September 22, 2006

UK water treatment company to treat water for Malaysian poultry farms

A UK water treatment company is hopeful of a fivefold increase in turnover as it ventures into Asia to supply water treatment chemicals, with one of its first clients in Asia being a Malaysian poultry integrator.

After announcing the completion of its new GBP 150,000 (US$285,000) chemical plant, HydroChem Group would use the new plant to make chemicals for the UK and Asian markets.

The company, with annual sales of GBP500,000 (US$950,000) a year, is currently in final negotiations with a Malaysian conglomerate to supply chemicals for the disinfectant of water supplies for poultry farms, company secretary George Dalby said. The chemicals would come from the UK initially but distribution would eventually be switched to Malaysia. 

The company, whose client list includes the Ministry of Defence and NHS hospital trusts, adapted chemicals used in the treatment of potable drinking water to use in the new chemical. A silver peroxide-based disinfectant is added to the water supplies during the breeding period, and the company said it would start distribution in 2007.

The company was hopeful of a five-fold increase in the company's turnover within the next five years.

Currently, around a third of the company's business is from the supply of blended water treatment chemicals.