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01/22/2001
Pall Incorporates Revolutionary Technology into
Water Treatment Systems
East Hills, NY (01/22/2001) - - Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) announced it has entered a strategic alliance with Pulsar UV Technologies, Inc., a California-based manufacturer of novel Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection and oxidation systems. Pall will integrate Pulsar's innovative and patented Pulsed Blackbody Ultraviolet "PBUVTM" technology into its AriaSM brand membrane-based water treatment systems, providing customers with unsurpassed protection against water-borne contaminants.
Water disinfection by UV is a scientifically proven process that kills pathogens and does not create disinfection by-products, or tastes and odors in drinking water. UV is proven to kill bacteria, such as E. Coli, viruses and other pathogens such as chlorine-resistant Cryptosporidium by damaging the DNA molecule, preventing cellular division and eventually causing the pathogen to die. The unique high energy levels of the PBUVTM technology provide excellent inactivation of all pathogens.
Eric Krasnoff, Pall Corporation CEO said, "Multiple barrier protection of our drinking water provides a needed margin of safety to the public. Pall's growing line of high performance products will enable water suppliers to reliably and economically meet increasingly stringent drinking water standards."
Pulsar's PBUVTM systems provide pulsed high-energy blackbody light that radiates predominately in the deep-ultraviolet range at peak power outputs ranging from 3 million watts to 8 million watts in broadband width ranging from 185 to 400 nanometers. The UV pulses can effectively break down organic matter and trace contaminants such as MTBE and pesticides in feed waters which reduces the possibility of producing cancer causing by-products when chlorine is used to maintain a disinfectant residual in the distribution pipelines. Because the PBUVTM system provides high irradiance values the lamps are also self-cleaning without the need for chemical additives or mechanical wipers.
Pall will combine the UV systems with its AriaSM water treatment system. The net result is a double barrier protection system that reduces more contaminants and operates at higher flow rates and with less fouling. This assures purer drinking water at lower operating costs for the municipality.
Jim Bender, Pulsar president and co-founder said, "We see an excellent fit of our Riptide PBUVTM system with the Pall AriaSM water treatment process. Because of PBUVTM's unique properties, not only are we able to provide the multiple barrier protection, we also enhance the filterability of the AriaSM system by precipitating dissolved iron and manganese and removing trace organics, ultimately resulting in superior water quality for the customer."
The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that nearly a million Americans become sick and a thousand die every year from drinking contaminated water. Those most at risk from waterborne contamination are the very young, the elderly and immunocompromised patients. While massive outbreaks like the recent Walkerton, Ontario epidemic or the disastrous Milwaukee, Wisconsin epidemic, when 400,000 people were infected and over 100 died, make the press, the majority of illnesses occur in isolated incidents.
These tragic events underscore the fragile nature of drinking water, and the limitations of older technologies as treatment methods. While chlorination can "treat" water, advanced membranes remove pathogens and can prevent outbreaks of waterborne illnesses.
Pall entered the municipal drinking water market four years ago bringing advanced membrane technology to large municipalities. Membrane filtration systems are revolutionizing the way drinking water is produced. Pall's AriaSM brand water treatment systems have proven to be the most practical and cost-effective solutions to guarantee high quality drinking water. They are also designed to be easily installed and serviced to meet the current water needs of small communities for high quality drinking water, and are expandable as the communities grow.
For more information on water purification, contact Pall Corporation's Water Processing Division, 2200 Northern Boulevard, East Hills, NY 11548 in writing, or by telephone at (516) 484-5400 or, outside New York at (800) 645-6532. Visit Pall Corporation's Web site at http://www.pall.com/water and http://www.pall.com/gelman/enviro_sam, or dial Pall's Select-A-Fax system at 1-800-664-PALL.
Pall is the leader in the increasingly complex and demanding filtration industry and has been for more than 50 years. Pall serves customers throughout the health care and industrial marketplace, providing leading-edge products for such applications as transfusion medicine, biopharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and municipal drinking water.
Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL) has annual sales of over $1.2 billion. The Company is headquartered in East Hills, New York and has operations in over 30 countries. Further information can be found at http://www.pall.com.
Pulsar UV Technologies, Inc. was founded to address the market needs for practical, low cost and effective environmental remediation systems. The remediation systems developed by Pulsar revolve around a core technology basically consisting of pulsed, high-energy blackbody light that radiates predominately in the deep-ultraviolet at peak power levels ranging from 1-million watts to 15-million watts. All systems are portable and provide a user-friendly operator interface as well as being rugged and capable of withstanding the most demanding operating environments and applications.
This release contains "forward looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current Company expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially. In addition to foreign exchange rates, such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, regulatory approval, market acceptance of new technologies, economic conditions and market demand.
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