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Envac takes to the skies with Emirates
Envac, the global pioneer of underground automated waste collection, is celebrating further success in the Middle East after winning two projects in Dubai with Emirates Flight Catering Facility (EKFC).
Envac secured the double award following the success of the world’s largest operational automated waste collection system for flight kitchens, which was installed into the EKFC in 2008. The system currently handles the waste generated from 150,000 meals per day.
The two new projects will see Envac installed into new separate food preparation and waste handling facilities within the flight catering facility. The new systems are expected to double the waste handling capacity of EKFC.
The contract is worth approximately 30,000,000 United Arab Emirates Dirham (£5.1m).
Graham Bell, Regional President of Envac Middle East and India, comments: “This double award win cements Envac’s position as the world’s leader in automated waste collection and confirms our ability to design and integrate hugely complex installations within high profile developments. Envac’s presence in the Middle East continues to expand in line with the region’s buoyant economy and these new contracts will play a role in shaping the Middle East’s sustainability and waste management legacy.”
The contracts have been welcomed by Envac, which has already earmarked the aviation sector as a huge growth area for automated waste collection.
Raad Hulow, Assistant Vice President at Emirates Flight Catering, adds: “It is essential that the Middle East future proofs its infrastructure so that the region is able to meet the demands of high footfall not just today but also twenty five years from now. Envac provides us with the technology that allows us to do this whilst ensuring that the working conditions of our staff, the hygiene levels within our site and our waste handling procedures are amongst the best in the world.”
The food preparation facility is already under construction and installation of the waste handling unit is expected to begin before January 2014.
For more information visit www.envac.ae.
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About Envac’s turnkey systems for airports and flight catering facilities
Waste inlets are placed at various points throughout the site and a vacuum pump system sucks the waste through underground tubes to a central waste terminal.
Diverting valves ensure that different types of waste do not mix and each waste type is directed into its correct container in the terminal. The waste is then automatically fed into large containers, which are then hoisted onto refuse vehicles when full and taken away by the waste contractor.
For more information about the systems:
Fredrik Lauritsen
Head of Global Sales and Marketing Support Airports and Hospitals
Tel: +46 76 051 84 20
Mail: fredrik.lauritsen@envac.se
About Envac
Envac is a global leader in the vacuum waste collection industry and invented the automated underground vacuum waste system. The first vacuum system was installed in 1961 and the systems can now be found in over 700 installations throughout the world including residential areas, business premises, town centres, industrial kitchens, hospitals and airports.
Envac has 35 offices in 20 countries in Europe, North and South America, the Middle East and Asia.
