Ltd., Jaipur
    
  • Sterling Silicate Industries, UP
    
  • BCI Opticals Disc Ltd. , Delhi
    
  • McDowell & About Us, Shhjahanpur, UP
    
  • Basic Chemicals National About Us, Chennai
    
  • Remedy, Kolkata
    
  • RPG Life Sciences Ltd., Ankleshwar
    
  • Hindustan Latex Ltd., Coch

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From Badarpur Thermal Power Station
From Badarpur Thermal Power Station, 3 streams of WBA & SBA - scheme modification. A trial modification contract of DM plant - single stream of WBA & SBA resulted not only in improvement of DM water output quality but also a savings to the client of around Rs.60 lakhs on man power and regeneration chemicals - based on which the client placed this order.

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Single identity under Ion Exchange Services Ltd.
With the merger of IEI’s four regional associate service companies into a single company headquartered at Bangalore, Ion Exchange Services Ltd. has become the largest service company in Indian water treatment industry with over 700 service personnel operating through 4 regional offices, 17 branches and 75 territory offices spread across the countr as well as neighbouring Dhaka and Kathmandu. Ion Exchange Services serves customers with all types and makes of water and waste water treatment equipment. The company has also extended its service operations to Nepal and Bangladesh.

The consolidation of the service network is expected to bring considerable advantages of economy of scale, more efficient resource utilization and distribution and single uniform identity.

Ion Exchange Services has set up a testing and calibration laboratory in Bangalore which is certified by the National Accreditation Board (NABL).

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O&M gains ground



World over including India, industry is moving towards outsourcing of services. In line with this trend, Operation & Maintenance (O&M) business particularly is expected to grow rapidly. Anticipating the increased requirement for services, IEI had done backward integration - way back in 1998 we had associated with the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University for a one year advanced diploma in water quality management - the first of its kind to be offered in India by an accredited university. Absorption of the successful students makes available personnel trained in water treatment engineering practices as well as having hand-on site experience, and thus facilitates expansion of services and service network.

The demand for our O&M services keeps growing, with a number of new contracts as well as contract renewals, from:

Renewals
· ACC Chaibasa
· BKTTP
· Rail Neer, Danapur

New Contracts
· Vasavadutta Cements - AP
· Satyam Computers - Hyderabad
· HT Media, Mumbai
· Rajshree Sugars
· Indian Overseas Bank
· Ashok Leyland
· Motherson Automotive
· Le Royal Meridien
· Aqua Pure Enterprises
· Safdarjung Hospital
· BHEL Karmachari Sehkari Awa Samiti
· Danzong Breweries
· Reserve Bank of India - Chennai

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Zero B Hat-Trick!

Zero B won the prestigious Mera Brand award for Best RO Water Purifier (2007), awarded for the third consecutive year on the basis of a poll conducted in 6 metros, 225 suburban towns and 25 state capitals.

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Communities

Satisfaction Certificates
From Government of Nagaland on the performance of our 45m³/h INDION ISR based iron removal filter installed a year ago at the Nagaland State Transport Corporation bus terminal at Dimapur. The iron load which is around 9 ppm in the raw water, is reduced to < 0.3 ppm after treatment.
From Government of India, North Eastern Council (NEC) Secretariat, Ministry of Development for North East Region, Shillong in Meghalaya. An INDION ISR based unit was installed at the housing colony and office complex where the iron load in inlet water is around 8 ppm. In fact, the order from Government of Nagaland was under recommendation from NEC.

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INDION Jalshudhi - Low-cost drinking water purification

INDION Jalshudhi is a simple, convenient and ready-to-use product which purifies water to give 100% bacteria-free water and even eliminates E-coli. The residual purifying effect lasts several hours. Moreover, it is able to settle suspended impurities and is therefore ideal for purifying muddy, turbid water. The product has been successfully tested by Government approved laboratories.

