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VEOLIA WATER TECHNOLOGIES UK’S ORION 500 PROVIDES NEW
GENERATION WATER PURIFICATION FOR LIFE-SCIENCE COMPANY
A long term relationship between Veolia Water
Technologies UK (VWT UK) and one of its major
pharmaceutical industry clients has led to the
manufacturer updating its water purification
equipment with one of VWT UK’s new generation
ORION units. To overcome specific access
challenges within the Hertfordshire facility,
the standard ORIONTM unit had to be specially
modified.
A premier research and development service
company, Pharmaron, specialises in a range of
capabilities such as pharmacology, synthetic,
medicinal and analytical chemistry, as well as
chemical and pharmaceutical development within
the life science industry.
Due to the nature of the work Pharmaron carries
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out, it is vital that
the company
has a constant
supply of pure
water. VWT UK has
been providing
maintenance and
support to the
Pharmaron Hoddesdon site for water purification
equipment since the early 2000s, ensuring an
uninterrupted supply of purified water (USP/Ph
Eur grade). This water is used for both cleaning
equipment and as a raw material in the production
of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.
The new ORION 500 has replaced one of the three
water purification units supplied by VWT UK in 2004,
which had been operated in a ‘duty and back-up’
arrangement for many years. However, changes
in output by the company had led to one ORION
unit being decommissioned and used for spares,
prior to the new purchase being made as a planned
upgrade.
VWT UK’s project manager and service engineers
worked closely with Pharmaron’s own project
team to sequence the delivery, installation and
commissioning of the ORION 500 during the
Hoddesdon plant’s annual shut down period earlier
this year: ensuring the changeover went as smoothly
as possible.
Veolia Water Technologies UK’s Industrial Sales
Manager, Kalpesh Shah, explained: “The original
units had been craned into the building during
its construction, but this option was no longer
available and therefore the new assembly had to be
configured to fit into the main goods li . This was
achieved by creating two skids.
“Over a very tight program, our engineers
dismantled the original ORION unit, installed the
two new skids to form a single new ORION 500
unit, commissioned and successfully validated the
system.”
VWT UK continues to provide planned and
responsive maintenance for the various water
purification units across the Hoddesdon plant.
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