Zeppelin Acquires Feeders and Filters Companies

Friedrichshafen, Germany -- Following the approval by the antitrust commission Zeppelin has taken over the portfolio “Conveying and Dosing Technologies” as well as “Control Technologies” of the British plant constructor Chronos Richardson Ltd. Chronos Richardson has been especially successful in the international market for rubber and tire manufacturers for more than 20 years.

As both, Zeppelin and Chronos Richardson Ltd., belong to the leading manufacturers of plants for the rubber industry and tiremakers the cooperation of both key-players will certainly offer important advantages for the future development of this division: The consolidated production program of both technology leaders will grant optimum system solutions meeting the respective individual requirements of their customers on the one hand and on the other hand the world-wide.

Zeppelin network will offer unique engineering capacities and experience to the sector. Long-term field-proven technologies e.g. control systems for which Chronos Richardson Ltd. used to set technical standards are completed perfectly by Zeppelin’s production program.

The business unit which has been taken over will be integrated into the recently established Zeppelin Systems Ltd. (Nottingham) as a new competence center. It will attend to manufacturers of rubber and tires all over the world and sell Zeppelin’s product range to producers and processors of plastics in Great Britain in the future.

Zeppelin’s new portfolio of filter technology

Zeppelin Materials Handling GmbH, a subsidiary of Zeppelin Silos & Systems GmbH has taken over the commercial operations of FAT Filter und Anlagentechnik GmbH, Berlin, thus taking account of the fact that due to changing environmental protection regulations filter technology becomes more and more important for bulk solids handling.

The acquisition of FAT’s know-how allows customers in this high-quality sector to purchase also the filter technology directly from the plant constructor.

The production program comprises cartridge filters (for protection of blowers), bag and flat bag filters (designed as bin vent or aspiration filters) as well as cassette filters (channel filters or compressed-air filters).

Source: http://www.zeppelin-industry.de/

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Abstracts should be of original and unpublished work, case studies, applied research or discoveries and should offer non-commercial, application-oriented solutions in any discipline of dry processing and bulk material handling. Industry vendors/suppliers are asked to submit case studies to be co-presented with established users/customers.

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Scott Bonine Appointed National Sales Manager

Elburn, IL -- For five decades Monitor Technologies LLC has been supplying level measurement products and exceptional service to customers that process bulk solids. As part of the continued growth and strategy to market its growing line of products Monitor Technologies announces that it has appointed Mr. Scott Bonine to the position of National Sales Manager.

Mr. Bonine has been with Monitor for a little more than a decade and has held positions in inside sales and as a Regional Sales Manager. Scott has completed a variety of internal technical and business training programs, is a member of the ISA (Instrument Society of America) and GEAPS (Grain Elevator And Processing Society).

In this new position Mr. Bonine will bring his knowledge of level monitoring and measurement for bulk solids and his other skills and talents to the sale of Monitor products to the United States geographic segment in Monitor’s sales group. Scott will work with and continue to develop the partnerships between Monitor Technologies and its exclusive Manufacturers Representatives. Scott’s past successes in exemplifying excellence in service to customers, developing representative strengths and partnering to capture new business will serve him well.

Monitor Technologies LLC continues to pioneer level measurement and bin level indication for the worldwide powder and bulk solids market. The experience and market knowledge gained over five decades has earned Monitor a reputation for producing products that are "engineered to be the best" and providing customer experience “far better than” other suppliers.

For more information contact:
Monitor Technologies, LLC
44W320 Keslinger Road
Elburn, IL 60119
Telephone: 800-601-6302 or 630-365-9403
Fax: 630-365-5646
Web site: http://www.monitortech.com/

BulkFlow To Exhibit at Process Expo in October

Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- BulkFlow Technologies Ltd. will showcase for the first time at Process Expo 2007 its Bulkflow Heat Exchanger technology for indirect heating and cooling of free flowing powder and bulk solids at Booth #S-6449 in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 15 to 17, 2007 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Process Expo 2007 is co-located at the convention center with Pack Expo.

The specialists in heating and cooling powder and bulk solids, Bulkflow Technologies has numerous applications in salt, sugar and other segments of the food industry. The technology is being used by several producers and marketers of salt products in North America to uniformly cool salt leaving a drying operation or to more uniformly warm salt for stronger pellets.

It is also been established as a proven and effective method of cooling sugar crystals before storage and packaging, with several installations worldwide. In the sugar industry, it can be installed as a primary or secondary cooler. Both the salt and sugar applications are readily adaptable to plant retrofits.

Other food industry applications include heating or cooling starch, dextrose, rice, vitamins, cocoa products, corn flour, corn meal or corn germ, coffee, oats or groats, pet and animal food, soybeans, oilseed and wheat or corn germ just to name a few.

A highlight of the Bulkflow Technologies Booth #S-6449 at Process Expo 2007 will be a working model of the heat exchanger. Especially adapted for Process Expo 2007, the free demonstration will show the principles of the technology and explain how the technology works. Handout material on the numerous benefits the technology offers will also be available.

For more information contact:
BulkFlow Technologies Ltd.
3122-114 Avenue S.E.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2Z 3V6
Telephone: (403) 254-3500
Fax: (403) 254-3501
Email info@bulkflow.com
Web site:  http://www.solexthermal.com/

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