Easily affordable by low income sectors, a 5 mg sachet can purify 20 liters of contaminated water with respect to bacteria and turbidity.

Specially developed for simi-urban and rural areas of developing countries, INDION Jalshudhi is also ideal for use during natural calamities such as floods, cyclones and earthquakes when water supplies get polluted with suspended solids, dirt and pathogenic bacteria as well as with faecal contamination. The use of INDION Jalshudhi during such disasters can help prevent the outbreak of waterborne diseases and epidemics. It is also ideal for use by the Defence and police forces during wartime action/exercises in remote areas.

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Delhi Jal Board installs Indion plant for sewage recycle
The Delhi Jal Board has installed INDION Membrane Bio-reactor, indigenously designed and constructed by Ion Exchange India, to conduct a feasibility study at its Okhla sewage treatment plant. The pilot project will treat all the sewage the plant gets to evaluate the process in treating and recycling sewage for multiple non-potable applications such as flushing, vehicle washing, gardening, as well as in cooling towers at AC plants of malls, restaurants, hotels and factories.

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Mobilising Drinking Water Relief for the Tsunami-Affected

Responding to the critical need for safe drinking water in tsunami affected areas, Ion Exchange India took the initiative to manufacture and supply a containerised sea water desalination plant to the Tamil Nadu Government in Nagapattinam. It will provide drinking water for the impacted population at the rehabilitation camps in Nagapattinam district. The 1000 litre/hour membrane based plant incorporates state-of-the-art treatment systems that enable it to treat contaminated water from any source – ground water to sea water, to produce pure drinking water. The plant has been contributed by Ion Exchange India and its employees; it incorporates pressure tubes contributed by component supplier Pentair. Ion Exchange representatives are training the local people in O&M of the plant.

We had also shipped 50 point-of-use Zero B Puriline drinking water purification units to Sri Lanka where on-line purifiers were installed in Hambantota district by Government Water Board engineers. The About Us’s responsiveness with short-time delivery of the much needed purification equipment has been appreciated by the Sri Lankan Government. Currently under delivery, is an order for 7500 Srijal Water Purifiers from the Government of India for the Tsunami relief operations in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Our mobile INDION disaster management unit (DMU provides safe drinking water during disasters such as droughts, cyclones, floods and earthquakes. Membrane processes and ozonation modules can be used in combination depending upon the quality of water to be treated; treatment for removal of iron and arsenic can also be incorporated. The compact and skid mounted DMU can be truck mounted for easy and quick transportation to affected sites.

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INDION Power Pump Attachment Fluoride Removal Unit

We have successfully installed and commissioned our first INDION Power Pump Attachment Fluoride Removal Unit, at village Lamkani, in Akola district of Maharashtra. The raw water with fluoride contamination of 2.34 ppm is pumped from the well through the fluoride removal unit which has a 10 m³/h flow rate. The treated water is stored in an overhead storage tank from which it is distributed to three villages having a population of around 1000. The treated water has fluoride content of 1.3 ppm, well below WHO limit of 1.5 ppm.

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Handpump Attachment Iron Removal Unit
Our second handpump attachment iron removal unit has been successfully commissioned at village Maneri, in Maharashtra’s Srivardhan district. The iron content in the raw water was 2.5 ppm and nil in the treated water. This order was also received through NGO SHARE.

Public Health Engineering Dept (PHED) Rajnandgaon, Chattisgarh has placed an order for two handpump attachments for iron removal.

Through NGO SHARE, Mumbai a breakthrough order for our newly developed handpump iron removal attachments is, installed and commissioned at village Mahasala near Mandgaon in Maharashtra.

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Domestic Deflouridation Plants
We have received an order from NGO Velugu for supply of 1032 domestic defluoridation units for Cuddappa and Nalconda districts in Andhra Pradesh.

