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Petroleum Development of Oman (PDO) awarded us a prestigious Build-Own-Operate (BOO) contract for four containerised reverse osmosis plants, which have been installed at four remote oil drilling sites in Oman.

Manufactured at our Hamriya facility in UAE in a record time of 12 weeks, the plants will be operated & maintained by Ion Exchange for seven years, and thereafter purchased by the client. Our revenue is on the basis of cubic metre of water produced. Around forty personnel will be stationed at the sites for O&M.

Apart from water purification, treatment will also remove traces of boron from the raw water. The water produced will be used for process and other requirements such as drinking water at the PDO sites water in excess of the client’s requirements will be supplied to the surrounding habitats.

Supply and installation of a 4 m3/h solar powered sea water reverse osmosis plant, along with supply of solar panels, for a beach front tourist development complex in Abu Dhabi. Intended to publicise and promote energy saving, the 35 KWH power generated is used for running the plant, the high pressure pump and all the control systems.

Repeat Contracts from Indonesia

At PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper, Indonesia 6 x 150 m3/h demineralisation plant and 3 x 175 m3/h condensate polishing unit; both were repeat contracts after successful performance of the plants supplied in 2002.

At PT South Pacific Viscose, Indonesia 500 m3/h pretreatment using ultra high rate clarifier and dosing systems, This was an additional unit to the 2500 m3/h pretreatment with lamella clarifier and continuous sand filter, supplied in 1996. Order for 2×50 m3/h automatic UF, RO and mixed bed system from White Nile Sugar, Sudan.

Contract for the Escravos gas to liquid project for Chevron, Nigeria

A contract, for the Escravos gas to liquid project for Chevron, Nigeria, for a condensate polishing package consisting of filtration, twin bed and mixed bed demineralisation. The consultant is KBR, USA.Filter stream: Condensate from the heat exchangers is polished in a series of cartridge, de-oiling and activated carbon filters, for removal of free/ dissolved oil. It is designed to produce a net flow rate of 49.9m3/h of treated condensate (one train working + one standby).Fully automatic, it can however also be operated in semi auto and manual modes.Twin bed demineraliser: Provides polishing of process condensate from the plant. The main stream consists of ctaion and anion demineralisers in series. Net flow rate is 238 m3/h (one train working + one standby); there are two trains in parallel, with the same components.

India

Ion Exchange recognised at Water Management Excellence Award 2018

Ion Exchange’s contribution was recognised by ASSOCHAM India at the Water Management Excellence Award 2018 for ‘Significant Contribution in Water Industry’ during National Conference-cum-Expo & Awards in Water Management, New Delhi.

Ion Exchange wins prestigious Water Digest Water Awards

Ion Exchange is a proud recipient of several Water Digest Water Awards instituted by Water Digest. For the year 2017-18 we have won:

Made in India – Best Water Company (Private sector)
Best Water Conserver Waste Water Management
Best Complete Domestic Water Management Solutions Provider – Domestic & Institution

Inauguration of Waste to Energy Plant at Akshaya Patra, Hyderabad.

ANDICOS Waste to Energy Project, a joint initiative of Ion Exchange (India) Ltd., VITO, Belgium and Europem, Belgium was inaugurated at Akshaya Patra Unit, Sangereddy, Hyderabad on 8 March 2018.

The event was graced by senior most administrator of ISKCON and project management team, the parent body of Akshaya Patra Foundation, Harry Martens, Chairman VITO, Michel Meeus, Member VITO Board, Bruno Reyntjens, Director VITO, Hafeez Rehman, Director VITO India and Senior VITO Functionaries and Scientists, Ambassador of Belgium Jan Luykx.

The ANDICOS Waste to Energy Plant will treat combination of organic kitchen waste and sewage sludge to produce biogas / electricity / organically rich manure.

