Press citations

May 2003
Article entitled "Een genie in chemie" in the Dutch-Arabic language magazine Kalima. Gives a short overview of the history of the company and its founder Mohamed Takhim.

29 June 2001
Article entitled Milieuvriendelijke fosforproductie verleidt groten uit de chemie in ‘De Financieel Economische Tijd’. It gives a short description of the companies objectives, history and main technologies.

4 April 2001
Solvay Press Release. Announcing a collaboration agreement between EcoPhos and Solvay, under which Solvay takes a 15 % shareholding in EcoPhos and Solvay agrees to build and operate a pilot plant for testing EcoPhos’s HCl attack process (TK AC12) in Dombasle (France).

November 2000
Article entitled A new route to STPP moves towards commercialization in the Chemical Engineering magazine, chementstor section. It describes the process - and commercialisation plans.

29 September 2000
Kvaerner Press Release. Announcement at Kvaerner Process Technology Ltd. in London and EcoPhos have entered into an agreement for the global promotion of EcoPhos´s innovative patented sodium phosphate salt technology. The agreement gives Kvaerner the exclusive right to market the EcoPhos TK VS2 process throughout the world. (Kvaerner is now known as Davy Process Technology Ltd.)

Nov-Dec 1999
In P&K Phosphorus & Potassium, published by British Sulphur Publishing. Article entitled "A simpler, more effective route to STPP". Describes the EcoPhos TK VS2 process for making detergent raw material STPP. The process is a direct route to STPP, and is significantly cheaper in both investment and operating costs than current processes.

December 1998
In Bulletin de la Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique, the magazine published by the Belgian Business Federation. Article entitled "Capital à risque et croissance des pme" ("Venture capital and growth of small business"). Article in French describes the financing of EcoPhos with venture capital - its advantages for the firm.

18 June 1998
In Trends, Belgium’s leading business magazine. An article entitled "Een Kroon van Gips" ("A crown of gypsum") Article in Dutch describes founding, objectives and research activities of EcoPhos.