| Magic Wad |
| Friday, 03 September 2010 18:17 | |||
 Leipzig, Germany, September 2010 — Let’s say you have in your hand one single glass of water polluted with 50 milliliters of oil residue: You add three grams of Deurex Pure “Magic Wad,” wait for four minutes and, as if by an invisible hand, the polluted water becomes clear again. What appears to be a magic trick is actually the discovery of a binding agent which may be BP’s long awaited solution to cleaning up the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
“Actually, we discovered it by accident” says Susanne Jenke, project manager, who is currently responsible for the commercial launch of Deurex® Pure both in Germany and other countries of Europe. “With the attempt to produce a new, micronized wax for our customers in the paint and color sector, we suddenly had this wad-like white substance in our hands and realized that this substance absorbed oil excellently.” Actually, the substance was discovered (patents are pending) at Deurex Pure GmbH in Elsteraue, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, earlier this year – long before the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico took place. “In the beginning, we thought of using the product with fire fighting units, petrol station operators, river maintenance departments and port operators. Simply everywhere, where oil may have contact with water and might harm the environment”, says Jenke. At the time, nobody thought of an oil layer floating in the Atlantic Ocean. However, “Magic Wad”, as Deurex Pure is dubbed by their employees, may actually be the decisive answer to this problem. DEKRA, an independent test institute, attests that Deurex Pure has an extraordinary high fraction of binding agents. One hundred kilograms of Deurex Pure are capable of binding more than 600 liters of oil. However, to really be of help in the Gulf of Mexico, it would be most effective to build a production site in the U.S. to avoid expensive transports of product. “Because fighting the oil layer would take extensive quantities and, to do that, we would need a partner that also contributes financially”, says Torsten Rödiger, marketer. Deurex Pure may also be used with pollutions caused by diesel, solvents such as toluol or tensides and alcohol. And: The wad – wrapped into net-like bags or hoses – does not sink even if completely soaked, and may be fished out of the water at any time. Additionally, it is possible to use the product under rough sea conditions and, under such circumstances, does not leave any residues in the water. For more than ten years, Deurex has been located in the Zeitz Chemical and Industrial Park in Elsteraue, near Leipzig, Germany. This site situated at the three-state-triangle of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony provides ideal conditions for industrial locations. Be it via rail, motorway or air way – Leipzig Airport is only 40 kilometers away. www.deurexpure.com SOURCE: Deurex Pure GmbH
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