Alfa Laval (STO:ALFA) - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has won its first order to supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Systems segment late December 2012, has a value of approximately SEK 60 million. Delivery is scheduled for 2013. Due to a confidentiality agreement Alfa Laval is unable to disclose the name of the customer or other details about the order.
IMO's convention for the reduction of sulphur oxides (SOx) will affect all vessels, i.e. new as well as existing. The convention, ratified and implemented in some Emission Control Areas (ECAs), demands that sulphur emission levels in these ECAs should be 0.1 percent from year 2015 and from 2020 the global emission level must not exceed 0.5 percent. To reach these levels a ship owner can either use more expensive low sulphur fuel or, on vessels where it is suitable, continue running on heavy fuel oil and invest in a scrubber - such as the Alfa Laval PureSOx.
Did you know that... Alfa Laval PureSOx hybrid scrubber solution can use both sea and fresh water to clean the emissions from the main engine?
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 Nasdaq OMX, and, in 2011, posted annual sales of about SEK 28.6 billion (approx. 3.2 billion Euros). The company has today about 16 000 employees.