Energy-saving plant wins praise
25 May 2012
An ingenious plant expansion that is saving $500,000 a year in energy costs has won a national award for Dominion Salt and engineers Aurecon New Zealand.
Both companies were last night named Innovation award winners in the 2012 EECA Awards for the project that boosted capacity at Dominion Salt’s Mt Maunganui plant by 63 per cent, while improving plant efficiency by 48 per cent.
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