Alfa Laval wins marine environmental order, worth SEK 170 million
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval PureSOx exhaust gas cleaning systems for retrofit installation onboard vessels. The order, booked in the Marine & Offshore Systems segment, has a value of approximately SEK 170 million. Delivery is scheduled for 2014. Due to a confidentiality agreement Alfa Laval is, at this time, unable to disclose the name of the customer or any other details concerning the order, said in the company's press release.
“The order proves that Alfa Laval’s scrubber technology is an attractive solution to ship owners that need to comply with IMO’s convention for the reduction of sulphur oxides, be it for retrofits or for installation onboard new vessels” says Lars Renström, President and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group.
IMO’s convention for the reduction of sulphur oxides (SOx) will affect all vessels, i.e. new as well as existing. The convention demands that sulphur emission levels in certain Emission Control Areas (ECAs) shall be cut to 0.1 percent from year 2015 and that the global emission level must not exceed 0.5 percent from the year 2020. To reach these levels ship owners can either use more expensive low-sulphur fuel or, on vessels where it is suitable, continue run the ship on heavy fuel oil and invest in a scrubber such as the Alfa Laval PureSOx.
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 Nasdaq OMX, and, in 2012, posted annual sales of about SEK 29.8 billion (approx. 3.5 billion Euros). The company has today about 16 400 employees.