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The outstanding reputation of Bavarian beer is based on the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516 that has applied to the whole of Germany since 1906. This law was one of the first regulations governing quality in the food sector and means that beer can only be brewed from hops, malted barley and water and may not contain any further additives.
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From a five-star restaurant to your kitchen at home, all cooks swear by fresh, untainted produce. And this is as true in Greece as anywhere else. That's why fishermen on the island of Chios use a seawater pool with an ozone system.
Growing ornamental plants isn't just a science in itself, it is also a financially risky enterprise. That's why, when it comes to the disinfection of irrigation water, one of the biggest horticultural operations in Australia relies on proven German technology.
Where can you experience wild animals up close without heading for the wilds? At Taronga Zoo in Sydney, which gives visitors an amazing insight into the fascinating world of animals. In the huge seawater pools, optimum living conditions for the lively inhabitants are provided by ProMaqua technology.
Foam might be welcome for a relaxing, nice smelling bubble bath in the bath tube. But it is a nuisance when it comes to oil transport. With the help of ProMinent pumps, defoaming agents can be metered economically yet effectively.
Started making holiday plans yet? How about a cruise this year? If your ship was built at the MEYER WERFT shipyard in Germany, you'll be setting sail with ProMinent metering technology. As well as the champagne, there are numerous things that need to be kept cool on board, depending on where you are cruising.
The Rhein-Neckar-Arena and the Museum of Technology in Sinsheim, Germany, are both well-known attractions in the local area. But now a brand new leisure facility has opened its doors: the pool and leisure complex Badewelt Sinsheim. Just exit the motorway and find yourself in the Caribbean!
Switzerland's biggest biogas plant is a model of sustainable practice, turning biowaste into precious energy and even treating the surplus water produced during fermentation to make it reusable.
Bus-controlled treatment of swimming pool water. The luxurious new DAY SPA at the Parkhotel Heidehof in Ingolstadt invites guests to swim in shimmering blue water and enjoy its waves, saunas and steam rooms.
The Messer Group produces industrial gases at temperatures of up to minus 196 degrees Celsius, which demands a reliable and powerful cooling circuit. Thanks to a measuring and metering system with integrated corrosion measurement section from ProMinent, the company can now achieve constant minus temperatures by the prevention of corrosion and sedimentation in the cooling water.
Metal is a unique material - hard-wearing and robust. However, without the correct surface treatment, these properties don't last. When it comes to surfaces, the Holzapfel company are specialists. They improve and coat metal surfaces so that after treatment they can sustain higher loading, are safely protected against corrosion and also receive a "shiny" appearance.
The administration union for municipal water supply in Höchenschwanderberg supplies over 20 villages and hamlets from six municipalities with additional water from an underground reservoir in the Albtal valley to the south of St. Blasien (Baden-Württemberg / Germany). A UV system Dulcodes Z from ProMaqua installed in the Höchenschwanderberg administration union's waterworks has been guaranteeing a high quality of drinking water at all times since the end of 2009.
Bottled water is produced in Bulgaria - water treatment systems were unable to prevent microbiological contamination during the bottling process. ProMaqua replaced the existing systems with its own ozone systems and the result is germ-free drinking water of the highest quality.
A "Plug&Play" desalination plant by ProMaqua supplies some 75 cubic metres of germ-free drinking water per hour. The exceptional feature is the relatively high salt content of 6.270 mg/l and the high boron content of the feed water. The system, which was custom designed by the Heidelberg based manufacturer, uses several stages to turn undrinkable water into crystal clear, hygienic and perfectly fresh drinking water.
Employees of swimming pools have been shown in some cases to develop asthma as an occupational illness caused by exposure to trichloramines. However, these guideline values are all in a day's work for ProMinent France S.A., as the swimming pool water supply for the Olympic swimming pool in Dijon is disinfected with ozone technology.
In power plants, limescale or corrosion damage caused by deficient feed water treatment usually results in inefficient boiler feed water operation due to water and energy losses - and sometimes even leads to steam turbine failure.
Vehicle washes for trains need much tougher products like alkaline cleaning agents and also acids to keep the dirt on trains at bay. A ProMinent metering system was fitted in a new train wash which went into operation in Halle (Saale, Germany) in July 2011 and has run smoothly ever since.
