Oman chooses Alfa Laval’s heat exchangers

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order for the successful high efficiency plate heat exchanger T50. The equipment will be installed at the OPIC plant at its site in the Sohar Indutrial Port, Oman. The total value is about SEK 75 million. Delivery will take place in 2008.

The equipment will be installed in petrochemical plants for the production of ethylene and polyethylene. The plate heat exchangers form a part of the plant’s central cooling system in which seawater is used to provide the cooling capacity. Fresh water is cooled in the heat exchangers in a closed loop to provide the cooling media for the plant’s process equipment.

About OPIC
Sohar Industrial Estate is owned by OPIC, Oman Petrochemical Industries Company LLC, and is a joint venture between Dow Europe Holding B.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company, the government of Oman and Oman Oil Company.

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 2005, posted annual sales of about SEK 16.5 billion (approx. 1.8 billion euros). The company has some 10,000 employees.
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For more information please contact:
Peter Torstensson
Vice President, Communications
Alfa Laval
Tel: + 46 46 36 72 31
Mobile: +46 709 33 72 31