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About Sulco
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| Elmira
Plant: |
- Less than 20 employees
- Operating 24 hours/day, 7 days/week
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| Plant
Management: |
- Ron Koniuch, P. Eng., General Manager
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| Operations: |
- Manufacture 48,000 MT (metric tonnes) of sulphuric acid, oleum, and sodium bisulphite
- Raw materials are sulphur, caustic soda, water and air
- Bulk shipments by rail and by tank truck
- Package sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, formic acid, aluminum sulphate, ferric chloride, hydrofluoric acid, caustic soda, sodium bisulphite, and hydrofluosilicic acid (from 15 to 1000 L containers)
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| Environmental: |
- Continuous monitoring/automatic shutdown of SO2 stack emissions (reduced SO2 emissions by 66% compared to 1990 base year).
- Sampling and testing of water effluent to meet Provincial Regulation, which came into effect February 1998
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| Responsible
Care®: |
- As a member of the Canadian Chemical Producers Association (CCPA), Sulco ascribes to the Codes of Practice of Responsible Care® and has achieved re-verification by CCPA - November 2003.
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| ISO
9001-2000 |
- Registration received May 2003 from QMI
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| ISO
14001: |
- Registration updated November 2003 from QMI
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| NSF/ANSI 60 |
- Sulphuric acid Premium Grade in compliance with NSF International standard since 2001
- Sodium bisulphate Premium Grade in compliance with NSF International standard since 2002
- Packaged materials: Aluminum Sulphate, Hydrofluosilicic Acid, Sodium Hydroxide; in compliance with NSF International standard since 2003
- Citric Acid 50% Solution in compliance with NSF International standard since 2005
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| Rail
Siding: |
- Goderich-Exeter Railway
- 5 car capacity on siding
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