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Newterra acquires Crane Co's water division
CALENDAR/NEWS
EVENTS CALENDAR 11–12 September 2014
of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Texas Desal 2014 – Best Practices and Emerging Technology
Venice, Italy – Istanbul, Turkey Contact: Professor Zvonimir Guzovic, Conference secretary, 2014 Mediterranean Conference, FSB, Ivana Lucica 5, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Fax: +385 1 615 6940 Email: [email protected] www.mediterranean2014.sdewes.org
Austin, Texas, USA Contact: Karen Ford, WaterPR, 823 Congress Avenue, Suite 245, Austin, TX 78701, USA Tel: +1 512 477 5445, Fax: +1 512 477 9490 Email: [email protected] www.texasdesal.com
21–26 September 2014
15–17 September 2014
IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition
Pre-treatment, Membrane Fouling and Scaling (three-day intensive course)
Lisbon, Portugal Contact: International Water Association (IWA), Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London SW1H 0QS, UK (Tel: +44 207 654 5500, Fax: +44 207 654 5555) Tel: +31 70 315 0792, Fax: +31 70 347 7005 Email: [email protected] www.iwa2014lisbon.org
Rome, Italy Contact: Miriam Balaban, European Desalination Society Secretariat, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Faculty of Engineering, via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 348 88 48 406, Fax: +1 928 543 3066 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.desline.com/Schippers2014.pdf
20–27 September 2014 9th Conference on Sustainable Development
...Continued from front page economic growth make the development of more advanced desalination innovations necessary to address the country’s long-term water security. Each company, selected for the project because of its leadership and innovation within the desalination sector, will build and operate its own test plant to develop and demonstrate desalination technology over the course of 18 months. This time frame will enable the companies to gauge which desalination technologies emerge as the most efficient and, therefore, have potential to be powered by renewable energy. All of the four test plants will demonstrate innovation in membrane technology, such as reverse osmosis and forward osmosis, which are more energy efficient processes than the
6–8 October 2014 Wind and Solar PV Powered Desalination Systems (RO and EDR) (three-day intensive course) Gran Canaria Island, Spain Contact: Miriam Balaban, European
thermal processes currently in use in most of the desalination plants throughout the UAE. As part of the pilot project each company will collaborate with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology – a research-driven, graduate university in Abu Dhabi. The entire pilot project test-facility will be located in Ghantoot, 90 km (56 miles) northwest of Abu Dhabi. Masdar says it selected Ghantoot because of its easy access to deep sea-water and the availability of existing utility connections from a now-decommissioned desalination plant. During the course of this project the test plants will also provide 1500 m3 (396 258 gallons) of potable water per day to Abu Dhabi’s water infrastructure – enough to meet the water requirements for around 500 homes.
Desalination Society Secretariat, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Faculty of Engineering, via Alvaro del Portillo 21,00128 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 348 88 48 406, Fax: +1 928 543 3066 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.desline.com/GranCanaria_Course2014.pdf
15–17 October 2014 European Conference on Fluid–Particle Separation Lyon, France Contact: INP Toulouse – Service RI, 6 allée Émile Monso – BP 34038, 31029 Toulouse cedex 4 – France Tel: +33 5 34 323119 Email: [email protected] http://www.fps2014.com
23–24 October 2014 Membrane Distillation (seminar) Freiburg, Germany Contact: Deutsche MeerwasserEntsalzung (DME) GmbH, Bismarckstrasse 120, D–47057 Duisburg, Germany Tel: +49 203 306 4257, Fax: +49 203 306 4255 Email: [email protected] www.dme-gmbh.de/events
Contacts: Masdar, PO Box 54115, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Tel: +971 2 653 3333, www.masdar.ae Sidem Abu Dhabi, PO Box 3609, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Tel: +971 2 677 4715, www.sidem-desalination.com, www.veoliawaterst.com Abengoa Sa, Campus Palmas Altas, C/Energ, Seville, 41014 Spain. Tel: +34 954 93 7111, www.abengoa.es Degrémont Sas, Tour CB21 – 16, place de l’Iris, 92040 Paris La Défense cedex, France. Tel: +33 1 58 81 5000, www.degremont.fr Trevi Systems, One Willowbrook Court, Suite 200, Petaluma CA 94954. Tel: +1 707 792 2681, http://trevisystems.com
Newterra acquires Crane Co’s water division