Yes. Visit Alsace and you will find the small picturesque town of Sélestat which attracts many visitors to more than just its charming Old Town. The public swimming pool "Piscine des Remparts" is also a popular attraction. A leisure pool equipped with state-of-the-art water treatment technology from ProMaqua.
Have you ever been to Mannheim? If so, you'll know Friedrichsplatz with its distinctive water tower. However a real dampener is put on this great spectacle by the algae. The chlorine dioxide system from ProMaqua was therefore installed to restore clear conditions, that is to say clear water.
Copenhagen, the Danish capital city, and Malmö in Sweden are around 15 kilometres apart – 15 kilometres of sea. Öresund (or the Sound) has long separated these two countries. Now bridge and tunnel links make it the lifeline of the region.
Precise, reliable metering can not only ensure smooth production processes, but also cut costs - as is shown by our example of oiling seals.
Looking to relax under the palm trees and enjoy your free time in a sub-tropical swimming paradise? And to do all that in wonderful scenery? Then come to Park Hochsauerland - even Tarzan would be at home here!
Anyone responsible for supplying thousands of inhabitants with perfect potable water can't run the risk of experimenting. The community of Mörlenbach therefore has a reliable ultrafiltration system fitted in one of its elevated tanks.
What do you eat on the holidays: the classic goose or something exquisite like caviare? In the future, it will also be produced in the desert. You can find out how this works in our extraordinary practical example.
Oil and gas extraction occurs in locations that are extreme for people, nature and equipment. The machines, systems and components used have to withstand extreme mechanical and chemical loads.
A safe, ecologically friendly disinfection should be guaranteed by exchange of an existing arrangement. Bad Dürrheimer Mineralbrunnen based in the Black Forest, Germany, has found the solution: fit the efficient, environmentally-friendly and zero-corrosion disinfection system Dulco®Lyse.
Potable water is our most important commodity, and as such it must satisfy very strict quality standards. The waterworks in Amriswil, Switzerland, supplies around 12 000 customers and handles approximately 2.4 million cubic metres of water per year.
Even without high-performance competition swimsuits, the athletes at London 2012 set an impressive nine new world records at the city's Aquatics Centre. In 34 competitions, a total of 950 Olympians were put through their paces in swimming, diving, synchronised swimming and the aquatics discipline of the modern pentathlon.
The Thalassic Centre ahoi! in Cuxhaven is a stunning spa and pool complex with real sea water. Adults and children can swim and relax in the various pools and enjoy the views of the North Sea. In addition to the giant wave pool there is a kids' paradise, outdoor pool, thermal spring, plunge pools in the sauna zone and a therapy pool in the spa zone.
ProMinent is represented by its own sales and service companies in over 60 countries, covering all global key markets. It has had a presence in India for more than 25 years, firstly through a joint venture and since 1997 through its own subsidiary in Bangalore, as well as administrative and sales offices in the most important cities.
The milk processing industry is subject to stringent hygiene regulations. In dairies, chlorine dioxide is therefore an indispensable disinfectant. For companies that still use ready-for-use disinfection solutions, this is the most cost-effective approach.
Salmon farming is a booming global business, and in Norway it is a particularly important industry. Successful farming requires clean equipment. In particular, the water supply pipes need to be free of biofilm and bacterial contamination.
To achieve an even, high-quality surface finish, the chemicals used in electroplating baths must be of exactly the right concentration. The new flow meter DulcoFlow® from ProMinent uses an ultrasonic method to measure and monitor volume flows with precision.
Minimal cause, maximum effect: a small technical defect in the swimming pool disinfection system prompted the Augusta Sybilla School in Rastatt to make what was initially a difficult decision.
Reports of natural disasters always affect us particularly as, all too often, entirely unforeseen, large numbers of people are utterly and helplessly exposed to the most terrible situations. That is why we are extremely pleased that ProMinent technology is now being used to help thousands of flood victims in Thailand.
Safety has to be paramount wherever many thousands of visitors throng through the gates to a venue every day; the same also applies to the world's largest theme park. Major importance is attached to every aspect of safety at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi – irrespective of whether it relates to safety on the roller coaster rides or the safety of clean drinking water.
