Canada Approves Eka’s Purate Technology for Paper Machine Biocide

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Eka Chemicals, Marietta, Ga., USA, the AkzoNobel Pulp and Paper Chemicals business, this past week announced that it has been granted permission by the Canadian Pest Management Regulatory Agency to use its Purate® technology to produce chlorine dioxide for applications to control microorganism contamination in pulp and paper mill process water.

"For more than 40 years, Eka Chemicals has been designing, building, and operating chlorine dioxide systems for applications ranging from pulp bleaching to water disinfection for drinking and food processing," Mario Houde, president, Eka Chemicals, said. "Purate is proven technology with more than 300 on-site chlorine dioxide production units around the world. We are really excited to be able to offer this technology to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry as it is the most cost effective chemistry to control biofilm in the papermaking process."