Redpath Mining Contractors and Engineers Install Advanced Containerized MBR System at North Bay Facility for Treatment of Grey Water and Sewage

North Bay, ON – J.S. Redpath Limited, Mining Contractors and Engineers, has installed an advanced containerized MBR System at their North Bay facilities for treatment of grey water and sewage, to support their commitment to sustainability and the environment. These containerized MBR Systems allow for the reuse and recycling of grey water and sewage in remote mining sites. "By installing our own containerized MBR System at our facilities, we gain valuable experience with this technology." said, Derek Budge, Manager of Safety, Health and Environment. "Redpath’s philosophy is to be a leader in all areas of Health, Safety, and the Environment."

The containerized MBR System is supplied and supported by Filter Innovations. Filter Innovations is a member of the Calco Environmental Group specializing in innovative treatment solutions for process water, wastewater, ground water, and air. As part of its product line, the company designs, manufactures, and supports a full line of Membrane-Biological-Reactor (MBR) systems for the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater.

"MBR technology is the future of wastewater treatment here in Canada, and around the world", said John Dragasevich, President of Filter Innovations. "Our MBR wastewater treatment systems already exceed these proposed new standards. In fact, these systems deliver ultraclean effluent, virtually drinking-water quality, protecting our environment and our watershed."

Other benefits of MBR technology include a small footprint, reliability, and low maintenance. MBR systems are robust enough to withstand variations in operation conditions due to fluctuating sludge concentration, sludge age and organic load. As a result, these systems are particularly well-suited to wastewater treatment plants with significant seasonal or daily variations in wastewater loading. Filter Innovations has delivered MBR systems into a variety of wastewater applications, including small decentralized sub-divisions, remote work camps, hotels, resorts, and golf clubs. Systems range in size up to 1 million litres per day.

For more information, contact:

About Redpath Mining Contractors and Engineers (www.redpathmining.com):

Established in 1962, Redpath provides full and comprehensive expertise and experienced services to the global mining industry. Companies choose Redpath for our global family of highly qualified personnel, unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest safety standards and our ability to meet deadlines. Technical and operational expertise contributes greatly to our reputation for practical and innovative performance, resulting in the successful completion of complex, challenging mine development and construction projects. The Redpath Group of companies, having worked in over 30 countries, has offices located in: CANADA - North Bay, Red Lake, Rouyn-Noranda, Sudbury, Timmins; UNITED STATES - Reno; CHILE - Santiago; INDONESIA - Jakarta; MONGOLIA - Ulaan Baatar; SOUTH AFRICA – Johannesburg; AUSTRALIA – Brisbane.

About Filter Innovations (www.filterinnovations.com):

Filter Innovations, a member of the Calco Environmental Group, is a leading provider of innovative treatment solutions for process water, wastewater, ground water, and air. Turnkey solutions include Membrane Biological Reactor Systems, Air Scrubber Systems, Chemical Waste Treatment Systems, Dissolved Air Flotation Systems, Engineered Filter Systems, Odour Control Systems, and Ultra Filtration Systems. Filter Innovations also supplies a complete range of environmental products to support clients’ filtration needs that include auto self cleaning filters, carbon, carbon vessels, cartridges/canisters/bags, coalescers/oil water separators, disposable drums, electrostatic rods, filter bags/cartridges, vessels/sand filters, filtral/organo clay, flow and plug systems, membranes, pumps and accessories, sand filters, self indexing filters, and ultra filtration cleaners.

Calco Environmental Group recognized for Canada 50 Best Managed Company Award

CALGARY, AB – (February 2011) Calco Environmental Group (Calco) pleased to announce that they are a recipient of the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Company Award presented by program sponsors: Deloitte, CIBC Commercial Banking, National Post, and Queen’s School of Business.

"We believe that there are three vital building blocks to sustainable growth: strategy, capability, and commitment, Calco has demonstrated it is a model of success in all three areas and is duly awarded one of Canada’s Best Managed" explained Denis Waite, Partner, Deloitte and Touche LLP, a national sponsor of the Best Managed program.

Calco’s business approach has allowed it to profitably grow the company at rates greater than 15% annually for the last 19 years making it a leading manufacturer of integrated environmental equipment systems in North America.

