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Intertek Certification Ltd visited PennWhite on 29th August to carry out their annual assessment of PennWhite’s ISO 9001 Management Systems.

During the audit Intertek reviewed PennWhite’s production procedures, checked our traceability systems and spoke to our laboratory team about quality control protocols. Afterwards Intertek were able to confirm that the policies and procedures in place at PennWhite remain in compliance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008. As a result the ISO 9001 Management System at PennWhite remains independently certified for a seventeenth consecutive year.

Next year we will be assessed against the latest version of the standard (ISO 9001:2015) Over the next few months we will work to ensure our compliance to the new standard in preparation for our certification audit next summer.

The London based Halal Food Authority (HFA) has expanded the scope of our halal certification to include 12 Foamdoctor food-grade foam control agents.

We will be submitting more Foamdoctor products to the HFA for their approval and hope to eventually offer a range of halal certified products similar in scope to our kosher range which currently stands at 65 products.

On Sunday afternoon we received an emergency phone call from one of Europe’s largest industrial residue recyclers; their salt slag processing plant was about to shut down if we couldn’t help!

Salt slag is a waste product produced during aluminium smelting. The residue, along with spent pot liners (SPL) used in the process, contains reusable aluminium alongside useful oxides and salts. Separating these components involves crushing the waste and mixing it with water at 110oC, unfortunately this generates foam which inhibits the dissolution and crystallisation key to the success of the recycling process.

After reviewing the process conditions we suggested Foamdoctor F2913, a foam control agent particularly suited to high temperature use. By Monday afternoon F2913 was on site and being dosed into the water tanks and, despite the temperatures and pressures involved, eliminating unwanted foam as promised.

PennWhite are happy to play their part in helping our new customer deliver an environmentally responsible solution to the issue of industrial waste treatment.

Rabbi Kay from the Manchester Beth Din visited PennWhite earlier this month to perform his annual inspection of our Middlewich facilities. During his visit the Rabbi audited our raw material storage area, production unit and finished goods storage and dispatch facility, as well as processes related to the manufacture of our Foamdoctor food-grade foam control agents.

Following his inspection he certified that 65 of our Foamdoctor antifoam and defoamer products are “Kosher and Parev” and conform to the Jewish laws of ritual purity.

This is our sixteenth year of Kosher certification and our new 2017-18 certifcate can be viewed by following the link below. This certificate lists the certified Foamdoctor products which can be shipped with a hechsher, more commonly known as a “Kosher symbol”, on their label.

We are delighted to welcome Domenico Mesiti to PennWhite as our International Sales Manager.

Domenico has over 20 years sales experience in the global chemical market and is a specialist in defoamers and emulsifiers for fermentation, food processing, water treatment and pharmaceutical sectors. He has worked in Vienna since 1996 and in addtion to his native Italian speaks fluent English and German, alongside conversational Spanish and basic Japanese. Domenico holds chemistry degrees from both Italian and Austrain colleges and will continue to be based in Vienna.

Managing Director John Whitehead Snr. said “Domenico shares our philospohy of service and innovation and I am sure he will play a significant role in the growth of our export buisness in new markets and territories.”