A new 6 600m2 chemical production facility has been opened in Pomona, Kempton Park, South Africa by the global company Veolia Water Technologies.
The new development is anticipated to be the main blending facility for the Veolia’s local operations, and is also set to export to its clients throughout Africa, owing to its competitive costs of production compared with other Veolia chemical production facilities, such as in Italy and France.
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The factory produces 500 t a month of water treatment chemicals, which is in line with the capacity of its previous Sebenza, Isando factory. However, the factory could increase production to 1 500 t a month if it implemented three eight-hour shifts, up from the single shift it currently operates.
Veolia South Africa business development manager Chris Braybrooke confirmed the reports and said that the challenges that became apparent in the previous facility were related to storage capacity, both for the raw materials and the finished products.
The chemical production facility
He however said that the new facility has sufficient storage space and can triple the chemical production.
The factory also has an in-house laboratory for testing and verification, and its testing and quality assurance procedures conform to the International Standards, Organization standards and the local standards. It also holds three different food and beverage chemicals certifications, namely the South African Bureau of Standards 1827, 1828 and 1829 standards.
Currently, Veolia is producing a shipment of chemicals for use in Morocco, and there is a distant opportunity to export to Brazil, where they use toll blenders to produce chemicals for clients there.Moreover, the new facility has several advantages as it does not discharge any liquid waste, harvests rainwater and recovers 90% of its industrial wastewater for reuse.