Lhoist Group services

Our logistics department will advise you about the most appropriate and cost-effective way to transport lime to your production units, using the road, rail, river or maritime networks. Thanks to our production facilities and our own storage and distribution centres located in the industrial heartlands of Europe, North and Central America, we can guarantee you totally reliable and quick delivery.

Our market specialists all have a background in your industry, a thorough understanding of the processes you use and the issues you face. They are always available to help you make the right decision regarding the use our products. Our ultimate aim is to find the most cost-effective way for you to use our products.

Even if laboratory tests prove conclusive, our experience has shown that an on-site trial is the ideal. In order to analyse the actual conditions in which your application will function, we can supply you with mobile industrial-capacity installations. This flexible solution means we can develop new concepts or processes, meet fluctuating needs (higher than current capacity) or ensure product supply in case of breakdown. It also allows us to service or even modify the installation.

Lhoist Engineering & Lime Application offers a complete range of services, from basic consultancy to the installation of customised "turnkey" systems.

With their know-how and high-tech facilities, our Research Centers worldwide are closely involved in the development of new processes using lime in industry. Our R&D departments also constantly strive to improve our current products and to develop new ones, through close co-operation with our customers.

Quality is an essential component of our Group"s overall policy. Our aim is to offer our customers quality products and services in order to make sure that they receive the satisfaction they expect when they sign on the dotted line.

Since the introduction of nitrogen elimination at the end of the 1990s, problems have increasingly arisen concerning the sedimentation behaviour of sludges in biological wastewater treatment plants. Because of floating solids, effluents are frequently cloudy, making compliance with local water standards more difficult to satisfy. Usually this problem is also accompanied by a floating or bulking sludge formation during the cold seasons and with heavy rains.

Structuring & ease of use. Lime is essential for sludge conditioning: First, lime-based reagents largely contribute to the flocculation process for the dewatering step. thanks to lime, sludge get a better structure, a better workability and better storage properties.