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Franz Bakery Installs Oxidizer to Pull Ethanol from Operations
PORTLAND, Ore. – July 28, 2009 – Franz Bakery, the largest independent, family-owned bakery on the West Coast, recently installed a Catalytic Oxidizer at its Portland Bakery on May 15th. The Oxidizer was put in place to remove an estimated 95-percent of all ethanol emissions from bakery operations.
Franz Bakery bought the oxidizer, a $750,000 investment, from CSM Worldwide, an engineering and manufacturing leader in the air pollution control industry. The new oxidizer was installed on the roof of the Franz building working to keep pollution from ever reaching the surrounding environment. The oxidizer operates by pushing exhaust through 600-degree ceramic tiles that then cause the ethanol to vaporize into harmless water vapor and carbon dioxide.