Alfa Laval, Orège sign agreement to offer wastewater treatment solutions

Alfa Laval, a company providing heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling services, has entered into a global commercial agreement with Orège, a France-based firm supplying patented techniques for wastewater treatment.

With this partnership, the firms will be able to provide a combined product offering and expand their market presence.

Alfa Laval offers several products and solutions for the wastewater treatment industry.

One of its technologies include the Alfa Laval Ashbrook Simon-Hartley line of belt filter presses to dewater municipal and industrial sludges.

Following the commercial agreement with Orège, Alfa Laval will provide a sludge conditioning technology to cut down total costs of the customers’ processes.

Alfa Laval Food & Water Division president Nish Patel said: “I am very pleased to announce the partnership with Orège. We will now be able to further improve our customers’ processes, which will have an impact both on their bottom line and the environment as it will support our customers in reaching their own sustainability targets.”

The jointly offered solution is suitable for both new installations and retrofit in the sludge dewatering market.

Orège’s SLG (Solids, Liquid, Gas) technology to Alfa Laval’s process solutions for wastewater treatment plant will reduce both sludge volumes and polymer consumption and reduce the plant’s operating costs.

Alfa Laval has 17,500 employees, with annual sales of SEK46.5bn in 2019.