SubscribeLarox was awarded in July quarter by new orders worth of 6.7 million euros to supply 15 filters to chemical and mining companies in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, U.S.A, Germany, Denmark, Kazakhstan and China.
Deliveries will take place at the end of this year and during the first quarter of 2007.
The largest order, worth approximately 1.5 million euros, consists of two Pannevis Vacuum Belt Filters with ancillaries, spares and a two- year service contract for the boric acid plant of Quimica e Industrial del Borax Limitada (Quiborax) in Chile. The order was preceded by four months pilot scale testing at Quiborax plant.
The other major order totalling approximately 1.1 million euros is for a gas tight Pannevis Vacuum Belt Filter to the edible oil plant of AarhusKarlshamn AS in Denmark. This is the third Pannevis filter to the same plant in Aarhus.
The received orders indicate the continuing positive business cycle in general for industrial investments in the global mining industry and now increasingly also in the chemical process industry.
About Larox Group
Larox is a leading innovator and supplier of solid/liquid separation solutions for the world's process industries. Companies in mining and metallurgy, chemical processing and related industries benefit from our high-performance, high-efficiency process solutions, technologies and products.
Larox operates in over 40 countries and has over 430 employees. Larox Group is headquartered in Lappeenranta, Finland. Product factories are located in Lappeenranta and Utrecht, The Netherlands. Net sales in 2005 totalled 104.3 million euros.
In addition to Larox our major product names are Ceramec, Hoesch, Pannevis and Scheibler. Most of the product names have served the markets for several decades, and they are now supported by Larox aftermarket services.