Rural Development Engineering Department (RDED), Bangalore placed an order for 10,000 domestic defluoridation units

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Drinking Water Plant
From the PHED, Nadia division, West Bengal an order for a 90 m³/h drinking water plant, comprising iron and arsenic removal, dosing system and DynaSand filter.

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Organo.100% Natural Organic Inputs
Leveraging its experience in organic farming, our agri-subsidiary Ion Exchange Enviro Farms Ltd. (IEEFL) has developed a range of organic inputs comprising herbal organic inputs, liquid manure and compost, under the ORGANO brand.

These are proving a boon to farmers particularly given the increasing concern in the domestic market about chemical pesticide levels in food and water, the recent rejections of exports of grapes and other fruits due to high pesticide residues and the tougher EU regulations on usage of chemical pesticides on food crops.

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To the defence
A Fluoride removal system was installed for the Army Welfare Housing Organisation, Hyderabad (left) and
A filtration and softening system for Military Engineering Services, for their upcoming housing at Fort Williams, Kolkata (right.


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Two orders for the Indian Army
Two orders for the Indian army - 2.5 m³/h trolley mounted reverse osmosis systems with pretreatment filters & dosing systems assembled with total electrical controls backed up by service stabilizer. The state-of-the-art engineering design accommodates all the equipment on inflated tyre wheels, easy to move & supply drinking water to army camps even over rough or desert terrain.



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DMU for Meghalaya PHED
From the Public Health Engineering Dept (PHED), Meghalaya, an order for a 2 m³/h mobile drinking water treatment units with ultrafiltration, membrane process and ozonation with provision of iron removal system mounted on truck.


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Waterstations in demand
Waterstation set up at the Taj Mahal, Agra
A waterstation was also installed by the Agra Development Authority & Heritage Society at the Taj Mahal, Agra. The waterstation will provide free drinking water to the thousands of tourists who throng to this monument daily.

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Assam Regimental Centre gets Zero B Waterstation
A water vending machine for the Assam Regimental Kendra, Shillong, to serve drinking water at their barracks in Shillong. The machine was inaugurated on 7th May 2003 with full Army honours. This is our first water station purchased outright for captive consumption rather than for selling water.


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Fluoride Removal Units in Maharashtra
A pilot fluoride removal unit set up at Mangi Kolam in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, for demonstration purpose helped reduce the fluoride contamination in groundwater from 8.73 ppm to 0.304 ppm. Pilot installations of our de-fluoridation units were also carried out at Nanded and Nagpur. The continuous good performance of these units, prompted the Govt. of Maharashtra to approve our technology for fluoride removal from ground water leading to an order for 67 de-fluoridation units from the Zilla Parishad, Yavatmal. Of these, 35 units have already been installed and the remaining installations will be completed by the 1st week of June'03.


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Homes

Zero B Duplex Water Softener Launched

Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. has launched India's first truly automatic softener – Zero B Duplex Water Softener.

The elegant and compact Duplex Water Softener has many innovative advantages over the existing industrial type softeners which are usually adapted for homes.

Hands free design, micro controller based intelligent functions, 2000 litres per hour of non-stop soft water output even during regeneration of the softener, saving on salt consumption by setting the right salt charging levels, high product life - 5 stage short cycle ensures a clean and healthy resin media. Requires no separate pump for regeneration. Hence, saves on cost of pump and power consumption, user friendly operation and process indication, compact size: 71cm x 37cm x 77cm, lightweight: 55kg net.

The revolutionary Zero B Duplex Water Softener finds use in bungalows, launderettes, whole apartments, jacuzzis and spas at health clubs, and also as pre-treatment for industrial reverse osmosis units.


