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Oasys Water establishes Dubai office
NEWS Sven Kaufmann, a member of Evonik’s executive board and its chief operating officer. “We aim to expand the biogas membranes business, which has been well-established for five years. At the same time, we see excellent growth opportunities in the market for helium and hydrogen processing as well as for the efficient nitrogen production from air,” said Dr Claus Rettig, chairman of the Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH board of management. The additional membrane module production capacity is expected to be operational in late 2017. Evonik’s investment will create more than 30 new jobs in Schörfling. For further information, visit www.evonik.com
H2O Innovation forms Mexican partnership
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2O Innovation Inc is expanding its business activities in Mexico through a partnership agreement. A new Mexican entity, H2O Innovación de Mexico SA de CV, will be headed up by Diego Pasadas, a chemical engineer with 19 years of experience in the water treatment industry, most notably in membrane filtration. Through a royalty paid to H2O Innovation, H2O Innovación Mexico will be able to use the Canadian company’s technologies, experience and references. H2O Innovación Mexico will be based in a new manufacturing and assembly plant in Monterrey, supported by regional offices in Cancun and Cabo. “We are delighted to partner up with a trusted ally already established in Mexico. We are now proposing a unique business model that will allow H2O Innovation to expand its business in a high growth market without adding to its current cost structure. We strongly believe that this could have a positive impact on the financial results (EBITDA and net profit) within the first 12 months,” said Frédéric Dugré, president and CEO of H2O Innovation. “It is an honour and challenge for my organisation to represent H2O Innovation
March 2016
in Mexico. Our solid business relationship in the past has brought us to this new enterprise with a common goal: to grow the municipal, industrial and desalination water business even more, and combining our efforts to offer better cost effective technologies to our Mexican customers,” said Pasadas. For further information, visit www.h2oinnovation.com
Spiral Water relocates to larger facility
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piral Water Technologies, a developer of filtration solutions for difficult-to-treat waters, has moved its corporate headquarters to an expanded facility in San Rafael, California. The US company will use the extra space to accommodate its growing operations including research & development, and production. “The new offices are an important next step for Spiral Water. We are ideally positioned to grow as the demand for greater energy efficiency, maximised water conservation, and solutions for waste management continues to increase. Our new space provides the room we need to accelerate our growth trajectory,” said Spiral Water president and CEO Ashwin Gulati. Spiral Water’s flagship technology is its automatic self-cleaning filter, developed to address specific issues in treating challenging waters.
For further information, visit www.spiralwater.com
Oasys Water establishes Dubai office
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orward osmosis specialist Oasys Water Inc has set up an office in Dubai to serve business opportunities in the Middle East and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
The new office in Dubai will support oil and gas, power generation and inland, high-recovery desalination water reuse and transformation projects. The US company has reassigned Sada Krishnan, who was previously managing projects in Australia, to Dubai to lead these efforts. A 20-plus year veteran of the water industry, Krishnan has been appointed director of Middle Eastern business development and general manager for the company’s Dubai office. In this role, Krishnan will be tasked with expanding Oasys Water’s presence in the Middle East. “Creating a presence and appointing Sada to lead our efforts in this region is an important milestone for Oasys and demonstrates our commitment to being a key part of the solution set for the Middle East. We are very enthusiastic about the prospects in this region and expect it will represent an important and significant aspect of our business moving forward,” said Jim Matheson, president and CEO of Oasys Water. For further information, visit www.oasyswater.com
Chemviron Carbon celebrates opening of UK reactivation plant
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hemviron Carbon, the European operating group of Calgon Carbon Corp, has officially opened its new reactivation plant in Tipton, West Midlands, UK. The plant will reactivate spent activated carbon, mainly for the drinking water utility industry. Chemviron Carbon acquired the facility in Tipton in 2011 from Grafham Carbons and has invested £6.7 million to upgrade the site to industry standards. The plant, which focuses on the reactivation of spent carbon used in drinking water and food grade applications, underwent a major upgrade to increase its capacity and efficiency from 5800 to 10 000 tons per year of reactivated carbon.
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H2O Innovation forms Mexican partnership
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2O Innovation Inc is expanding its business activities in Mexico through a partnership agreement. A new Mexican entity, H2O Innovación de Mexico SA de CV, will be headed up by Diego Pasadas, a chemical engineer with 19 years of experience in the water treatment industry, most notably in membrane filtration. Through a royalty paid to H2O Innovation, H2O Innovación Mexico will be able to use the Canadian company’s technologies, experience and references. H2O Innovación Mexico will be based in a new manufacturing and assembly plant in Monterrey, supported by regional offices in Cancun and Cabo. “We are delighted to partner up with a trusted ally already established in Mexico. We are now proposing a unique business model that will allow H2O Innovation to expand its business in a high growth market without adding to its current cost structure. We strongly believe that this could have a positive impact on the financial results (EBITDA and net profit) within the first 12 months,” said Frédéric Dugré, president and CEO of H2O Innovation. “It is an honour and challenge for my organisation to represent H2O Innovation
March 2016
in Mexico. Our solid business relationship in the past has brought us to this new enterprise with a common goal: to grow the municipal, industrial and desalination water business even more, and combining our efforts to offer better cost effective technologies to our Mexican customers,” said Pasadas. For further information, visit www.h2oinnovation.com
Spiral Water relocates to larger facility
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piral Water Technologies, a developer of filtration solutions for difficult-to-treat waters, has moved its corporate headquarters to an expanded facility in San Rafael, California. The US company will use the extra space to accommodate its growing operations including research & development, and production. “The new offices are an important next step for Spiral Water. We are ideally positioned to grow as the demand for greater energy efficiency, maximised water conservation, and solutions for waste management continues to increase. Our new space provides the room we need to accelerate our growth trajectory,” said Spiral Water president and CEO Ashwin Gulati. Spiral Water’s flagship technology is its automatic self-cleaning filter, developed to address specific issues in treating challenging waters.
For further information, visit www.spiralwater.com
Oasys Water establishes Dubai office
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orward osmosis specialist Oasys Water Inc has set up an office in Dubai to serve business opportunities in the Middle East and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region.
The new office in Dubai will support oil and gas, power generation and inland, high-recovery desalination water reuse and transformation projects. The US company has reassigned Sada Krishnan, who was previously managing projects in Australia, to Dubai to lead these efforts. A 20-plus year veteran of the water industry, Krishnan has been appointed director of Middle Eastern business development and general manager for the company’s Dubai office. In this role, Krishnan will be tasked with expanding Oasys Water’s presence in the Middle East. “Creating a presence and appointing Sada to lead our efforts in this region is an important milestone for Oasys and demonstrates our commitment to being a key part of the solution set for the Middle East. We are very enthusiastic about the prospects in this region and expect it will represent an important and significant aspect of our business moving forward,” said Jim Matheson, president and CEO of Oasys Water. For further information, visit www.oasyswater.com
Chemviron Carbon celebrates opening of UK reactivation plant
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hemviron Carbon, the European operating group of Calgon Carbon Corp, has officially opened its new reactivation plant in Tipton, West Midlands, UK. The plant will reactivate spent activated carbon, mainly for the drinking water utility industry. Chemviron Carbon acquired the facility in Tipton in 2011 from Grafham Carbons and has invested £6.7 million to upgrade the site to industry standards. The plant, which focuses on the reactivation of spent carbon used in drinking water and food grade applications, underwent a major upgrade to increase its capacity and efficiency from 5800 to 10 000 tons per year of reactivated carbon.
Filtration Industry Analyst
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