Sustainability Award

SIMEC Mining

Flocculant solutions leading to significant reduction in water and CO2 for tailings management project.

Solenis helped Iron Duke’s Tailing Storage Facility of SIMEC Mining, Australia to uses an automatic batch process to efficiently prepare flocculant solutions that contributes to significant cost savings, CO2 emissions and water usage reduction by applying Praestospeed™ 120 Modular Dissolving System.

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KFC

Initiatives Leading to Enhanced Cleaning Efficiency, Significantly Reduced Product and Packaging Consumption

Diversey, a Solenis company, helped KFC UK and Ireland to improve cleaning efficiency in their restaurants and significantly reduce the consumption of cleaning products and related packaging. The combination of initiatives was estimated to reduce the company’s annual packaging waste by 7,504 kg.

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Braskem

Water treatment initiatives leading to significant reductions in water and chemical consumption

Solenis helped Braskem Q1 industrial facility in Camaçari, Brazil to implement innovative water treatment solutions that contributed to significant cost savings and resulted in profound sustainability benefits, introducing a new scale inhibitor, Performax™ DC5002.

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BASF White Stone

Boiler water optimization program enables chemical manufacturer to reduce water use, fuel consumption and carbon output.

Solenis helped BASF’s chemical plant in White Stone, South Carolina, optimize two boilers used in several critical processes and, as a result, reduce its annual water and fuel costs by $27,002 and annual carbon dioxide emissions by 6,156 tons.

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Mercer International Inc.

Rosenthal, Germany

A new silicone-based pulp defoamer reduces water and energy requirement for black liquor evaporation plant.

A Solenis silicone-based brown stock defoamer improved the brown stock washing operation enabling the mill to save approximately 25 cubic meters per hour of wash water in addition to the extraction of CO2-free electrical energy of 4371125 kWh/a.

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WestRock Seminole Mill

Chemical optimization projects enable containerboard mill to reduce annual costs, carbon footprint and water use.

Solenis helped WestRock’s Seminole Mill optimize its use of dry and wet strength chemistries and, as a result, reduce its annual costs by $3.9 million and annual carbon dioxide emissions and freshwater consumption by 7,492 tons and 6 million gallons, respectively.

Diageo

Partnership maximizes the volume of water recovered at Diageo’s eleven African breweries.

Diversey’s technical expertise and water treatment solutions reduced water consumption across the sites by more than 20% (in excess of 1m cubic meters per annum) whilst at the same time achieving a 23% reduction in the volume of chemicals consumed.

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HEINEKEN

Water conservation projects enable brewer to significantly reduce water intake in water-stressed areas.

The implementation of Diversey’s AquaCheck program enables HEINEKEN to achieve a 6 percent reduction in average water intake across 10 breweries in Africa and Brazil, equating to a savings of 2,936,100 cubic meters of water.

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Target Corporation

A simplified store cleaning program leads to significant waste and CO2 reductions.

Working together, Target and Diversey created a simplified store cleaning program to help reduce the company’s annual chemical packaging waste. After an 18-month pilot, they rolled out the new program across all stores in less than four months, minimizing disruption to stores and the guest experience. The simplified program has an annual estimated packaging waste reduction of 17,520 kg (58%).

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Repsol Industrial Complex

Wastewater treatment plant optimization program increased water reuse, delivered energy savings, and reduced sludge.

Solenis' Chargepac™ coagulant program helped Repsol, S.A. (Spain) plant reduce severe performance and corrosion problems on their DAF unit. As a result increased water reuse reduced risk of failing on environmental compliance. Fresh water and energy savings were also achieved.

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Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group

Reduce scaling in phosphoric acid processing operations leads to improved evaporator performance, reduced cleaning time, and increased production throughput.

Using Zalta™ antiscalants program in the phosphoric acid process, Guizhou Phosphate Chemical Group significantly reduce scaling in phosphoric acid processing operations, leading to water savings of 27,900 cubic meters, power savings of 21,360 kWh, and a carbon footprint reduction of about 3000 tons.

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Armstrong World Industries

Marietta Ceiling Plant

Improved vacuum pump operation leads to reduced carbon dioxide emissions.

Solenis worked with Armstrong World Industries to develop and implement a scale control program at the company’s ceiling plant in Marietta, Pennsylvania, that reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 42 tons per year based on energy savings attributed to more efficient vacuum pump operation.

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International Paper

Pine Hill Mill

Ultrasonic bed depth monitor enables containerboard mill to significantly reduce freshwater usage.

The installation of an ultrasonic bed depth monitor and chemical automation on the raw water clarifier at International Paper’s containerboard mill in Pine Hill, Alabama, resulted in water savings of 1.3 million gallons annually.

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Contact Energy

Wairakei Powerplant

Geothermal well cleaning project significantly offsets carbon dioxide emissions.

Solenis helped Contact Energy’s Wairakei geothermal powerplant in Taupō, New Zealand, return a geothermal well to operation as well as expand the power generation of the well by 50,000 megawatt-hours per year, effectively offsetting carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 57,000 tons every year.

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Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Catlettsburg Refinery

An anthracite filter project saves 162 million gallons of water per year.

Solenis helped the Catlettsburg refinery, part of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, to optimize operation of 18 anthracite filters used as part of the BFW pretreatment process. The result was significant water and chemical savings.

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Saint-Gobain ISOVER

An integrated chemical program impacts several sustainability measures.

Solenis partnered with Saint-Gobain ISOVER at multiple European sites to supply advanced biocides and defoamers, reducing chemical use, improving worker safety and lowering carbon emissions.

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