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 January 3, 2003
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| ALTIVIA Corporation |
January 3, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ALTIVIA Media Contact: Susan A. Kalich 713-658-9000
Eka Media Contact: Caroline Crocker 770-321-5863
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ALTIVIA SIGNS
DISTRIBUTION & LICENSE AGREEMENT
WITH
EKA CHEMICALS
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HOUSTON, Texas, January 3, 2003 --- ALTIVIA Corporation announced that
it has signed an agreement to license and distribute Eka Chemicals', patented
and EPA / NSF registered, Purate® and SVP-Pure® chlorine dioxide
generation systems and products in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
“The addition of Eka Chemicals’ Purate® technology to our product portfolio,
along with our recent acquisition of Vulcan’s Municipal chlorine dioxide
business clearly establishes ALTIVIA as the market leader for ClO2 in the
North American water treatment market,” said ALTIVIA’s, VP-Water Treatment
Services, Glenn Holden. “Eka is the world’s largest producer of ClO2 feed
chemicals and we believe that their Purate® technology complements
ALTIVIA's existing line of sodium chlorite based chlorine dioxide systems.
Purate® technology is especially attractive for water plants with
production capacities above 30 million gallons per day or water plants that
wish to eliminate on-site storage and handling of gaseous chlorine.”
The SVP-Pure® chlorine dioxide generators utilize Purate®, a
proprietary formulation of sodium chlorate and hydrogen peroxide, to
generate chlorine dioxide at rates from 1 pound per hour to over 100
pounds per hour. Chlorine dioxide produced via Purate® is used as a
biocide for water treatment and as a specialty oxidant in applications such
as odor, iron and manganese control.
“We are extremely pleased to add ALTIVIA as one of our licensed distributors
for our Purate® and SVP-Pure® products,” said Dr. Patrick Bryant,
General Manager of Eka Chemicals Purate® business. “This new agreement
with ALTIVIA follows our strategy of partnering with the leading providers of
ClO2 in the water treatment market that can offer customers the
best overall ClO2 solution for any size application. Our Purate®
technology offers a low-cost and efficient path for the generation of chlorine
dioxide that has resulted in many customers taking a serious look at chlorine
dioxide use for the first time.”
ALTIVIA is a producer of water treatment chemicals serving municipal and
industrial markets in North America. Its product line includes sodium
hypochlorite (bleach) produced at Greens Bayou, Texas and St. Gabriel,
Louisiana, chlorine, sodium chlorite and chlorine dioxide. Additionally,
ALTIVIA manufactures and markets a full range of aluminum-based technologies,
polymers and specialty coagulants for water clarification. Other key products
include sulfuric acid (all strengths), permanganates, hydrogen peroxide,
activated carbon and its proprietary line of AQUAPAC and AQUALUM coagulants,
flocculants and polymer blends; the AQUAMINE and AQUACIDE series of chloramine
and chlorine dioxide precursors; and other specialty chemicals.
ALTIVIA is headquartered in Houston, Texas and has production facilities in
Houston; St. Gabriel, Louisiana; Nashville, Tennessee; and Monterrey, Mexico.
It has recently announced the opening of new sales and service centers in
Alabama, Florida, Kansas, New York, Colorado and California. For further
information on ALTIVIA and any of its products, please call Marketing at
(800) 554-2586 or visit ALTIVIA’s web site at www.altivia.com.
Eka Chemicals, headquartered in Bohus, Sweden, is a business unit of
Akzo Nobel with 3,080 employees in thirty countries. Eka Chemicals is a leading
supplier of bleaching chemicals, paper chemicals and systems to the pulp and
paper industry, as well as specialty chemicals to the pharmaceutical,
electronics and water treatment industries.
Akzo Nobel, based in the Netherlands, serves customers throughout the
world with healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Consolidated sales for
2001 totaled EUR 14 billion (USD 13 billion). The company currently employs
66,300 people in 80 countries. Internet: www.purate.com,
www.ekachem.com, www.akzonobel.com
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