Zero B Mera Brand say Consumers

Satisfied customers recently voted Zero B, as the number one brand in Reverse Osmosis purifier segment thus bagging the coveted Mera Brand Award (2005-06) for the second time in a row. The survey covered over 12,000 households across the country and was conducted by AMGF Inter Corp along with TnS as their research partners and analysts. Ernst and Young was the tabulation process validator.
R S Rajan, Vice President, Consumer Products Division, says, “Since Zero B is a pioneer in reverse osmosis technology in the country, the emotional association of the consumer with the brand is very strong and that is further cemented by superior product performance and after sales service.”
Listed as number one in the consumer loyalty segment, Zero B continues to quench the thirst of many Indian families, in the healthiest possible way, winning some awards and many hearts along the way.

Zero B spreads water awareness

World Water Day, March 22, saw Zero B tying up with Helen O’Grady Children’s Drama Academy to promote awareness on pure water in the city. As a part of the drive, the Academy, in association with our Consumer Products Division organised a play highlighting the issues of water scarcity and water contamination in Mumbai, which has recently been plagued by jaundice and other water-related problems. Ion Exchange India had earlier conducted a ‘Free Water Testing’ drive for Mumbai city, where we had deployed a workforce of about 200 people, who attended helpline calls and conducted tests that gave results on the level of contamination in the household water supply. As aptly said by Mr. R. S. Rajan, Vice President - Consumer Products Division, “We see it as a social responsibility to ensure that the people are educated about the inadequacies of current practices and look forward to safer and healthier living. The kind of response we have received from the public in our endeavors so far has been very encouraging.”

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Zero B Ultimate RO System: Under-the-Counter
The Zero-B Ultimate RO Under-the-Counter model is an advanced water purification system that produces natural tasting, crystal clear, pesticide free water of the highest purity. Multi-stage reverse osmosis eliminates harmful dissolved metals, brackishness, bad taste and odour, while the special bactericidal cartridge (the only RO model in India to have this) ensures that the water is 100% germ free.

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Zero B Pristine UF
With Zero B Pristine UF, consumers can enjoy pure, safe, and clear vegetarian water. Erstwhile users of UV purifiers no longer need worry about paralyzed/dead bacteria and viruses ending up in their stomachs along with their drinking water (UV purifiers paralyze and inactivate bacteria and viruses but do not remove an drain them away).
Zero B Pristine UF drains away bacteria, viruses and pyrogens. It also comes with a water storage facility which regular UV purifiers do not provide. So, no more waiting for the water to flow. At the press of the faucet, get pure instant Safe Vegetarian Water

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At Vashi - A Whole New World of Health
Our About Us-owned ORGANO WORLD Health Food and ZERO B Pure Water Solutions retail shops at Vashi, Navi Mumbai were inaugurated by Shri Sanjeev Ganesh Naik, Mayor of Navi Mumbai.

At the well attended function, Mr. Rajesh Sharma, Managing Director, said "The launch of these good health shops will be a boon to the people of Vashi, providing pure drinking water and healthy food at a time when pollution and pesticide contamination of water and food is causing major health concerns."

The ZERO B Pure Water Solutions outlet offers customers a whole range of purifier options - on-tap, on-line and counter-top drinking water purifiers including advanced reverse osmosis (RO) purifiers and sophisticated water conditioners. Consumers can also bring their water for free testing. A Zero B water vending station at the outlet, which dispenses pure, fresh water at just Rs.2 per glass and Rs.6 per litre.

The ORGANO WORLD Health Food outlet offers certified organic produce - grains, cereals, pulses, spices, flour, jaggery and dry fruits. The organically farmed food is healthy and nutritious, pure and unadulterated; free from toxic fertilizers, pesticides, and insecticides; synthetic preservatives and additives.

Altogether a whole new world of good health for the people of Vashi.

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Zero B Water Vending Stations at bus stations
The Zero B Water Vending Stations have been accepted by the State Road Transport Corporations of Goa, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh and are proving to be a boon to passengers, providing safe drinking water to them at an affordable price. Ten vending stations are successfully operating at bus stations in Jaipur, Udaipur, Sikkar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Lucknow, Bangalore, Vishakhapatnam & Margao; a further three are under commissioning at Puttaparthi, Panaji & Kota


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