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Blackstone completes Polymer Group acquisition
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WesTech acquires filtration technology
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esTech Engineering Inc has bought WWETCO LLC, an Atlanta, Georgia-based environmental product and services company that specialises in the monitoring, measurement, evaluation, control and treatment of wet weather related pollution. WWETCO has developed products for combined sewer overflow and has engineered new ways to utilise compressed media filtration for both primary and tertiary treatment. “We’re excited to partner with WWETCO to offer these products to the wastewater market,” said Jim Hanson, vice president of WesTech. “They reflect the quality and innovation that WesTech strives to achieve.” Although wholly owned by WesTech, WWETCO will continue to function as an independently operated company. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, WesTech Engineering is an employee-owned manufacturer of process equipment in municipal water, wastewater, industrial process and mining. For further information, visit www.westech-inc.com and www.wwetco.com
Blackstone completes Polymer Group acquisition
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corpio Acquisition Corp, an affiliate of Blackstone Capital Partners V LP, has completed its acquisition of nonwovens specialist Polymer Group Inc (see Filtration Industry Analyst, October 2010). Polymer Group’s CEO Veronica Hagen, said: “The sale to Blackstone is the culmination of our strategic review process and we believe that this transaction represents the best value alternative available to our stockholders. Blackstone is committed to supporting our strategy of continued growth and investment in proprietary capabilities in our markets around the globe. The leadership team and all of the employees of PGI are excited to begin the next chapter at PGI and to maintain our position as a global industry leader.”
For further information, visit www.polymergroupinc. com and www.blackstone.com
GE extends licencing agreement with HERO water technology developer
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E has signed an expanded licencing agreement that will allow the company to offer High Efficiency Reverse Osmosis (HERO) systems in more of its advanced water and wastewater treatment solutions. GE has been supplying HERO-based systems for a number of years. Under the new agreement with Debasish (Deb) Mukhopadhyay, HERO’s process developer and patent holder, GE will hold specific rights to market and manufacture solutions that use the HERO technology in key industry segments and applications including microelectronics, the hydrocarbon processing industry, chemical processing industry, zero liquid discharge, food and beverage and mobile water treatment. “Our new agreement with Deb Mukhopadhyay reflects GE’s commitment to support the development and commercial deployment of HERO and other clean water technologies to help customers around the world address its mounting energy and water resource challenges,” said Jeff Connelly, vice president, engineered systems – water and process technologies for GE Power & Water. For further information, visit www.ge.com
Aquaporin teams up with Membrana
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anish cleantech company Aquaporin A/S and Germany’s Membrana GmbH are working together to enter into a full and binding strategic partnership agreement on a joint product development programme. The two companies are looking to incorporate the patented Aquaporin membrane technology into Membrana’s high-performance contactor modules. “Our business strategy is to develop final applications of Aquaporin’s revolutionising technology together with recognised indus-
February 2011
Filtration Company Index AE&E Ahlstrom Alfa Laval Amiad Amplio Group Andritz Anhydro Aqua-Aerobic Aqua-Chem Aquaporin Asahi Kasei Atlas Copco Bio-Reaction Industries Biwater Bollfilter BWT Campbell Grinder Cantel Medical Cattin Filtration Ceco Environmental Clarcor Clark-Reliance Clean Membranes Crane Culligan Cummins Dantherm Dantherm Filtration Donaldson Duoyuan Global Water DuPont Eaton Entegris Envirogen Technologies Environmental Water Systems Enviro Voraxial Eriez Esco Technologies Fiberweb Flanders FLSmidth Freudenberg Filtration Technologies Gamma Holding GE GEA GEA Air Treatment GEA Process Engineering GLV Griffin Filters GUD Holdings H2O Innovation Hollingsworth & Vose Hydroflow Hyflux Indutrade inge Intevras ItN Nanovation ITT Johnsen Oil Kaydon Layne Christensen Lydall 3M Mann+Hummel Mar Cor Purification Martint Environmental Mecana Membrana Memstar Merck Met-Pro Metso MFRI Micro Fresh Filters Millipore NanoH2O Nederman Nitto Denko Oil Filtration Systems Outotec Pall Paques Parker Hannifin Pentair PMFG Polypore Porvair ProSep Puradyn Purafil Puresep ROPV Sartorius Seprotech Seychelle Environmental Shangdong Puri Filter & Paper Siemens Siemens Water Technologies Sinomem Specific Equipment SPX Sulzer Tomoe Engineering Toray Toyobo Trojan Ultra-Flo United Envirotech Watts Water WesTech Whitehouse Scientific
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WesTech acquires filtration technology
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esTech Engineering Inc has bought WWETCO LLC, an Atlanta, Georgia-based environmental product and services company that specialises in the monitoring, measurement, evaluation, control and treatment of wet weather related pollution. WWETCO has developed products for combined sewer overflow and has engineered new ways to utilise compressed media filtration for both primary and tertiary treatment. “We’re excited to partner with WWETCO to offer these products to the wastewater market,” said Jim Hanson, vice president of WesTech. “They reflect the quality and innovation that WesTech strives to achieve.” Although wholly owned by WesTech, WWETCO will continue to function as an independently operated company. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Salt Lake City, WesTech Engineering is an employee-owned manufacturer of process equipment in municipal water, wastewater, industrial process and mining. For further information, visit www.westech-inc.com and www.wwetco.com
Blackstone completes Polymer Group acquisition
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corpio Acquisition Corp, an affiliate of Blackstone Capital Partners V LP, has completed its acquisition of nonwovens specialist Polymer Group Inc (see Filtration Industry Analyst, October 2010). Polymer Group’s CEO Veronica Hagen, said: “The sale to Blackstone is the culmination of our strategic review process and we believe that this transaction represents the best value alternative available to our stockholders. Blackstone is committed to supporting our strategy of continued growth and investment in proprietary capabilities in our markets around the globe. The leadership team and all of the employees of PGI are excited to begin the next chapter at PGI and to maintain our position as a global industry leader.”
For further information, visit www.polymergroupinc. com and www.blackstone.com
GE extends licencing agreement with HERO water technology developer
G
E has signed an expanded licencing agreement that will allow the company to offer High Efficiency Reverse Osmosis (HERO) systems in more of its advanced water and wastewater treatment solutions. GE has been supplying HERO-based systems for a number of years. Under the new agreement with Debasish (Deb) Mukhopadhyay, HERO’s process developer and patent holder, GE will hold specific rights to market and manufacture solutions that use the HERO technology in key industry segments and applications including microelectronics, the hydrocarbon processing industry, chemical processing industry, zero liquid discharge, food and beverage and mobile water treatment. “Our new agreement with Deb Mukhopadhyay reflects GE’s commitment to support the development and commercial deployment of HERO and other clean water technologies to help customers around the world address its mounting energy and water resource challenges,” said Jeff Connelly, vice president, engineered systems – water and process technologies for GE Power & Water. For further information, visit www.ge.com
Aquaporin teams up with Membrana
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anish cleantech company Aquaporin A/S and Germany’s Membrana GmbH are working together to enter into a full and binding strategic partnership agreement on a joint product development programme. The two companies are looking to incorporate the patented Aquaporin membrane technology into Membrana’s high-performance contactor modules. “Our business strategy is to develop final applications of Aquaporin’s revolutionising technology together with recognised indus-
February 2011