Graham Rideal, managing director of Whitehouse Scientific, has been elected next year's chairman of the Filtration Society
A charitable, non-profit organisation, the Society aims to advance and disseminate knowledge in the design and use of filtration and separation techniques in industry, commerce and other walks of life.
With members in more than 25 countries around the world it is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary.
The election of Dr Rideal to the position of chairman, with effect from October 2004, recognises his unique contribution to developments in the field of pore size measurement of filter media.
Dr Rideal's company, Whitehouse Scientific, is a producer of glass microspheres for calibration purposes and is now one of the highest-ranking certification laboratories in Europe for particle size analysis.
Having produced more than a million bottles, the company also claims to be the world's leading manufacturer of single-shot microspheres.