7 MLD SWRO Plant for Adani Power

Ion Exchange commissioned the 7 MLD ( million litres per day ) sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) deslination plant supplied to Adani Power Ltd. at Adani Power SEZ , Village Tunda & Siracha , Mundra , Dist. Kutch, Guajrat on lumpsum turnkey basis. Desalinated water will be supplied through pipelines from the plant to the customer’s 4 x 330 MW Mundra thermal power plant, some 2 kms away. The plant will assist the customer to achieve self-sufficiency in meeting the current water requirement of the thermal power plant.

Our contract was for complete design, engineering, manufacture, inspection & testing and erection & commissioning of 7000 m3/day desalination plant and its accessories; it includes O & M, recommended spares and commissioning spares. The RO plant was commissioned successfully and the treated water was produced to desired parameters. The plant is fully automated and is operated through PLC.

6 MLD SWRO Plant for Gujarat Anjan Cement

Ion Exchange supplied a 6 MLD (million litres per day) RO based sea water desalination plant to Gujrat Anjan Cement Ltd. (subsidiary of Jaypee Group of companies) at Sewagram , near Village Vayor, Dist. Kutch, Guajrat on lumsump turnkey basis Desalination water will be supplied through pipelines from the plant to the company’s cement plant which is about 22 kms from the SWRO plant. Our contract was for design, engineering, supply and supervision erection and commissioning of this 6000 m3/day desalination plant and its accessories.

All three 85 m3/h streams of the SWRO plant were successfully commissioned and the treated water produced to desired parameters. The plant will assist the customer to achieve self-sufficiency in meeting the current water requirement of its 1.2 million tonne capacity cement plant.

Drinking Water Maharaja Style!

Sewage Recycle at ITC Maurya

Drinking Water Maharaja Style!

Our Community & Commercial Water Systems (Institutional) division was awarded a prestigious order for water purification in the Maharaja Express luxury train service, a joint venture project of Cox & Kings and Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). The order was for two 15 LPH RO units for ice-cube making in the dining car cum bar and for 19 units of a custom made electrolytic purification system (Eco+ Puriline) for installation in the deluxe & super-deluxe coaches – the first-of-its-kind water purifier to be installed in a super-deluxe train.

Sewage Recycle at ITC Maurya

Filter stream: Condensate from the heat exchangers is polished in a series of cartridge, de-oiling and activated carbon filters, for removal of free/ dissolved oil. It is designed to produce a net flow rate of 49.9m3/h of treated condensate (one train working + one standby).

Fully automatic, it can however also be operated in semi auto and manual modes.

Twin bed demineraliser: Provides polishing of process condensate from the plant. The main stream consists of ctaion and anion demineralisers in series. Net flow rate is 238 m3/h (one train working + one standby); there are two trains in parallel, with the same components.

In 2007, the ITC-Welcomgroup entered a new phase in its collaboration with Starwood Hotels & Resorts, with an exclusive tie-up to bring in the Starwod premium brand, Luxury to India. These super deluxe and premium Luxury Collection hotels are located at seven strategic business and leisure locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore,, ITC Hyderabad and Agra.

The makeover to luxury class started with ITC Maurya – the flagship hotel of the chain which receives VIPs from all over the world including the President of the United States. In keeping with ITC’s eco vision, it included environment friendly features with zero discharge by recycling over 800 m3/day waste water as a prime initiative. Ion Exchange was among the companies selected to present technology options.

The proposal to use the membrane bioreactor (MBR) was accepted; and after being shortlisted, with two other world leading MBR suppliers, Ion Exchange was preferred for this project, which includes a five year O&M contract of the MBR plant. The selection was based on our experience, capability, back up service and local presence. Our pilot units at various locations including Delhi, our many full scale installations in India and our proposal to incorporate flat sheet MBR modules with their many advantages in terms of cleanablity of membrane surface, over the competing hollow fibre modules, played a key role in the award of the contract. The treated water will be used for the cooling towers, toilet flushing, horticulture and laundry as well as to maintain the “Budha Jayanti Park” (a corporate social responsibility initiative).

