Vacuum conveying technology has proven to be the standard for material transfer in the consumer goods and pharmaceutical industries. It is being used to move materials through the processing line, to blend ingredients in various solutions, and to handle tablets.

Växjö is located in central southern Sweden, about 400 km south of Stockholm. The big environmental problem in the area has been phosphorous sedimentation in the lakes. This has been going on since around the turn of the century due to the discharge of raw sewage and also from industrial activity in the area. There was, for example, a local linen industry, abattoirs and so on