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52 / March 2021 powderbulk.com PBE AROUND THE INDUSTRY production, warehousing, and ship- ping areas remained intact. Camfil Group, Stockholm, Swe- den, is the parent company of Camfil APC, which has 30 man- ufacturing sites, six R&D centers, local sales offices in 30 countries, and 4,800 employees. Gericke Group launches new website Gericke Group, a global process equipment manufacturer based in Regensdorf, Switzerland, has launched a new website to feature its line of mixers, feeders, sifters, rotary valves, pneumatic convey- ing systems, bulk bag stations, and other powder and bulk solids handling and processing equip- ment. The multilingual website is tailored to assist process engineers with specifying the proper process handling equipment and systems by providing guidance on appli- cations, design details, and sizing and specifications. Gericke Group is the parent company to Gericke USA, Somer- set, NJ, that features an on-site test laboratory to test materials sim- ulating operating conditions on full-scale equipment. PEOPLE NEWS Vortex Global Ltd. has announced that in addition to his role as CEO, Travis Young has been appointed president to oversee the direction and strategy of the company as of January 1. After 16 years with Vortex, Young became the fourth president and CEO in the compa- ny's 44-year history, succeeding Jeff Thompson, Lee Young, and Neil Peterson. Young previously held a leadership position involving mar- keting and international business development initiatives. more media than a traditional bag- house collector. SPX Flow acquires UTG Mixing Group SPX Flow Inc., a provider of process solutions for the food, beverage, and industrial markets, announced it has completed the acquisition of UTG Mixing Group, the maker of Stelzer, Uutechnic, and Jamix mixing equipment and systems for the chemical, food, metallurgical, fertilizer, environmental technology, water treatment, and pharmaceutical markets. The addition of UTG's operations based in Finland and Germany will increase SPX's man- ufacturing capacity, technology, and technical expertise while expanding the European market. SPX Flow, Charlotte, NC, designs, manufactures, and supplies mix- ing, blending, separation, thermal heat transfer, fluid handling, and other equipment. The company had approximately $1.5 billion in annual revenues in 2019 and has operations in 30 countries and sales in more than 100 countries. Camfil APC to build 254,000-square-foot facility in Arkansas Camfil Air Pollution Control (APC), a manufacturer of industrial dust, fume, and mist collection systems based in Jonesboro, AR, announced construction of a new manufactur- ing facility to replace its previous building that was destroyed by a tornado in March 2020. The new 254,000-square-foot facility, includ- ing a factory and office space, will be located in Jonesboro, AR, and is expected to be completed in early 2022. Since the tornado, the company has been conducting man- ufacturing operations from a rented facility, however, the filter cartridge SUPPLIER NOTES Donaldson baghouse collector receives 2020 product of the year award Donaldson Company Inc., a man- ufacturer of filtration equipment and products based in Minneapolis, MN, has received the 2020 Product of the Year award by the Waterloo Filtration Institute (WFI) for its Donaldson Torit Rugged Pleat (RP) baghouse industrial collector. "Within the competitive filter element and device category, Don- aldson's RP baghouse stood out for its unique design, ease of use, innovative change in design and configuration, and its benefits to customers," said Mitch McCreary, WFI's director of sales. "Dust col- lectors are an important line of defense when it comes to filtering the air in harsh manufacturing environments, so the advancements demonstrated by the new RP bag- house are critically important to plant management teams." WFI supports the growth of the global filtration industry and the advancement of science and technology in filtration and separa- tion processes. As part of the WFI Annual Conference held December 2020, the RP baghouse was sin- gled out during the Filtration and Separation Certificate Ceremony that spotlighted a selection of new, global filtration products. The RP baghouse is designed to pre-separate 97 percent of dust before it hits filters, and the pulse cleaning system pulses directly over the filters to help extend its lifespan, according to the company. Each filter in the RP baghouse has two to three times more media than a typical bag design, which means the baghouse has 44 percent fewer filters while providing 60 percent