Calco was selected as a winner due to it’s:

• focus on meeting or exceeding the customers’ needs at each step of their interaction with Calco;
• empowerment of its employees to act and make decisions, guided by the experienced leadership team;
• employment of a rigorous planning and goal setting process;
• communication of strategic plan and objectives to the entire company and
• incorporation of those objectives into the personal objectives of the employees;
• frequent monitoring of results and communication of progress to the entire company on a monthly basis

"Calco is proud to be recognized for this achievement" said Bruce Lounsbury, President and CEO of Calco, "I am incredibly proud of our organization. It is the dedication and commitment from all of our employees that has allowed us to win this award. As a successful manufacturer of integrated environmental equipment systems, we believe we are effectively managing the challenge of designing, manufacturing and supporting unique equipment packages for each of our customers. Our success has come from focusing on a simple, deliberate and measured approach to our business."

About Calco Environmental Group:

Calco Environmental Group, founded in 1992, designs, manufactures, commissions, and supports turnkey solutions for soil remediation and the treatment of air and water in industrial applications. The remediation solutions range from single well pumping systems to large combined soil vapor extraction/groundwater pump and treatment systems. The industrial solutions include Air Scrubber Systems, Odour Control Systems, Chemical Waste Treatment Systems, Dissolved Air Flotation Systems, Engineered Filter Systems, Membrane Biological Reactor Systems, and Ultra Filtration Systems. The Systems are highly customized with sophisticated control systems, designed specifically to provide innovative solutions for our customers’ unique requirements. Calco distributes an extensive range of environmental products which includes pumps, sampling equipment, air strippers, carbon filters, and air monitoring and air sampling products. Key customers include leading environmental engineering consulting firms, and large environmental contracting firms. Sales and support in Canada and the United States are provided through an established network of highly respected business partners. Calco is known in the industry for its professional long term approach to the business, delivering quality solutions to support our business partners and customers’ success.

About Canada’s Best Managed Companies:

Established in 1993, 50 Best Managed Companies is the country’s leading business awards program, recognizing excellence in Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $10 million. Every year, hundreds of entrepreneurial companies compete for this designation in a rigorous and independent process that evaluates the caliber of their management abilities and practices. The Best Managed designation symbolizes corporate success: companies focused on their core vision, creating stakeholder value and excelling in the global economy. The program has continued to raise the profile of privately-owned businesses that have outperformed their competitors, created thousands of jobs and achieved sustainable growth. Program sponsors are Deloitte, CIBC Commercial Banking, National Post, and Queen’s School of Business. For further information, visit www.canadas50best.com.

For further information, please contact:
Bruce Lounsbury, President and CEO
Phone: (613)-498-1876
Toll-free (800)-420-4056
bruce.lounsbury@calcogroup.com
www.mleequipment.com

Steel Services Inc. Acquires Advanced Laser Cutting System

MACON, Georgia – (January 2011) Steel Services Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of an industry leading HanKwang PS 6025 6.0kw 20’x8’ Flying-Optics high speed laser cutting system with the capacity for cutting oversized sheet metals up to 20’x8’. Key features of the system include 6,300 IPM of the rapid positioning speed, light-weight gantry and modular structure driven by Siemens Servo dual motors, constant beam delivery system keeping the beam spot size extremely constant to get the best cutting quality, fast axial flow DC type Panasonic resonator for high stability & performance, stationary Table with X/Y/Z axis gantry movement, auto height sensing unit, Siemens 840D CNC controller, and automatic focus control.

“The addition of this advanced laser cutting system will allow Steel Services to continue to improve our service to our customers through the added capacity and the increased precision offered by the laser system” said Ronnie Binner Jr., Vice President of Operations.

“Our merger with Steel Services was very successful – exceeding all of our expectations. Steel Services has an experienced, customer service focused team, with a reputation of high integrity” said Robert Kulhawy, Chairman of the Calco Environmental Group. “We are excited to be making a significant capital investment in advanced manufacturing technology in Macon Georgia”

About Steel Services: Steel Services, founded in 1966, is a member of the Calco Environmental Group. Steel Services provides a wide range of custom metal fabrication services (Aluminum, mild or high strength carbon steel, and stainless steel) to clients in the transportation, construction, manufacturing, and environmental industries. Steel Services has earned a reputation for our attention to customer service, quality of our products, and for our ability to be able to provide value. Steel Services is located in Macon, Georgia, just 75 miles south of Atlanta near the Interstate 16 and Interstate 75 intersection. Operations include over 60,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities located on ten acres.

