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| Oil spill control system |
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| Introduction |
| This problem has been solved in the
environmental technology field through small and midsize company cooperation.
This kind of cooperative project began from the need of three top
companies in the environmental technology field to create a broad
and vertically supplementing entity for their products. |
| Finland is known worldwide for its
top environmental technology, much of which has been developed by
small and midsize companies. The traditional problem for small and
midsize companies has been limited resources with which to realize
their truly global product ideas and to get the message across to
the world. |
| As a result of this, the new ECO OIL SPILL CONTROL
SYSTEM was created to restore waterways (for example, from oil
spillage or other floating waste). The departure point for the idea
was the need identified in the market for a compact, easily transported
equipment package that could be used for carrying and spreading oil
absorbents to problem areas, for collecting used oil absorbents, and
for the treatment of oily waste. In addition to these properties,
the equipment package should also work for other floating waste, for
which it would be used in ports and coastal areas on a daily basis. |
| All the partners active in the cooperation are top
professionals in their field. Biokasvu Oy has broad experience
in oil absorbents. The role of its decomposable absorbent ECO OIL
EATER, which it developed completely from natural fibers and recycled
materials, was central for the success of the project, for it floats
and the oil can be squeezed from it. RS-Suunnittelu Oy has
many years of practical experience in the design and manufacture of
machines used in different kinds of waterways. Ekomp Oy is
specialized in the design and manufacture of different kinds of waste-handling
equipment. |
| Thus, the problems to do with treatment of oily waste
were solved by taking advantage of the expertise in the field.The
synergetic advantages created by the expertise of the cooperating
partners in their fields was the determining factor in the development
of the ECO OIL SPILL CONTROL SYSTEM package for global waterway
restoration. |
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