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Grundfos partners with TaKaDu to accelerate digitalization in the water sector
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Grundfos partners with TaKaDu to accelerate digitalization in the water sector
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rundfos is partnering with integrated event management solutions provider TaKaDu to accelerate the use of big data for GREATER WATER NETWORK EFFICIENCY The collaboration will combine Grundfos’s technological expertise and experience with TaKaDu’s analytical event management solutions to transform raw data into end-customer value. The two companies are already exploring partnership opportunities by running a joint pilot at Danish water utility company Frederikshavn Forsyning. “Being a global leader in our segment, we have worked with connected solutions for quite a while, and we have got the experience and technological capability to offer monitoring services to our customers. However, the partnership with TaKaDu accelerates our efforts in the digitalization journey, and allows us to speed up the process of providing our customers with best-in-class, data driven solutions,” said Kenth Hvid Nielsen, Grundfos group vice president, Global Water Utility. “We are very excited to partner with Grundfos in the global water market, and expand our comprehensive event management solution to new dimensions of data, related to energy and network operations. Data analytics yields a wide spectrum of benefits, and we are confident that this partnership will boost efficiency of both water and energy,” said Amir Peleg, TaKaDu’s founder and CEO. Grundfos says that future digital offerings leveraged by this partnership could help water utilities on a global scale to fulfil new operational targets for saving energy and water, as well as managing water network assets in the most economical way. For further information, visit www.grundfos.com and www.takadu.com
Modern Water contributes to graphene research
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K-based Modern Water Plc, which installs and operates
May 2017
membrane systems, and develops and supplies water monitoring systems, has been chosen to contribute its design and development capabilities to a new research project run by the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, BASED IN !BU $HABI 5NITED !RAB Emirates, and the UK’s University of Manchester. The research will examine the viability of using graphene to improve water desalination techniques, and has been awarded funding of US$500 000 by the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in partnership with the British Council. Modern Water says that it will add its knowledge and expertise in water treatment and membrane design to the project. The research division of environmental services group Veolia has also been selected to take part in the project. The aim of this research is to design and engineer nanostructures for graphenebased electrodes and membranes, and develop systems for desalination and water purification applications. Emerging capacitive deionisation and membrane-based desalination technology are believed to have the potential to help meet global water demands in a more energy-efficient manner. It is hoped that integrating nanostructured hierarchical graphene into the electrodes and membrane will overcome the limiting factors of conventional materials by lowering energy consumption, increasing water production efficiency and reducing membrane fouling. Simon Humphrey, CEO, Modern Water, commented: “We are confident that our leading know-how in membrane processes and desalination will be of significant benefit to the project and we are looking forward to working alongside our new research colleagues.” Dr Linda Zhou, Professor, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Masdar Institute, added: “Our main objective is to develop a two-dimensional materialsbased technology for desalination and water purification in the form of next-generation graphene-based electrodes and membranes. Our end goal is to transfer these research outcomes into water technologies so we can have a real-world impact on the global issue of water security.”
Dividends sä Pentair plc will distribute a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.345 per share on 4 August 2017 to shareholders of record on 21 July 2017. Having recently announced plans to split into two separate, publicly-traded companies, through a spin-off of its Electrical business to shareholders (see News, page 2), Pentair says that it expects to continue to pay its quarterly dividend until the deal is finalized. The separation should be completed in 2018. www.pentair.com sä 4HEäNEXTäREGULARäDonaldson Co Inc cash dividend of US$0.175 per share is scheduled to be paid on 28 June 2017, to shareholders of record on 12 June 2017. Minnesota-headquartered Donaldson has paid a cash dividend every quarter for the past 61 years. www.donaldson.com sä Lanxess is increasing its 2016 dividend by 17% to E0.70 after a successful fiscal year. www.lanxess.com sä National Oilwell Varco Inc, which acquired Fjords Processing late last year, has announced a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.05 per share. This will be paid on 30 June 2017 to stockholders of record on 16 June 2017. www.nov.com sä Xylem Inc’s second quarter dividend of US$0.18 per share will be payable on 21 June 2017. www.xylem.com sä 4HEä Ceco Environmental Corp’s board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of US$0.075 per share. This latest dividend will be paid on 30 June 2017 to stockholders of record on 16 June 2017. www.cecoenviro.com sä ITT Inc is planning to pay a secondquarter cash dividend of US$0.128 per share on the company’s outstanding stock on 3 July 2017, to shareholders of record on 12 June 2017. www.itt.com sä 4HEä Calgon Carbon Corp board has declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.05 per share on its common stock payable on 15 June 2017, to stockholders of record on 5 June 2017. www.calgoncarbon.com