About Calco Environmental Group: Calco Environmental Group, founded in 1992, designs, manufactures, commissions, and supports turnkey solutions for soil remediation and the treatment of air and water in industrial applications. The remediation solutions range from single well pumping systems to large combined soil vapor extraction/groundwater pump and treatment systems. The industrial solutions include Air Scrubber Systems, Odour Control Systems, Chemical Waste Treatment Systems, Dissolved Air Flotation Systems, Engineered Filter Systems, Membrane Biological Reactor Systems, and Ultra Filtration Systems. The Systems are highly customized with sophisticated control systems, designed specifically to provide innovative solutions for our customers’ unique requirements. Calco distributes an extensive range of environmental products which includes pumps, sampling equipment, air strippers, carbon filters, and air monitoring and air sampling products. Key customers include leading environmental engineering consulting firms, and large environmental contracting firms. Sales and support in Canada and the United States are provided through an established network of highly respected business partners. Calco is known in the industry for its professional long term approach to the business, delivering quality solutions to support our business partners and customers’ success.

For further information, please contact:
Ronnie Binner
Vice President of Operations
Steel Services Inc
Telephone (478) 461-1518
Email ronnie.binner@steelservicesco.com

Environment Minister Prentice unveils proposal for strict new Canadian wastewater regulation at Filter Innovations’ MBR manufacturing plant in Brockville, ON.

BROCKVILLE, ON – (February 2010) Canada's Environment Minister, Jim Prentice, today announced that draft municipal wastewater systems effluent regulations are now available for public consultation. Once in force, these regulations will set standards for the discharge from all wastewater facilities in Canada.

"Today we are taking action to protect our environment for future generations," said Minister Prentice, "It is not acceptable that we continue discharging untreated waste into our water ways.”

Minister Prentice made the announcement while touring manufacturing plant of Filter Innovations Inc. in Brockville, Ontario. Filter Innovations is a Canadian company specializing in innovative treatment solutions for process water, wastewater, ground water, and air. As part of its product line, the company designs, manufactures, and supports a full line of Membrane-Biological-Reactor (MBR) systems for the treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater.

The company’s MBR systems were the focal point of the tour by Minister Prentice.

“MBR technology is the future of wastewater treatment here in Canada, and around the world”, said John Dragasevich, President of Filter Innovations. “Our MBR wastewater treatment systems already exceed these proposed new standards. In fact, these systems deliver ultraclean effluent, virtually drinking-water quality, protecting our environment and our watershed.”

Filter Innovations is member of the Calco Environmental Group, a leader in providing practical solutions for the treatment of contaminated air, water, and soil. Robert Kulhawy, Chairman of Calco Environmental, was present at the announcement: “We are pleased to be able to work closely with the Canadian Government as a key partner in the advancement of a sustainable environment."  

Other benefits of MBR technology include a small footprint, reliability, and low maintenance. MBR systems are robust enough to withstand variations in operation conditions due to fluctuating sludge concentration, sludge age and organic load. As a result, these systems are particularly well-suited to wastewater treatment plants with significant seasonal or daily variations in wastewater loading. Filter Innovations has delivered MBR systems into a variety of wastewater applications, including small decentralized sub-divisions, remote work camps, hotels, resorts, and golf clubs. Systems range in size up to 1 million litres per day.

“The demand for MBR systems is accelerating across the country,” said John Dragasevich. “Customer’s recognize that traditional wastewater treatment has severe limitations. They don’t want to be caught off-side with current or future regulations”.

For more information, please contact:

John Dragasevich

President
Filter Innovations Inc.
Phone: (416) 490 7848
jdragasevich@filterinnovations.com
www.filterinnovations.com

About Filter Innovations: www.filterinnovations.com

Filter Innovations, a member of the Calco Environmental Group, is a leading provider of innovative treatment solutions for process water, wastewater, ground water, and air. Turnkey solutions include Membrane Biological Reactor Systems, Air Scrubber Systems, Chemical Waste Treatment Systems, Dissolved Air Flotation Systems, Engineered Filter Systems, Odour Control Systems, and Ultra Filtration Systems. Filter Innovations also supplies a complete range of environmental products to support clients’ filtration needs that include auto self cleaning filters, carbon, carbon vessels, cartridges/canisters/bags, coalescers/oil water separators, disposable drums, electrostatic rods, filter bags/cartridges, vessels/sand filters, filtral/organo clay, flow and plug systems, membranes, pumps and accessories, sand filters, self indexing filters, and ultra filtration cleaners.