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ewterra Ltd, a Canadian company that designs and manufactures modular water treatment systems, has acquired the business of Crane Water from diversified industrial manufacturer Crane Co. Newterra adds the US-based maker of watertreatment equipment to its sales and engineering, and manufacturing facilities in Canada, the USA and Europe. The move brings its employee count to almost 250 people worldwide. Commenting on this acquisition, Robert Kennedy, President, Newterra, said: ‘We see the acquisition being a catalyst for job growth and efficiency for the operations in Trooper, Pennsylvania and Venice, Florida, and for Newterra as a whole.’ 16
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Kennedy says that he foresees a bright future for the water division as part of Newterra because it shares the same focus – clean water. The acquisition brings valuable expertise in important water technologies, including reverse osmosis (RO), ion exchange, deionisation and deaeration – opening new opportunities with Newterra’s existing clients in the mining sector and other markets. The acquired business also brings additional market opportunities for Newterra’s modular treatment systems for potable and process water, sewage, wastewater and groundwater. Whilst the name Crane Water will disappear, with the company becoming an operating unit of Newterra, the Cochrane and Chicago Heater brands will be retained. The acquired business
has sales and engineering offices in Trooper and Venice, where it also manufactures RO filtration systems. Those locations will continue operations under Newterra. Kennedy continued: ‘One of the keys to our ongoing success is having full control of our processes. This acquisition builds on that approach – adding tremendous “engineering horsepower” to our team, and bringing RO production in-house. It is an excellent fit with where we are going as an organisation.’ Contact: Newterra Ltd, 1325 California Avenue, Brockville, ON K6V 5Y6, Canada. Tel: +1 416 490 7848, http://industrial.newterra.com, www.newterra.com
August 2014
EVENTS CALENDAR 11–12 September 2014
of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Texas Desal 2014 – Best Practices and Emerging Technology
Venice, Italy – Istanbul, Turkey Contact: Professor Zvonimir Guzovic, Conference secretary, 2014 Mediterranean Conference, FSB, Ivana Lucica 5, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia Fax: +385 1 615 6940 Email: [email protected] www.mediterranean2014.sdewes.org
Austin, Texas, USA Contact: Karen Ford, WaterPR, 823 Congress Avenue, Suite 245, Austin, TX 78701, USA Tel: +1 512 477 5445, Fax: +1 512 477 9490 Email: [email protected] www.texasdesal.com
21–26 September 2014
15–17 September 2014
IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition
Pre-treatment, Membrane Fouling and Scaling (three-day intensive course)
Lisbon, Portugal Contact: International Water Association (IWA), Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London SW1H 0QS, UK (Tel: +44 207 654 5500, Fax: +44 207 654 5555) Tel: +31 70 315 0792, Fax: +31 70 347 7005 Email: [email protected] www.iwa2014lisbon.org
Rome, Italy Contact: Miriam Balaban, European Desalination Society Secretariat, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Faculty of Engineering, via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 348 88 48 406, Fax: +1 928 543 3066 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.desline.com/Schippers2014.pdf
20–27 September 2014 9th Conference on Sustainable Development
...Continued from front page economic growth make the development of more advanced desalination innovations necessary to address the country’s long-term water security. Each company, selected for the project because of its leadership and innovation within the desalination sector, will build and operate its own test plant to develop and demonstrate desalination technology over the course of 18 months. This time frame will enable the companies to gauge which desalination technologies emerge as the most efficient and, therefore, have potential to be powered by renewable energy. All of the four test plants will demonstrate innovation in membrane technology, such as reverse osmosis and forward osmosis, which are more energy efficient processes than the
6–8 October 2014 Wind and Solar PV Powered Desalination Systems (RO and EDR) (three-day intensive course) Gran Canaria Island, Spain Contact: Miriam Balaban, European
thermal processes currently in use in most of the desalination plants throughout the UAE. As part of the pilot project each company will collaborate with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology – a research-driven, graduate university in Abu Dhabi. The entire pilot project test-facility will be located in Ghantoot, 90 km (56 miles) northwest of Abu Dhabi. Masdar says it selected Ghantoot because of its easy access to deep sea-water and the availability of existing utility connections from a now-decommissioned desalination plant. During the course of this project the test plants will also provide 1500 m3 (396 258 gallons) of potable water per day to Abu Dhabi’s water infrastructure – enough to meet the water requirements for around 500 homes.