Boiler feed water plays a critical role in the trouble-free operation of steam generators. As lime and other deposits, as well as biofilms, have an insulating effect, they can significantly impair the efficiency of heat exchangers in steam and hot water systems. Failures and down times, caused by corrosion or efficiency losses caused by deposits and limescale, can be avoided using special systems supplied by ProMinent.
The town of Vohenstrauss can again use its Fahrenberg spring unrestrictedly, thanks to its investment in a fully automatic filtration and UV system. The town, located in the Upper Palatinate Danube Hills region of Southern Germany, installed a state of the art, fully automatic ultrafiltration system (UF system) and a UV system in the high-level tank under the Fahrenberg hill, which came into operation in 2004, both systems now reliably guaranteeing germ-free, clean drinking water.
The Bernaqua Westside Water Park and Spa in Bern, the leisure and wellness oasis designed by leading architect Daniel Libeskind, allows visitors to experience water in the most varied of ways. Pumps and systems from ProMaqua that have been coordinated with the water treatment processes, guarantee optimum water conditions
One of the largest breweries in Venezuela needed its process water to be treated for the operation of the brewery and for its bottling processes. Germ-free water is also used in bottling, as well as in rinsing and cleaning and disinfection processes and it is imperative that a significantly varying volume flow (0 – 35 m³/h water) is treated with adequate disinfectant. The brewery uses three complete chlorine dioxide generation and metering systems from ProMaqua.
The recently opened Badeparadies Schwarzwald was built in just one year. This means there was no time for experimentation. The operator uses reliable and secure treatment systems from ProMaqua for their swimming pool water.
Water is essential for manufacturer handling with food. It is additive, cooling liquid, cleaning medium and more. Due to this it must be 100 percent clean and germ-free. That has been the problem: Fattorie Osella, an Italian dairy company part of the international group Kraft Foods, needed to use 200 mc/h of microbiologically controlled water within its facility. Water, to be used for secondary purposes, without getting in contact with the end product, showed little microbial-related problems, in particular the presence of Pseudomonas.
Orlita process pumps ensure smooth material testing for nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities. Researchers working in the Studsvik Nuclear AB laboratories in Sweden are testing the impact of hydrogen gas concentrations on various encapsulation materials. Studsvik offers a range of advanced technical services to the international nuclear power industry. The tested materials are used to encapsulate nuclear fuel elements with the overall aim of storing them safely for hundreds of years.
Automatic marker pen filling with diaphragm metering pump delta®. The thin marker pens you will find on virtually all desks contain just a few millilitres of ink. These tiny volumes are injected during automatic pen assembly. A new pen is filled every second.
In northern Kuwait, metering stations are helping to keep the oil flowing safely and reliably.
Student researchers use metering system to discover how pulp can be manufactured more efficiently by the addition of chemicals.
One company in Madeira makes table water from the island’s springs and wells. Despite the fact that the natural nitrate content is too high, the finished product is high-quality drinking water – thanks to water treatment from ProMaqua.
Washing and transport systems for fruit and vegetables have to be cleaned frequently and thoroughly. At one Italian company, small quantities of chlorine dioxide added to the water are saving precious time for employees operating an apple washing system.
Skidding, sliding and slamming on the brakes – it’s all in a day’s work on the driver training skid pan operated by Dutch automobile club ANWB. The hazards of driving on wet roads are one of the risks most often underestimated by motorists.
The Dolder Grand is one of Switzerland’s most outstanding spa hotels. The original Curhaus, or health spa, built in 1899, has been transformed into a luxury-class city resort. The hotel boasts an exclusive ambience of opulence and relaxation, with 173 luxurious rooms and suites, exquisite cuisine, large banquet and seminar rooms and a new 4000 sqm spa. Running a hotel of this standard requires superior technology – an important part of which was supplied by ProMinent.
Vine diseases are the curse of every wine grower, however a metering pump can make the spraying of grapes and leaves more manageable. Globally increasing numbers of people are choosing to drink wine instead of beer and every year consumption of wine in Germany increases by 22.5 million bottles. However, winegrowers are faced with a difficult job combating vine diseases and pests before a fine drop can enter the customer's glass.
