Alfa Laval wins SEK 60 million order for equipment to be used in the production of “Tata Salt”
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order from Tata Chemicals for heat exchangers to be used in evaporation systems for production of salt in India. The order, worth about SEK 60 million, was booked late September. Delivery is scheduled for 2011.
The Alfa Laval heat exchangers will be used in evaporation systems to concentrate sea water brine for production of table salt and concentrated brine for caustic soda production. The freshwater generated during the evaporation process will be further used as process water.
“In the last year we have seen good development in India and this order confirms our strong position as a supplier to one of India’s biggest companies”, says Lars Renström, President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group.
Tata Salt was launched in 1983 by Tata Chemicals as India's first packaged iodized salt and is today the leading salt brand in India. Tata Chemicals was the country’s first salt manufacturer to use the vacuum evaporation technology in this process.
Did you know that… Alfa Laval has been present in India more than seventy years and that Tata Group has been a customer for almost four decades?
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, 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 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 2009, posted annual sales of about SEK 26 billion (approx. 2.45 billion Euros). The company has 11 400 employees.
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