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Amarinth has secured an order worth more than €2m from Aker Kvaerner for 40 centrifugal industrial process pumps to be used in the mega PTA plant in Portugal.

has secured an order worth more than €2m (£1.8m) from

for 40 centrifugal industrial process pumps to be used in the mega PTA plant in

.

The pumps will be installed at Artenius's new purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant, which is being built in Sines, Portugal, and will be used in the pumping of clean fluids and slurry. Aker Kvaerner is providing the engineering, procurement services and construction management for the project.

The plant, dubbed the mega PTA plant for its potential to produce one million tonnes of PTA per annum, will be one of the largest of its kind in Europe. It is due to be online in the first quarter of 2010. The PTA produced will be used for the production of polyester, PET resin for packaging, PET films, powder coating resins and synthetic fibres.

East Suffolk-based Amarinth will supply A Series API 610 OH2 and C Series ISO 5199 pumps with installed powers ranging from 5.5kW to 315kW. Variable speed control will allow running speeds of between 1,450rpm and 3,850rpm.

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