~-Aqua- Guard sells clean- up equipment to Russia

. ANEW skimming system made
— by a local manufacturer recently
. added Canadian ‘content ‘to a
-huge: oil-spill cleanup operation
in northern Russia.

5 By Jan Noble «:-
. News Reporter..

On. July’ 13; Aqua-Guard ‘Spill

: Response {nc..of North Vancouver
flew two of their new Rotating Brush
‘Oil Skimming Systems to. assist in

~ the cleanup of oil-soiled land, marsh- ., ‘

“es, and rivers, 0°) so:

“T's pretty bad up: there,” ". said
_company - vice “president « Nigel ~
Bennett. °” he

+ Both: the: World : Bank and: the
European Bank of : Reconstruction:
and Developraent are involved in the
cleanup operation,’

Aqua-Guard . hopes. that, $45,000.
order is just’a precursor to receiving a
$1-taillion tender the’ company, just
put out: for skimmers, oil | booms, and

tHe ‘said ‘the’ “performance of. the
ipany’s - one-of-a- kind, skimming
tena ° in’ Russia), 'is“. important.
-. because ‘both’. the World ‘Bank and.
AES/Hartec LV. Lid, the prime con-
“ tractor in ‘the region,’ ‘may, be future
tomers for the systems...’
‘Aqua-Guard : negotiated : for. two ,
months: with AES/Hartec ‘to: supply .
the skimming’ systems,” said Bennett...
“i, Because getting parts in the area‘
f the spill is almost impossible, one-
third ‘of the $45,000 order was spare
pa said Bennet a

* Vice President’

itisa groat pleasure to extend my con-

gratulations :: to:. yout. on» Fortune
Financial Management. being named
one’ of Canada's 56 Best Managed
Private Companies...“

But Russia isn’t the only country
receiving the focal firm's products.
Aqua-Guard is also filling orders for
shipment to Maiaysia, Indonesia,
New-Zealand, Thailand, Pakistan,
Chile, Costa Rica, Egypt, Kuwait,

and the United States.

The company has been in the oil-

spill response business since 1968 '
. and manufactures a range of equip-./

ment including containment beoms;

skimmers, storage tanks, and work

boats, :

Aqua-Guard also distributes : ‘oil:

sorbents and other cleanup quip.
ment.

However, it's the new rotating.

brush oil skimming systems that the
company is now pushing and hopes

will become onc of their. main prod.’

ucts, Bennett said. ;
Aqua-Guard : has representatives

“in 35 different countries, and bringing

them up to speed on the new product
takes time, said Bennett.

: Fortunately, sales of the skimmers
-are going better than: initially expect-

: ed, he said.

Aqua-Guard-7is now. building a
second batch o the skimming. sys-
‘tems... :

Bennett said his. firm’ became

“interested in developing the Rotating .;
Brush. Oil Skimming Systems after’
~ they, noticed most of the technolagy ‘.

that companies were, marketing was
quite’ similar...

yorking ' on research “and to

development for. 1.5" years,” Bennett

n said Aqua-Guard came up with a syse

tem that picks up heavy ail well.
Aqua-Guard “Rotating - Brush
Skimmers rely on adhesion of oil to~
the surface of a rotating brush.
“AS the brush rotates through the

oi! and water surface, the oil adheres. g
to the brush and is removed by a as :
-combed scraper.

The product is then collected in’a
common sump and pumped away.

- The six-employee operation on . 7
‘Welch Street is Aqua-Guard’s design,’

engineer and supply headquarters.”
' Manufacturing is contracted out,
said Bennett, whose father, John
Bennett, founded the company. ~
The elder. Bennett now runs
Bennett Environmental
i Vancouver. That firm disposes of oily
waste through incineration.

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