Desalination Society Secretariat, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Faculty of Engineering, via Alvaro del Portillo 21,00128 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 348 88 48 406, Fax: +1 928 543 3066 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] www.desline.com/GranCanaria_Course2014.pdf
15–17 October 2014 European Conference on Fluid–Particle Separation Lyon, France Contact: INP Toulouse – Service RI, 6 allée Émile Monso – BP 34038, 31029 Toulouse cedex 4 – France Tel: +33 5 34 323119 Email: [email protected] http://www.fps2014.com
23–24 October 2014 Membrane Distillation (seminar) Freiburg, Germany Contact: Deutsche MeerwasserEntsalzung (DME) GmbH, Bismarckstrasse 120, D–47057 Duisburg, Germany Tel: +49 203 306 4257, Fax: +49 203 306 4255 Email: [email protected] www.dme-gmbh.de/events
Contacts: Masdar, PO Box 54115, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Tel: +971 2 653 3333, www.masdar.ae Sidem Abu Dhabi, PO Box 3609, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Tel: +971 2 677 4715, www.sidem-desalination.com, www.veoliawaterst.com Abengoa Sa, Campus Palmas Altas, C/Energ, Seville, 41014 Spain. Tel: +34 954 93 7111, www.abengoa.es Degrémont Sas, Tour CB21 – 16, place de l’Iris, 92040 Paris La Défense cedex, France. Tel: +33 1 58 81 5000, www.degremont.fr Trevi Systems, One Willowbrook Court, Suite 200, Petaluma CA 94954. Tel: +1 707 792 2681, http://trevisystems.com
Newterra acquires Crane Co’s water division
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ewterra Ltd, a Canadian company that designs and manufactures modular water treatment systems, has acquired the business of Crane Water from diversified industrial manufacturer Crane Co. Newterra adds the US-based maker of watertreatment equipment to its sales and engineering, and manufacturing facilities in Canada, the USA and Europe. The move brings its employee count to almost 250 people worldwide. Commenting on this acquisition, Robert Kennedy, President, Newterra, said: ‘We see the acquisition being a catalyst for job growth and efficiency for the operations in Trooper, Pennsylvania and Venice, Florida, and for Newterra as a whole.’ 16
Membrane Technology
Kennedy says that he foresees a bright future for the water division as part of Newterra because it shares the same focus – clean water. The acquisition brings valuable expertise in important water technologies, including reverse osmosis (RO), ion exchange, deionisation and deaeration – opening new opportunities with Newterra’s existing clients in the mining sector and other markets. The acquired business also brings additional market opportunities for Newterra’s modular treatment systems for potable and process water, sewage, wastewater and groundwater. Whilst the name Crane Water will disappear, with the company becoming an operating unit of Newterra, the Cochrane and Chicago Heater brands will be retained. The acquired business
has sales and engineering offices in Trooper and Venice, where it also manufactures RO filtration systems. Those locations will continue operations under Newterra. Kennedy continued: ‘One of the keys to our ongoing success is having full control of our processes. This acquisition builds on that approach – adding tremendous “engineering horsepower” to our team, and bringing RO production in-house. It is an excellent fit with where we are going as an organisation.’ Contact: Newterra Ltd, 1325 California Avenue, Brockville, ON K6V 5Y6, Canada. Tel: +1 416 490 7848, http://industrial.newterra.com, www.newterra.com
August 2014