Execution of the project was indeed challenging, as work had to proceed in a functioning hotel and the arrival of dignitaries and celebrities would bring execution of the project to a halt for the duration of their stay. However, close cooperation and interaction between the ITC and Ion Exchange teams saw the completion of civil and piping work, electrical cabling, mechanical erection and the installation & commissioning of the MBR modules, to allow the sewage to enter the MBR.

Water Treatment Systems in Rural Punjab

The Punjab government, in its efforts to ensure clean and clear drinking water to various rural areas including schools as a part of the overall government scheme for eradication of drinking water related issues, selected Ion Exchange to partner their efforts in this area. Two major activities that we are participating in, under the government’s drinking water programme, are provision of community drinking water system for rural areas and point-of-use water purifier for rural schools.

Community Drinking Water System

Since the raw water source in various areas in the state had different contaminants, the choice of technology was a crucial deciding factor in the government choosing to partner with Ion Exchange for these solutions. Our state-of-art fluoride removal systems are used to treat water containing harmful fluoride ions making it suitable for drinking. For other areas in the state where turbidity and suspended impurities are a problem because of canal water sources our state-of-the-art continuous sand filters provide an effective solution for removal of these impurities. These filters by virtue of their unique design, are ideally suited for rural areas because they require no operator attention/stoppage for backwash and can also withstand spikes and higher levels of turbidity and suspended solids.

POU Drinking Water Purifiers for Rural Schools

Under the Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission, the Ministry of Rural Development and the Dept. of Drinking Water Supply launched the Jalmani project, to provide non-electricity base drinking water purifier systems for schools in rural India. Ion Exchange received an order for 750 Eco+ Puriline POU systems from the Government of Punjab for their government schools, for disinfection and removal of microbial impurities from water.

Our Home Water Solutions (Retail) division created ripples with award of a contract for 6000 Suraksha Plus purifiers from Headquarters, Northern Command.

International

GCC Operations Launched in Hamriya Free Zone, Sharjah

International Contracts

Ion Exchange Goes West

India

Ion Exchange Honoured with Top Water Awards Again

IEWL awarded Maruti Suzuki’s Greenfield Project.

International

GCC Operations Launched in Hamriya Free Zone, Sharjah

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Majid Bin Saeed Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Ajman Ruler’s Court and in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Rasheed Al Leem, Director General of Al Hamriya Free Zone, Mr. Rajesh Sharma, announced the launch of the company’s operations in the GCC countries, at a gala dinner held at Le Meridien, Sharjah.

The GCC operations headquartered in the Hamriya Free Zone, Sharjah will be the hub catering to the entire Middle East and Africa, offering total environment solutions for industry as well as Zero B water purification processes for homes.

Speaking at the launch, Mr. Rajesh Sharma, said: ‘We, at Ion Exchange (India) Ltd., are committed to conserve our earth’s most precious resource – water, and this is what motivates us in our business of total water and environment management. Initiating our operations in the Middle East, with our headquarters here in the UAE, we offer to the community the widest range of required products to tackle the water problems currently existing in the region, as we affirm our dedication to bringing the best in our technologies to industries and homes.’

Mr. Suneeth Nair as Country Head of UAE, Mr. Gaurav Khullar for the Oman market and Mr. Suhail Khan for the Saudi Market are in position to cater to the demand and needs of the customers in these markets.

International Contracts

Contract for a 10,000 m3/day effluent treatment plant, 5000 m3/day water treatment plant and 300 m3/day DM plant consisting of a high rates solids contact clarifier and auto filtration units from the largest paper mill in Saudi Arabia, awarded against international and local competition.

From Unger Steel Me. Fze. through Ibtikariar Architectural/Engineering Consultants, for a 1500 m3/day membrane bio-reactor.

From Middle East Paper Company (MEPCO) for a 10,000 m3/day effluent treatment plant, 5,000 m3/day and filtration plant.