About Calco Environmental Group: www.calcogroup.com

Calco Environmental Group , founded in 1992, designs, manufactures, commissions, and supports turnkey solutions for soil remediation and the treatment of air and water in industrial applications. The remediation solutions range from single well pumping systems to large combined soil vapor extraction/groundwater pump and treatment systems. The industrial solutions include Air Scrubber Systems, Odour Control Systems, Chemical Waste Treatment Systems, Dissolved Air Flotation Systems, Engineered Filter Systems, Membrane Biological Reactor Systems, and Ultra Filtration Systems. The Systems are highly customized with sophisticated control systems, designed specifically to provide innovative solutions for our customers' unique requirements. Calco distributes an extensive range of environmental products which includes pumps, sampling equipment, air strippers, carbon filters, and air monitoring and air sampling products. Key customers include leading environmental engineering consulting firms, and large environmental contracting firms. Sales and support in Canada and the United States are provided through an established network of highly respected business partners. Calco is known in the industry for its professional long term approach to the business, delivering quality solutions to support our business partners and customers' success.

Calco Environmental Group Acquires Steel Services in Macon Georgia

CALGARY, Alberta - (November 2009) Calco Environmental Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Steel Services located in Macon, Georgia. The addition of Steel Services to the Calco Environmental Group will allow Calco to leverage continued growth in our Brockville Ontario operations to better serve our customers throughout the United States and Canada, and eventually to international markets through the Port of Savannah located only two hours away.

“We are very excited about Steel Services joining our group of companies. Steel Services has a wonderful history and reputation, and their customer focused culture closely matches our own Calco corporate culture” said Robert Kulhawy, Chairman of the Calco Environmental Group. “On paper Steel Services met all of our criteria that we were looking for in a partner. When we met the founder, the leadership team, and the staff and toured the operations we knew that we had a match.”

"Steel Services Company is honored to be a part of Calco Environmental Group. This acquisition is good for our employees, Macon, and especially our customers. Calco plans on expanding our business and to obtain more technologically advanced equipment. They also will be bringing in their environmental equipment business. Their core values are the same as ours. They have the distinction of being one of the fifty best managed companies in Canada. Our employees' future association with Steel Services Inc. will be one that they can look forward to" said Ron Binner Sr., CEO and Ronnie Binner Jr., President of Steel Services. "We want to thank all of our customers and employees for their support given to us over the years and know that you will support Calco and Steel Services Inc. going forward."

About Calco Environmental Group:

Calco Environmental Group, founded in 1992, designs, manufactures, commissions, and supports turnkey solutions for soil remediation and the treatment of air and water in industrial applications. The remediation solutions range from single well pumping systems to large combined soil vapor extraction/groundwater pump and treatment systems. The industrial solutions include Air Scrubber Systems, Odour Control Systems, Chemical Waste Treatment Systems, Dissolved Air Flotation Systems, Engineered Filter Systems, Membrane Biological Reactor Systems, and Ultra Filtration Systems. The Systems are highly customized with sophisticated control systems, designed specifically to provide innovative solutions for our customers' unique requirements. Calco distributes an extensive range of environmental products which includes pumps, sampling equipment, air strippers, carbon filters, and air monitoring and air sampling products. Key customers include leading environmental engineering consulting firms, and large environmental contracting firms. Sales and support in Canada and the United States are provided through an established network of highly respected business partners. Calco is known in the industry for its professional long term approach to the business, delivering quality solutions to support our business partners and customers' success. 

About Steel Services:

Steel Services, founded in 1966, provides a wide range of custom metal fabrication services (Aluminum, mild or high strength carbon steel, and stainless steel) to clients in the transportation, construction, manufacturing, and environmental industries. They have earned a reputation for their attention to customer service, quality of their products, and for their ability to be able to provide value. Steel Services is located in Macon, Georgia, just 75 miles south of Atlanta near the Interstate 16 and Interstate 75 intersection. The operations include over 60,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities located on ten acres.


For further information, please contact: 

Robert Kulhawy
Chairman
Calco Environmental Group
Calgary Alberta
Phone: (403) 301-3883
Robert.Kulhawy@calcogroup.com
www.calcogroup.com