A family hotel in South Tyrol is using a DVGW-certified UV system to disinfect its swimming pool water - thereby making the water as pure and virus-free as drinking water.
Since spring 2010, a particular attraction of the holiday park „Klein Vaarwater“ on the Dutch island of Ameland are seven luxurious holiday villas, each equipped with their own indoor-pool at ground level alongside the living room.
"Cast off!" was the cry aboard the AIDAblu in Warnemünde on 5 May 2010, when around 10 pm the new luxury cruise liner from the cruise operator AIDA Cruises set off on its tour of the Baltic Sea under a shower of fireworks.
Solenoid metering pumps, as well as other equipment, is used in the treatment of digestate in the largest biogas plant in Switzerland. Switzerland is into biogas in a big way and the largest biogas plant in Switzerland was connected to the grid in the Lucerne district of Inwil in 2009. When operating at full capacity, it supplies up to 1.9 million cubic metres of gas per year - for use by natural gas vehicles (NGV). The volume produced is sufficient for 2,000 cars each travelling 12,000 kilometres per year.
The engine recycling company, BU Drive Schmitz+Krieger GmbH, relies on the treatment of waste water, thereby making an important contribution to environmental conservation and making significant savings in terms of operating costs.
The Welde Brewery has been brewing beer with its own spring water for over 250 years and the traditional brewery uses several Bello Zon® chlorine dioxide plants to disinfect its drinking water and washing water.
The Water Town of Spandau is a very special wellness area: sauna, whirlpool and saline pools are at the visitor's disposition. In addition to the swimming pool technology, ProMinent even supplies the dosing equipment for odors to enable a perfect wellness adventure.
The newly constructed KIA Motors plant in Teplička nad Váhom, Slovakia requires more than 120 cubic metre of process water per hour. The water must be supplied in high-purity quality conforming to defined quality parameters for the purpose of processing the automobile paint line. For this reason, the food water quality used is drinking quality water while all systems and components must be installed silicon free.
TEMAIKEN is the name of the ca. 34 hectares zoo near Buenos Aires. Aquaria and entire seascapes require the treatment of 1 700 m³ water per hour – this is approximately the usage of a city with 150 000 inhabitants.
As a last effluent treatment step a modern fully automatic neutralisation plant has been realized in the Heidelberg Schlossquell Brewery, newly built in 1999. Here, the neutralization of effluents is effected by ideally integrated components of a control circuit.
The luxury hotel Le Paradis on Mauritius offers a total of 286 rooms as well as suites, bungalows, villas and a large pool area. Water on Mauritius is scarce and public supply is not guaranteed smoothly.
The hotel with approx. 2,000 beds suffered from a loss of guests, not least because of the supply with saline brackish water. The water quality thus had urgently and drastically to be improved. The hotel looked for a solution independent of the unreliable, public water supply.
Surf riding in the city? We are not talking about the dangerous surf on rapid-transit commuters. Swatch, producer of watches, has brought a mobile wave into the world's metropoles. The water of this wave is treated with ProMinent technology.
Koerich water works near Luxembourg City is one of the Grand Duchy’s most important water works. A high-level tank with a volume of 15,000 m3 plus an additional 2,000 m3 was newly constructed for storage.
The finest beers are created through traditional brewing methods and through use of the very latest technology. The key to success is experience, not just in brewing, but also in the design of the plant itself.
The Greek, 4 star hotel complex „Porto Carras Grand Resort“ with a guest capacity of around 2.000 beds had one scarce resource: high quality water. So ProMinent was asked to supply a complete solution providing potable water from salt water. From the first project meeting to the first glass of pure drinking water took only 5 months.
ProMinent provides their entire water treatment including chemical fluid handling and chlorine dioxide systems in a walk-in container for the cooling water treatments in a cooling tower. A complete service agreement is in place to ensure its constant and efficient operation.
The newly developed Bundesplatz in Bern (Switzerland) was opened on 1st August 2004 – a large-scale project of national importance and international significance. The theme of the redevelopment is based on the elements rock, light and water.
