Alfa Laval Receives Order in Growing Oman Petrochemical Business.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Alfa Laval Alfa Laval AB is a Swedish company, founded in 1883 by Gustaf de Laval and Oscar Lamm. The company is a leading producer of specialized products and solutions used to heat, cool, separate and transport products such as oil, water, chemicals, beverages, foodstuffs, starch and - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal centrifugal /cen·trif·u·gal/ (sen-trif´ah-gal) efferent (1). cen·trif·u·gal adj. 1. Moving or directed away from a center or axis. 2. separation and fluid handling - has received an order for their Alfa Laval Packinox custom-designed heat exchangers for delivery to the Sohar Industrial Estate in Oman. The order is valued to about SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 65 million and delivery will take place in 2008. The equipment will be placed in an aromatics factory owned by the Aromatics Oman Limited at the Sohar Industrial Estate which will be using state-of-the-art technology to produce paraxylene and benzene. Paraxylene is a key raw material in the production of polyester fibres and PET plastic bottles whereas Benzene is an industrial chemical used to produce a wide range of plastics and other chemicals. The project in Oman is an initiative to promote and develop projects in Oman that serve a wider range of local investments and provide employment opportunities. Initiated by the Oman Oil Company Oman Oil Company (OOC) is a commercial company 100 % owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman. The company was created in 1992 to give the Government a vehicle for pursuing investment opportunities in the energy sector both inside and outside Oman. , these projects are aimed to transforming the country from a crude oil and LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. producer to a manufacturer of petrochemicals. Alfa Laval received the order through the GS Engineering & Construction Corporation, a Korean company involved in civil, architectural and environmental engineering. About Alfa Laval Alfa Laval is a leading global provider of specialized products and engineering solutions based on its key technologies of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling. The company's equipment, systems and services are dedicated to assisting customers in optimizing the performance of their processes. The solutions help them to heat, cool, separate and transport products in industries that produce food and beverages F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. , chemicals and petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, starch, sugar and ethanol. Alfa Laval's products are also used in power plants, aboard ships, in the mechanical engineering industry, in the mining industry and for wastewater treatment, as well as for comfort climate and refrigeration refrigeration, process for drawing heat from substances to lower their temperature, often for purposes of preservation. Refrigeration in its modern, portable form also depends on insulating materials that are thin yet effective. applications. Alfa Laval's worldwide organization works closely with customers in nearly 100 countries to help them stay ahead in the global arena. Alfa Laval is listed on the Nordic Exchange, Nordic Large Cap, and, in 2005, posted annual sales of about SEK 16.5 billion (approx. 1.8 billion euros). The company has some 10,000 employees. www.alfalalval.com The following files are available for download: (http://wpy.waymaker.net/client/waymaker1/ WOLReleaseFile.aspx?id=294206&fn=wkr0001.pdf) (Due to its length, this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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