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Aries Chemical Appoints James Munn as Chief Operating Officer
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Aries Chemical, a trusted provider of innovative solutions for the water treatment industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of James Munn as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective November 24, 2025. This newly created executive role reflects Aries Chemical’s continued growth and commitment to operational excellence, innovation, and long-term customer success. James brings more than two decades of experience spanning advanced manufacturing, quality assurance, and executive leadership. He previously spent 14 years at IBM in…
Continue Reading »Trailer Mounted Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF) Clarifier at Dairy Facility
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Aries recently built and started up a new trailer mounted 50 gpm Dissolved Air Floatation (DAF) Clarifier at a dairy producing yogurt plant. The yogurt manufacturer reached out to Aries Chemical to solve their wastewater treatment problems that included reducing their BOD, TSS, Oil & Grease and Phosphorus discharge levels to the municipal wastewater treatment plant. Aries performed laboratory treatability studies to develop a treatment followed by the design of a custom DAF clarifier system…
Continue Reading »Meet Jarrod Willhide, Technical Sales Representative
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Aries Chemical welcomes Jarrod Willhide to our sales team as a Technical Sales Representative. Jarrod will be responsible for sales and service to our customers in the Mid-Atlantic region. Jarrod has an extensive background assisting customers with developing chemical cleaning applications in the industrial, food and transportation markets. His proven technical ability, sales and leadership experience will be a great asset to Aries Chemical and our customers. Jarrod can be reached by email at jwillhide@arieschem.com…
Continue Reading »Top Water Treatment Challenges in the Pulp and Paper Industry – And How to Solve Them
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Water plays a huge role in the pulp and paper industry. It’s involved in just about every step of the process-from pulping and bleaching to paper forming and finishing. But with all that water use comes a set of challenges that mills have to manage daily. If you work in the industry, you already know how tricky it can be to keep water systems running smoothly, stay in compliance, and keep costs under control. Over…
Continue Reading »Aries Chemical In 2026 And Beyond
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With 2026 just around the corner, it’s a good time to remind you of all the water treatment systems, chemicals and solutions that Aries Chemical has to offer. As you plan for your company’s future, whatever the needs are, be sure to keep us in mind. We have the team to provide you with custom, innovative solutions to whatever challenges you face. This includes: Wastewater treatment chemicals Boiler water treatment solutions Pulp and paper industry…
Continue Reading »Meet Matt Wainwright, Technical Sales Representative
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Aries Chemical welcomes Matt Wainwright to our sales team as a Technical Sales Representative in New York state. Matt will be responsible for sales and service to our customers in the New York territory primarily focusing on our pulp and paper business. Matt is a Syracuse native and graduated from Syracuse ESF with a paper engineering degree before working for several engineering/equipment firms in the paper industry. He has proven technical ability, sales and leadership…
Continue Reading »Meet Andy Endelman, Technical Sales Representative
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Aries Chemical welcomes Andy Endelman to our sales team as a Technical Sales Representative for the southeast US. Andy will be responsible for sales and service to Aries’ customers in the southeast US. Andy comes to Aries after a very successful 18-year sales and management career with Ecolab. Andy brings substantial experience designing and implementing chemical programs for a variety of institutional and industrial firms. Starting as a sales person, Andy earned multiple promotions by…
Continue Reading »Aries Chemical Celebrates 40 Years
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On April 11, 2025 Aries Chemical celebrated its 40th anniversary. Aries Chemical was founded in 1985 by Brian Graveley in Beaver Falls, NY. It has grown into a firm with more than 225 customers in the US, Canada and Mexico. The Aries product line includes water and wastewater chemicals and equipment along with pulp & paper chemicals and cleaners. Graveley earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from General Motors Institute in Flint, Michigan. After graduation…
Continue Reading »Aries Chemical at Empire State 2024 TAPPI – PIMA Golf Outing
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Aries Chemical sponsored a hole at the Empire State TAPPI 2024 Annual Scholarship Golf Outing. The golf outing generates scholarship funds for Empire State TAPPI PIMA member’s children. The Aries team had fun, but didn’t bring home the Trophy. A good time was had by all for a great cause.
Continue Reading »Aries Recovery RO Saves Auto Plant 15M gals of Water per Year
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Aries recently designed, built and shipped a Recovery Reverse Osmosis (RO) system that will reduce a North American automotive assembly plant’s water consumption by approximately 15,000,000 gallons per year. Aries designed and built a 34-gpm high pressure RO that processes the reject (concentrate that normally is discharged as wastewater) from an existing pure water RO. This RO reduces the automotive plant’s water consumption by about 50,000 gals per day, or 15,000,000 gals per year. The…
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