NAPERVILLE, Ill., Feb. 21, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Nalco Company (NYSE:NLC) has announced the establishment of a focused research center to develop new solutions to reduce air pollution. The Air Pollution Control Center of Innovation will target ways to remove heavy metals such as mercury and selenium from air emissions and to reduce carbon and acid rain-related impacts by cutting the creation of nitrogen and sulfur oxides and greenhouse gases.
The effort is a combination of Nalco's experience in chemistry and its application with the combustion modeling, design, engineering and emission management capabilities of the recently acquired Nalco Mobotec.
"Nalco Mobotec's ROTAMIX(r) and ROFA(r) (Rotating Opposed Fire Air) technologies improve the efficiency of the combustion process. Adding Nalco's service, chemical, analytical and application competencies to that capability creates a powerful tool to develop new, proprietary emission control programs," said Mani Ramesh, Corporate Vice President, Research and Development.
A dedicated team of researchers will work at Nalco's corporate headquarters in Naperville Ill. and at Nalco Mobotec's facility in Walnut Creek, Calif., to bring together Nalco's heavy metal removal expertise in wastewater treatment with Nalco Mobotec's design and combustion programs. The Center will adapt these combined competencies to the gas phase removal of these pollutants. Nalco's application, monitoring, and control programs will also be extended to chemical sorbents -- compounds used to capture impurities from air emissions for disposal.
About Nalco
Nalco is the world's leading water treatment and process improvement company, delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to our customers. We help our customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products while boosting the bottom line. Together our comprehensive solutions contribute to the sustainable development of customer operations. More than 11,500 Nalco employees operate in 130 countries, supported by a comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and research centers to serve a broad range of end markets. In 2007, Nalco achieved sales of more than $3.9 billion. For more information visit www.nalco.com and www.nalcomobotec.com.
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