ENVIRONMENT
De Nora has built up an environmental culture in the firm conviction that respect for the environment is not only a basic moral value but also a strategic factor in the competitiveness and sustainability of its business model. De Nora promotes various technologies to guarantee respect for the environment:
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It monitors compliance with national and international environmental legislation.
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It developed proprietary coatings to achieve the longest possible life in operation and the reduction on power consumption of the anodes hence reducing CO2 emissions.
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It offers Zero Mercury Emission packages for the improvement of the cathodic area of the amalgam cells reducing the loss of Mercury to well below the limits imposed by authorities.
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R&D has developed energy saving technologies such as SLM® anodes for mercury cells, Bump-Plate and ATC® cathodes for diaphragm cells, and GDE and zero gap retrofit for membrane cells.
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It developed the ultimate technologies to drive asbestos diaphragm phase out with PMX® Plus the newer NON-asbestos generation
- It offers GreenChrome® a specifically customized product allowing the conversion of carcinogen Cr6+ baths to environmentally and non poisonous Cr3+ baths.