Strong demand for the Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers

Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order for Alfa Laval Packinox custom-designed heat exchangers from a major Chinese oil corporation. The order value is about SEK 110 million and deliveries will take place during 2008. Alfa Laval has received four big orders for the Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers during the fourth quarter this year with a total order value of about SEK 400 million.

“I am very pleased to see how the acquisition of Packinox has developed”, says Lars Renström, CEO of the Alfa Laval Group. “When we acquired Packinox we not only acquired a unique product range we also got a new channel to the refinery and petrochemical market.”

The equipment will be used in the catalytic processing sections in the manufacture of mixed xylenes, which are feedstock for various petrochemical end products such as PET and polyester. The equipment will be part of an aromatic complex in the Guangdong Province.

Alfa Laval Packinox
In 2005 Alfa Laval acquired Packinox, a world leader in large welded plate heat exchangers for the hydrocarbon industry. Using its unique proprietary technology and manufacturing process Alfa Laval Packinox designs, develops and manufactures welded plate heat exchangers with an extensive array of client benefits. Alfa Laval Packinox works closely with each customer to optimize their process units and to provide them with effective solutions.

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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Alfa Laval
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