The plant is used for surface treatment of metal parts as preparation for their painting and is divided into a degreasing, phosphating and passivation zone. Throughput is in excess of 1000 parts per day.
Clean competition water is our objective. Comprehensive competence in water applications our commitment. ProMinent has provided the Olympics with crystal-clear competition water for more than 30 years.
Water supply utilities employ appropriate disinfection processes to ensure the final user receives hygienically pure drinking water. However, the hygienic purity of the water can no longer be guaranteed wherever additional pipes and hoses are installed, for example, as drinking water and service water supply for large-scale events.
Located next to the coast of Northeast-China the islands Zhangzhi and Dachangshan both have a lack of potable water at almost all times during the year. For 160.000 inhabitants of these islands, ProMinent planned, installed and successfully put into operation a complete water treatment solution to convert sea water to potable water.
High performance desalination plant in Chinese freight harbour. Since 2004 one of the largest and most important freight harbours in North-East China has boasted a state-of-the-art extension. Iron ore imported from Australia arrives here to supply China's flourishing steel industry.
Health and well-being are top of mind in the working relationship between Virgin Active and ProMinent Fluid Controls (South Africa) – Virgin Active was challenged to exercise stricter control over the water coming into its 76 clubs across the country and ProMinent Fluid Controls provided a solution in the form of the LegioZon® chlorine dioxide generator.
For wastewater treatment, ProMinent, as a partner of HUBER AG, supplied Chemical Fluid Handling components for pH value control, flocculation, precipitation and flotation. The components – optimally matched to one another and to the process – offer an extremely economical total solution for wastewater treatment for the meat processing industry.
Retention agents facilitate an economic paper production. At the Rhein Papier in Hürth, an extremely high retention of fines can be achieved using components optimally matched to the process. As partner of Herkules in Düsseldorf, ProMinent supplied the preparation station for powdery retention agents for this application.
As partner of KHD Humbold Wedag GmbH, Cologne, ProMinent supplies the polymer preparation station for powdery and liquid polymer for the production of stock solutions or working solutions of synthetic flocculants. The components optimally matched among each other and to the process guarantee an extremely economic overall solution.
Mineral water is enjoying strongly increasing popularity. Hygiene is one of the most important factors here for successful mineral water bottling.
After a match, both the players of 1899 Hoffenheim as well as the away team look forward to relieving tension, loosening up their muscles and simply relaxing in the revitalizing pool at the new Rhein-Neckar Arena. ProMaqua provides water quality that is fit for the premier league.
The Hilton Hotel in St. Julian, Malta, is located directly at the beach. In the course of modernisation measures, an effective alternative for the insuffi ciently functioning seawater desalination system for the generation of drinking water was to be found.
Finished pasta products like spaetzle or tortellini are precooked in salt water. For this purpose, the dosing of a 24% saline solution is effected in industrial standard in different blanching devices. The dosing is controlled via a measurement of the inductive conductivity. The set value is about 20 mS (about 1% saline solution). When filling the plants, metered addition is done via a water meter proportionally.
From the Antarctic icebergs to the ground of the oceans: The scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) explore polar areas, oceans and their shores. Target is to understand the complex system Earth, especially the climate and its changes.
Prior to the processing or selling of leaf salads it must be guaranteed that the leaf surface has been cleaned properly and the germination number on the surface is kept at a minimum. Cut surfaces and points of breakage of salad leafs are especially sensitive to micro-organism infestation and brown colouring.
Metering processes controlled in sync with machine operating cycles place demanding requirements on the metering equipment required for this purpose. This is particularly true of applications where it is necessary to precisely apply very small quantities of a liquid within a very short space of time, i.e. virtually at split second intervals.
In the Russian water works Kronstadt, disinfection with chlorine gas has been replaced by sodium hypochlorite. The new process was to be fully automatic and redundantly. Moreover, fluctuating raw water charges had to be respected.
Cost savings of up to 40% for chemicals used in disinfection and fresh water consumption in the Crailsheim Dairy. Using chlorine dioxide as a disinfectant replaces a considerable quantity of fresh water by using recycled vapour. The consumption of peracetic acid has likewise been considerably reduced.