From Gulfar Engineering & Contracting Co. for supply of a conventional effluent treatment plant.

For the the LULU Island Development Project, our INDION membrane bio-reactor (MBR), capacity 3 x 800 m3/day. Ion Exchange also won the 5-year contract for O&M and supply of spares and consumables for this project.

At Asia Pacific Lanka Breweries Limited, Srilanka – first international installation of iron removal filter (22 m3/h) and an ultra filtration system (20 m3/h).

30 m3/h pretreatment plant includes high rate solids contact clarifier, primary sand filter and activated carbon filter and demineralisation plant of 15 m3/h, at West Kenya Sugar Limited (Kenya) ordered through M/s National Heavy Engineering Co-operative Limited.

Fluidised media reactor 200 unit at Gulf Petrochemicals Services & Trading LLC, Oman.

Pretreatment, demineralisation and waste water treatment package supplied to EPC Tepat Teknik Sdn Bhd (MMC Group) with Mitsubishi Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Yokohama as consortium partners. Commissioned and handed over to Sepangar Bay 100 MW gas fired power plant at Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Ion Exchange Goes West

Our subsidiary company Ion Exchange LLC, headquartered in California with an office in Ontario, will cater to the North American market for distribution & sales of INDION ion exchange resins for water and speciality applications, and water treatment equipment.

India

Ion Exchange Honoured with Top Water Awards Again

IEI’s contribution to the water industry was once again recognised with three prestigious Water Awards for the second consecutive year, at the award function held in Delhi on 29th November, 2007.These Water Digest Water Awards were instituted in 2006 in association with UNESCO to recognise efforts and excellence of individuals, NGOs and corporates in the field of water and the water industry.

Best Water Company – Ion Exchange (India) Ltd.
Best Water Conserver (Waste Water Management) – Ion Exchange Waterleau Ltd.
Best RO water Purifier – Zero B from Ion Exchange (India) Ltd.

Eighteen awards were presented in different categories to corporates, individuals and NGOs. These awards recognise excellent performance in specific areas and they also help society by stimulating public awareness and attention on critical water issues. Mr. Rajesh Sharma,Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Ion Exchange (India) Ltd. receives the ‘Best Water Company Award 2007-08’ from Minister of State for Water Resources Shri. Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav and Ms. Minja Yang, Director, UNESCO

IEWL awarded Maruti Suzuki’s Greenfield Project

Ion Exchange Waterleau awarded turnkey execution of 960 m3/day effluent treatment plant for Maruti Suzuki’s greenfield project at Manesar, Haryana. Right from inception IEI has been the preferred vendor of Maruti Suzuki, with contracts for water, effluent and sewage treatment and effluent recycling entrusted to as per Maruti’s expansion programme. No surprise then, way back in 1997, IEI was the obvious choice for the first ever effluent recycling based on reverse osmosis in the automobile sector.

Now, on the verge of commissioning is the turnkey concept-to-commissioning contract of effluent treatment plant, awarded to our joint venture Ion Exchange Waterleau Ltd. by Maruti Suzuki, for their 3 lakh car/year expansion project at Manesar. Effluent from all the operations is treated in a 960 m3/day centralised effluent treatment plant comprising dissolved air floatation followed by aerobic bio-degradation and regenerative filtration. The treated output will be reused for auxiliary applications and gardening.

An order from Hero Honda, Uttaranchal , for their motor control centre, for a 18 m3/h reverse osmosis (RO)system, 65 m3/h filter and 65 m3/h softener.

From Honda Cars, Greater Noida, a 75 m3/h RO plant – our third installation in the Honda group.

A contract for O & M of complete water treatment plant from Maruti Udyog Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana.

A 21 m3/h RO plant, 8 m3/h mixed bed and 30 m3/h softener from Durr India Private Ltd. for the Tata Motors, Lucknow project; and another from Durr India, for two stage RO, 30 m3/h & 12 m3/h, for Tata Motors, Singur, West Bengal.

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