Montreal, Quebec – Today R2, the world leading cell room safety and optimization system provider, announces that it has signed a collaboration agreement with BlueStar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd., a leading technology provider in the Chinese chlor-alkali market. The goal is to jointly promote the further adoption of EMOS® (Electrolyser Management Optimization and Safety) in the China chlor-alkali industry. As two prominent technology providers to the industry, the companies expect this collaboration will increase the safety and help reduce the energy consumption of the industry in China.
On behalf of their respective parties, Mr. Gilles J. Tremblay, President of R2 and Mr. Jianzhong Kang, General Manager of Bluestar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery, signed the Collaboration Agreement in Beijing on October 29th, 2014 in the presence of The Honourable Phillipe Couillard, Premier of Quebec.
Under the collaboration agreement, both companies will join forces to expand the awareness and understanding of EMOS® Safety System to the China chlor-alkali industry.
“There are over 200 bi-polar membrane chlor-alkali plants in China”, comments Gilles Tremblay, President of R2, “and although Chinese producers are adopting the latest “zero gap” technology to improve their productivity and energy efficiency, they are decades behind in regards to the latest safety technology. In fact, a great proportion of them are only taking voltage readings by hand sometimes once a day or even once a week. We want to bridge this gap by bringing them EMOS® which will allow the China chlor-alkali plants to produce safely as well as reduce their energy costs. We believe that Bluestar by their leadership in terms of technology, reputation and marketing resources in China is the right partner to help us achieve this.”
“At Bluestar, we are proud to be serving the China Chlor Alkali for over 3 decades. With 47% of market share and 120 plants using our ion membrane technology, we understand the needs of the industry more than anyone” said Mr. Jianzhong Kang, General Manager of Bluestar. “We are committed to the safety of our customers, to increase their productivity as well as helping them reduce their energy consumption and this collaboration with R2 is just another embodiment of our commitment. I am confident that our collaboration with R2 will forward the adoption of EMOS® in the China chlor-alkali industry. Moving forward, this collaboration is bound to enable customers of both parties to ramp up their productivity, profitability and safety.”
BlueStar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd. Based on the relocation and formation of Beijing Chemical Machinery Works (established in 1966), Bluestar (Beijing) Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd (BCMC) became a 100% subsidiary of China Bluestar (Group) Corporation in 1998. BCMC takes “become global green energy saving electrolysis technology continuous navigator” as its responsibility, and is the only professional company who can develop, design, & manufacture ion membrane electrolyzers and provide whole set ion membrane electrolysis technology and plants as well as supply engineering services in China.
R2 specializes in the design, development, and implementation of intelligent systems geared at industrial safety process, and predictive maintenance.
We provide world leading cell room safety systems. Top manufacturers and market leaders worldwide trust the R2 EMOS® System to assure their safety and reduce their production costs
Since its inception in 1989, R2 has devoted its information technology know-how and electrochemical expertise to developing, producing and delivering practical solutions to the electrochemical industries. Backed by unique expertise and knowledge, gained from monitoring over 60.000 cells in 22 different countries, R2 offers a series of tools and services for the chlor alkali industry.