Page 18 - Company News
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March 10, 2011
Starting this week you can power your process filtration units and membrane test cells with the full line of flat sheet membranes from TriSep Corporation! These membrane elements are designed to provide premium efficiency in water treatment applications. What is especially great about this news is that now you can get these membranes in precut sizes to fit the CF042, Sepa CF, and HP4750 membrane test cell (individual sheets are available too)! Performing desalination and wastewater purification just got a lot easier…
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March 01, 2011Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to mix business with pleasure during an ACS sponsored event at a local chocolate maker. Based out of Seattle, WA, Theo Chocolates, appropriately named after the chocolate bean bearing tree Theobroma cacao, is the only bean-to-bar, organic, fair trade chocolate factory in the USA. After a delicious round of tastings and an insightful tour of the production line, COO Andy McShea gave an interesting lecture on all things chocolate. Did you know that the antioxidant poly-phenols found in dark chocolate are known to lower blood pressure, reduce oral bacteria, and improve cognition? Still need convincing it’s ok to take one more piece?
At this point, you're probably wondering, but what does chocolate have to do with filtration? And you're right, not nearly as much as you’d find in the beverage industry. But Theo, in an effort to maintain its organic product status, uses only essential oils as opposed to extracts to create the sensational, true to flavor tastes -
January 10, 2011This week the New York Times gave a very nice shout out to one of our customers, Ion Torrent, and their CEO, Dr. Jonathan Rothberg. Ion Torrent is increasing the prevalence of genetic sequencing by developing smaller and more affordable machines. The article compares what they are doing with genetic equipment to what Steve Jobs did with the personal computer – so clearly Ion Torrent has some big, ambitious plans. They’ve been using our bench scale products for a little while now, and it’s nice to know they are going to good use. My favorite part, “If somebody is to get the Nobel Prize for next-generation sequencing, it should be Jonathan.” Just make sure to wave to us from Stockholm! Read the complete article here. They’ve been using our bench scale products for a little while now, and it’s nice to know they are going to good use. My favorite part, “If somebody is to get the Nobel Prize for next-generation sequencing, it should be Jonathan.” Just make sure to wave to us from Stockholm!
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January 06, 2011
Have you ever wondered where you would be without Thomas Graham? If you are a chemist or membrane scientist, you probably should. Scientists of many disciplines are indebted to Thomas Graham for his groundbreaking studies on gas flow through microporous membranes. His work, which included creating Graham’s Laws of Diffusion to describe the relative permeation rate of two gases, was instrumental in the creation of colloidal chemistry and the advancement of membrane science. In terms of real world applications, Graham’s efforts are a precursor to inventions ranging from the artificial kidney to the atomic bomb. His feats are even more impressive when you consider that in order to perform his experiments he had to first generate the necessary gases himself, and also that his selection of membrane materials was limited to whatever objects he could find, such as rubber balloons, animal bladders, and thin metal sheets. Thomas Graham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1805 and enrolled in the
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December 29, 2010This is another short week for Sterlitech as we get ready to celebrate the New Year. We will be closed Thursday and Friday, and we look forward to working with you all again in 2011!
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December 22, 2010
Just a reminder, but the Sterlitech office will be closed for the holiday tomorrow and Friday and we will reopen on Monday, December 27th. Have a happy and safe holiday weekend!
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November 23, 2010
We just got blasted with our first winter storm of the year and it was a mean one for Seattle. Take a look at the video and you can tell that while there are many things we do well here (computer programming, watching soccer), driving around in the snow clearly isn't one of them. Even our own metro buses can't quite get the hang of it!
Just a reminder, but Sterlitech will be closed this Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday (November 25th and 26th. We will open again on Monday the 29th. We wish you all a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
