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Egypt: The UK’s Vortex Global Limited has appointed Alriad International Agencies & Trading as its new agent in Egypt. Alriad operates in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, chemical, commodities, fast-moving consumer goods and textile industries.

Alriad’s existing product portfolio includes a wide range of goods including: fine mesh separation technology, vibratory sieves, separators, ultrasonic mesh deblending systems and liquid filters from Russell Finex; packaging equipment from Webb Automation (GWA); industrial milling and crushing equipment. Grinding plants, industrial mills, pre-grinding plants, crushers, homogenisers and separators (compact- and industrial-scale); and metal detectors, metal separators, x-ray inspection systems from Mesutronic. With the addition of Vortex Global product portfolio, Alriad will offer slide gates, diverter valves, loading solutions, and engineered solutions for the dry solids handling industries.

US: Vortex has appointed Lyndon Flower as a Business Development Manager for its USA & Canada division. His focus will be on working with manufacturers’ representatives, regional and territory sales managers, and industry specialists to further expand the sales of Vortex products in the dry bulk material handling industry. Previously, Flower served as vice president and general manager at A&J Mixing International for 18 years until the company was acquired by Smico in 2015. Since then, he has been focused on sales and marketing efforts for the A&J Mixing line.

UK: Vortex’s Loading Solutions product line has gained Zone 20 (internal) and Zone 21 (external) ATEX certification in the European Union (EU). The certification allows Vortex to broaden its international reach and enter an established European market for loading spouts, chutes and bellows as ATEX certification is required for equipment sold through the EU. The UK’s SGS Baseefa assisted Vortex in gaining certification over a year-long process.

Vortex Loading Solutions are designed to capture fugitive dust, prevent material waste, ensure plant and environmental safety, and minimise maintenance and service expenses for bulk solids applications.

Sweden: The UK’s Vortex Global has started a partnership with LM Bulk & Materialhantering (LMB) to promote its sales in Sweden. The solids and bulk handling components company plans to increase its market by targeting the growing demand for powders and granulates among Swedish manufacturers.

Vortex provides slide gates, diverters, iris valves and loading spouts designed specifically for handling dry bulk solids in gravity, vacuum, dilute or dense phase applications. LMB designs complete hardware facilities for transport, mixing and storage of powders and granules, focusing its practice in the food, chemical, plastics, cement and energy industries.

US: Loren Neil Peterson, the co-founder of Vortex, has died at the age of 87. After starting working with dry bulk solids at Salina Manufacturing in the 1950s, Peterson founded Vortex with his son-in-law Lee Young in 1977. His inventions included a type of slide gate called an Orifice Gate that was patented in 1980 and which received the John C Vaalar Award by Chemical Processing Magazine judging it ‘a major contributor toward more efficient and effective operation of plants in the chemical processing industry’. His other innovations included the Wye Line Diverter, Roller Gate and Fill Pass Diverter. He was awarded his last patent for the Clear Action Gate in 1990, a year after he retired in 1989.

“Neil was great. Nobody worked harder than him. When I left Salina, I looked everywhere for the same calibre of engineer. Unfortunately for me, he was one of a kind,” said Joe Walton, former chief executive officer and president of Walton/Stout.

Germany: Vortex Global Limited, a European solids and bulk handling components company, has appointed the team of Adams Industrievertretungen as its exclusive agent in Germany. The company has a strong presence throughout Germany, which includes locations in Gernsbach, Mönsheim, Heilbronn, Augsburg and Ludwigshafen.

"Adams Industrievertretungen has valuable knowledge in the food, chemical, plastic, cosmetic, mineral and pharmaceutical industries," said Laurence Millington, International Sales Manager of Vortex. "They are dedicated to offering our clients the best processing solutions on the market. We believe Adams Industrievertretungen will be an excellent strategic supplier for Vortex."

Denmark/UK: Vortex has appointed Mespo ApS as its exclusive agent in Denmark. Mespo sells high quality components, machines and customised solutions for powder handling manufacturers like cement producers.

"We are very pleased to add Mespo to our line of representatives," said Laurence Millington, Vortex's director of international business. "Mespo has a great cooperation with many manufactures of powder processing equipment around Europe. With its convenient location in Ringsted on Zealand, Mespo can respond to our Danish customer needs in a short amount of time."