Ecophos

ecophos is a belgian based technology provider, producer and market leader of animal feed phosphates in europe. its patented process allows for valorizing low and high grade natural and urban phosphate sources. its ecological and economic benefits solves many phosphates producers problems: decline in high grade rock reserves, environmental stress, phosphogypsum, raising production/energy costs. ecophos, with head office and r&d centre in louvain-la-neuve, belgium, employs 250 employees. it has an engineering office (temco engineering), a full scale (4-8 kt/a) demonstration unit (technophos) and two feed phosphates production sites (aliphos) with a total capacity of 300 000 tpa. during the last 15 years, ecophos has developed and patented several processes for the phosphate industry in different applications : • valorization of low grade rock phosphate to produce fertilizer, animal feed and all grades of phosphoric acid • p-recovery from ashes out of incinerated sewage sludge.