Company news

New delivery contracts

In the 2nd Quarter 2010 two contract agreements have been signed on VacuDry plant deliveries for Mercury and Oily Waste projects in Europe. An additional agreement was fixed for a project for the recycling and industrial reuse of inorganic WWT filtercake.

New name, constant high quality

"AVA econ industries" becomes "econ industries"
A growing demand in our market segment caused a continuous growth within our company which has made certain organizational changes unavoidable. Consequently we have found it necessary to update our corporate identity to ease the brand recognition for our international clients. A result of this modernization is the adoption of a company slogan, which accurately reflects our daily working objectives:

econ industries - Imagine zero industrial waste...!

Also, we have relocated our central office to Starnberg. With new premises there we are now based much closer to the centre of Munich and Munich airport. This will reduce travelling times for both our customers and the econ staff - our so-called "econeers". But Starnberg is not only a good place for working. The famous Starnberger See is one of the most famous places in Bavaria. Please find more information under www.starnberg24.de/english/

Successful commissioning with 2 t/h oily wastes

The VacuDry plant delivered in 2009 to England has been tested during the last months with various different input wastes. Also filter cakes coming from centrifugation units in refineries with solid contents around 40% have been operated to the required capacity of 2 t/h. Lab analysis has shown that the oil recycled from the waste has properties similar to light fuel oil while after treatment the remaining mineral solids have TPH contents below 1%.

econ down-under

Australia catches up to meet highest environmental standards in treating hazardous wastes to avoid unnecessary landfill in the nearest future. In November 2009 econ industries signed a Basic Engineering contract to extend an existing treatment facility for industrial wastes with state-of-the-art process technology. The target of this engineering is to finally establish in 2011 a VacuDry plant down-under. To prepare the process design phase pilot tests have recently been operated successfully with different hazardous wastes in the new test centre near Prague/Czech Republic.

econ industries expand their product portfolio

With immediate effect econ industries are able to offer our clients a complete turn-key solution for the recycling of fluorescent lamps containing mercury. Straight tubes, special shaped lamps, compact fluorescent lamps (CFL), high pressure mercury lamps (HQL) and even crushed glass fragments can all be processed in the econ plant. Lead or soda-lime glass fractions as well as the remaining metallic parts are automatically cleaned and sorted within the plant. The mercury which is contained in the fluorescence generating powder is washed out of the system and then retrieved using our proven Thermal Desorption technology.
It would be our pleasure to explain to you the benefits of our technology !