OIL CLEANING BIO-PRODUCTS LTD.
PRESS RELEASE
September 1999
BOUCQUILLON TO MARKET OCBP's POLLUTION CONTROL PRODUCTS IN BELGIUM & LUXEMBOURG
N.V. Boucquillon, Belgium's largest chemicals distributor and part of the German Brenntag Group, has entered into a marketing partnership with Oil Cleaning Bio-Products Ltd., the UK-based supplier of the "Heg" pollution control materials, to act as the distributor in Belgium and Luxembourg of OCBP's biodegradable absorbents, solvent substitutes, oil spill response equipment, sealants and bioremediation products.
Commenting on the move, Jose Givron, Boucquillon's Speciality Chemicals Manager, said: "We are very pleased to have entered into these arrangements with OCBP. The growth of our speciality chemicals division is a key part of our strategy. We are committed to promoting the "Heg" products in the market and we are confident of success because they are outstanding in the fields of pollution control and the bioremediation of contaminated land and oily wastes."
Louis Steenackers, Branch Manager, Maintenance Products, who will be responsible for the OCBP products in Belgium and Luxembourg, added: "There are important possibilities, now that industry places an ever-greater premium on reducing environmental impacts and on improving health and safety at work. The provision of safe materials for these purposes, instead of the harsh solvents and non-biodegradable absorbents still commonly used, is part of the "greening" of industrial production and procurement."
Richard Genochio, OCBP's Managing Director, commenting on the agreement, said: " We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with Boucquillon in Belgium and Luxembourg. We are sure that our innovative "Heg" pollution control products will help Boucquillon to meet the wider needs of its customers, and that Boucquillon - within the Brenntag Group - is the right company to bring our products to market. We look forward to a long-term partnership with our new colleagues in Kortrijk and Antwerp."
NOTES FOR EDITORS
1) N.V Boucquillon is the Belgian subsidiary of Brenntag A.G., part of the VEBA Group, a major German conglomerate with interests in electricity, chemicals, oil and gas, logistics (through Stinnes A.G.)and property. Brenntag, of which Boucquillon is a part, is the largest distributor of chemicals in Europe, employing 3,700 people world-wide and with world sales in 1997 of £1.8 billion.
2) Boucquillon has its head office at Deerlijk near Kortrijk in Belgium, and storage, blending and distribution facilities there and in the port of Antwerp. Boucquillon has 118 employees, a fleet of 26 lorries and 111,000 sq. metres of warehousing. It has storage capacity for acids and lyes of 3 million litres in 50 tanks with overflow protection, vapour exhaust with scrubbers, soil protection and electronic control; and 3 million litres of storage capacity for solvents in 70 tanks stored under nitrogen blankets. Its blending facilities consist of three stainless steel tanks of 35,000 litres and other tanks of 2,000, 3,000 and 5,000 litres.
- 3) The photographs* show:
1) Jose Givron, Manager, Speciality Chemicals, Boucquillon
2) Richard Genochio, OCBP's Managing Director and
3) a view of part of one of Boucquillon's chemical storage, blending and dispatching centres.
For further details about Boucquillon, contact Mr. Jose Givron, Manager, Speciality Chemicals, on 00 32 56 776 944. (*NOTE for copies of the photos., please call OCBP on 01763 287 749.)
4) Oil Cleaning Bio-Products Ltd. is an independent British company and is the sole and world-wide supplier of the "Heg" products. For further information about the "Heg" products or about a "Clean Works, Better Business" Partnership, contact OCBP Ltd., PO Box 46, Royston, Herts. SG8 9PD, tel. 01763 287 749.
5) The "Heg" products include: Hegol, Hegsolv, Hegstrip, Hegparts, & Hegflight (safe biodegradable, surfactants, solvents & solvent substitutes, some with natural oil-degrading bacteria, used for oil, grease, paint and graffiti removal from vehicles, machinery & machined parts, parts washing, concrete, oil-stained workshop floors and other hard surfaces); Heghand (a safe lotion for removing grease from grimy hands); Hegfloor (non-abrasive, non-leaching biodegradable plant-based absorbent, used for oil spills on floors, roads or concrete as a superior but economical alternative to granular clay, sawdust and sand; stored, dispensed and recycled in the Hegfloor Ecocycle System); Hegacid (for the absorption, stabilisation and part-neutralisation of spilled concentrated acids); Hegrem (oil-encapsulating absorbent made from biodegradable plant fibres with oil-degrading bacteria, used for bioremediation of contaminated land and of oily sludges and wastes); Hegseal (pliable clay for the emergency sealing of leaking or punctured drums, tanks and pipework); Hegsorb (biodegradable absorbent used for spills on water and as a filter to separate oil and water in oily effluents); Hegtrap (oil-degrading bacteria in a biodegradable surfactant for the digestion of grease and fats in grease traps and drains); various Portable or Mobile Spill Kits; biodegradable absorbent booms, pads, socks and pillows; and a variety of selected natural bacterial cultures (Hegboost) for the bioremediation of particular types of oily and other wastes, including chlorinated hydrocarbons.