For further information, visit www.modernwater.com
Filtration Industry Analyst
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Grundfos partners with TaKaDu to accelerate digitalization in the water sector
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rundfos is partnering with integrated event management solutions provider TaKaDu to accelerate the use of big data for GREATER WATER NETWORK EFFICIENCY The collaboration will combine Grundfos’s technological expertise and experience with TaKaDu’s analytical event management solutions to transform raw data into end-customer value. The two companies are already exploring partnership opportunities by running a joint pilot at Danish water utility company Frederikshavn Forsyning. “Being a global leader in our segment, we have worked with connected solutions for quite a while, and we have got the experience and technological capability to offer monitoring services to our customers. However, the partnership with TaKaDu accelerates our efforts in the digitalization journey, and allows us to speed up the process of providing our customers with best-in-class, data driven solutions,” said Kenth Hvid Nielsen, Grundfos group vice president, Global Water Utility. “We are very excited to partner with Grundfos in the global water market, and expand our comprehensive event management solution to new dimensions of data, related to energy and network operations. Data analytics yields a wide spectrum of benefits, and we are confident that this partnership will boost efficiency of both water and energy,” said Amir Peleg, TaKaDu’s founder and CEO. Grundfos says that future digital offerings leveraged by this partnership could help water utilities on a global scale to fulfil new operational targets for saving energy and water, as well as managing water network assets in the most economical way. For further information, visit www.grundfos.com and www.takadu.com
Modern Water contributes to graphene research
U
K-based Modern Water Plc, which installs and operates
May 2017
membrane systems, and develops and supplies water monitoring systems, has been chosen to contribute its design and development capabilities to a new research project run by the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, BASED IN !BU $HABI 5NITED !RAB Emirates, and the UK’s University of Manchester. The research will examine the viability of using graphene to improve water desalination techniques, and has been awarded funding of US$500 000 by the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in partnership with the British Council. Modern Water says that it will add its knowledge and expertise in water treatment and membrane design to the project. The research division of environmental services group Veolia has also been selected to take part in the project. The aim of this research is to design and engineer nanostructures for graphenebased electrodes and membranes, and develop systems for desalination and water purification applications. Emerging capacitive deionisation and membrane-based desalination technology are believed to have the potential to help meet global water demands in a more energy-efficient manner. It is hoped that integrating nanostructured hierarchical graphene into the electrodes and membrane will overcome the limiting factors of conventional materials by lowering energy consumption, increasing water production efficiency and reducing membrane fouling. Simon Humphrey, CEO, Modern Water, commented: “We are confident that our leading know-how in membrane processes and desalination will be of significant benefit to the project and we are looking forward to working alongside our new research colleagues.” Dr Linda Zhou, Professor, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Masdar Institute, added: “Our main objective is to develop a two-dimensional materialsbased technology for desalination and water purification in the form of next-generation graphene-based electrodes and membranes. Our end goal is to transfer these research outcomes into water technologies so we can have a real-world impact on the global issue of water security.”
Dividends sä Pentair plc will distribute a regular quarterly cash dividend of US$0.345 per share on 4 August 2017 to shareholders of record on 21 July 2017. Having recently announced plans to split into two separate, publicly-traded companies, through a spin-off of its Electrical business to shareholders (see News, page 2), Pentair says that it expects to continue to pay its quarterly dividend until the deal is finalized. The separation should be completed in 2018. www.pentair.com sä 4HEäNEXTäREGULARäDonaldson Co Inc cash dividend of US$0.175 per share is scheduled to be paid on 28 June 2017, to shareholders of record on 12 June 2017. Minnesota-headquartered Donaldson has paid a cash dividend every quarter for the past 61 years. www.donaldson.com sä Lanxess is increasing its 2016 dividend by 17% to E0.70 after a successful fiscal year. www.lanxess.com sä National Oilwell Varco Inc, which acquired Fjords Processing late last year, has announced a quarterly cash dividend of US$0.05 per share. This will be paid on 30 June 2017 to stockholders of record on 16 June 2017. www.nov.com sä Xylem Inc’s second quarter dividend of US$0.18 per share will be payable on 21 June 2017. www.xylem.com sä 4HEä Ceco Environmental Corp’s board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of US$0.075 per share. This latest dividend will be paid on 30 June 2017 to stockholders of record on 16 June 2017. www.cecoenviro.com sä ITT Inc is planning to pay a secondquarter cash dividend of US$0.128 per share on the company’s outstanding stock on 3 July 2017, to shareholders of record on 12 June 2017. www.itt.com sä 4HEä Calgon Carbon Corp board has declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.05 per share on its common stock payable on 15 June 2017, to stockholders of record on 5 June 2017. www.calgoncarbon.com
For further information, visit www.modernwater.com
Filtration Industry Analyst
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