US Company Acquires Salt Plants; Plans To Market Facilities Globally

By Cheryl Sergewick and Joe Pizzillo

Published: January 12, 2010

HAMILTON, NJ — An international company that specializes in buying and selling used process plants worldwide has acquired (3) Complete Salt Plants. These plants are available for immediate delivery; offering a tremendous cost and lead time savings versus a new equipment lead time of up to 18 months.

Existing production units include an UNUSED 245,000 tons per year Dry Salt Plant, UNUSED 45,000 tons per year Dry Salt Plant and previously used 100,000 tons per year Dry Salt Plant. All (3) plants are available to restart in whole or in part, to be operated in place and restarted or to be moved elsewhere.

IPP's business model is to purchase complete used processing plants, with the land, buildings and equipment, that are being closed globally. In some cases IPP will also take on the environmental remediation of the site. IPP is also recognized as the world leader in used processing equipment sales. IPP and its subsidiaries utilize their globally integrated corporate infrastructure within the U.S., U.K., Germany, Italy, France, Poland, Romania, India, Portugal, Czech Republic, Korea and Russia to identify customers to repopulate a site by making the same product. IPP has a strong reputation and has been very successful in buying former plants and remarketing them all over the world.

About International Process Plants:

IPP is an international company, headquartered in Hamilton, N.J. With more than 30 years of experience, IPP is dedicated to providing the worldwide processing industries with quality complete plants and equipment at competitive prices. IPP focuses on the Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Petrochemical, Fine/Specialty Chemical, Agrichemical/Fertilizer, Plastics, Steel, Gas and Food Processing industries.