Case Study: Bayer Corporation

Overview

Bayer is a German chemical & pharmaceutical company that was founded in 1863. With revenue of about 40 billion Euro dollars and over 110,000 employees, they are the worlds leading producers of many products. The Kansas City site (Bayer Crop Science) covers more than 240 acres and produces numerous top-selling seed treatments, herbicides, fungicides and insecticides.

Challenges

Hard water was causing issues on their huge cooling tower and chiller system. Expensive algaecides and descaling chemicals were needed to treat the massive cooling system.

Solution

A large industrial SB-2000 unit was installed.

Installed

June 6, 2011

Outcome

At the request of Bayer, our dealer/rep firm, details of the success story are kept confidential. The equipment is working as advertised and various chemicals have been reduced or eliminated. Savings on water usage have been substantial on the cooling towers.