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Nederman transfers production from Sweden to Poland
NEWS/INBRIEF fast-growing water and wastewater market in China,” said Zhao. For further information, visit www.htiwater.com and www.Tri-Tech.cn
Severin partners with BWT on water filters
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everin, the German electrical home appliance brand, is adding water filters to its product portfolio, with BWT – Best Water Technology – as the company’s exclusive supplier of premium water filters. The Severin and BWT agreement covers co-branded premium table water filters, including Magnesium 2+ technology and filter cartridges for coffee machines. The agreement also includes common advertising and point-of-sale campaigns. Severin plans to launch a “powered by BWT” product line next year, which will be equipped with BWT filter technology. “BWT’s water filter solutions are a perfect fit for our portfolio due to their state-of-theart technology and versatility,” said Stefan Scheurer, director of marketing and distribution at Severin. “That is why we are pleased about partnering with BWT, which knows how to translate its huge knowledge about efficient water treatment into smart product innovations – especially in the area of drinking water filters.”
For further information, visit www.bwt-group.com and www.severin.de
pitals in the US. All aligned US employees of Gambro’s water business will be offered employment with Mar Cor. Mar Cor will be opening a new Denver office to continue to provide sales and service support. “The Gambro heat-disinfection central system will be a great enhancement to our waterfor-dialysis portfolio. The Gambro products will help us address two major trends in dialysis water systems: hot water disinfection and single patient treatment. We’ll be able to offer our dialysis clinic customers the broadest and most advanced array of water treatment alternatives from chemical to heat disinfection systems,” said Curt Weitnauer, president of Mar Cor Purification. Cantel’s president and CEO, Andrew Krakauer, added: “Building atop the success of our acquisition of GE Water & Process Technologies’ dialysis water business and other Mar Cor regional acquisitions, we are continuing to execute our strategy of marrying cutting-edge products with our nationwide service network to fulfill the needs of our customers. I am very pleased with the leadership of our Mar Cor group and anticipate both top and bottom-line synergies to result from this unique opportunity.” For further information, visit www.cantelmedical.com, www.mcpur.com and www.gambro.com
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Mar Cor Purification buys Gambro’s US water business
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antel Medical Corp’s Mar Cor Purification subsidiary is to acquire Gambro’s US medical water business to manufacture, sell and service all water products, components, parts and consumables solely intended for the US market. Mar Cor will transition the manufacturing of these products into its medical device manufacturing facility in Plymouth, Minnesota and immediately assume responsibility for service and support of Gambro’s installed base of over 1200 clinics and hos-
October 2010
ederman is to close its production unit in Arboga, Sweden and move the business activities to the Nederman manufacturing plant in Marki, Poland. The Arboga facility produces and assembles equipment for recycling within the machining industry. “Our decision to move these activities from Sweden to Poland is a direct outcome of the present integration procedure of our acquired company Dantherm Filtration. Our objective with the relocation is to further strengthen our competitiveness within this market,” said Anders Franzén, vice president of operations at Nederman. The transfer to Poland will start immediately and should be completed by the end of next year’s first quarter. For further information, visit www.nederman.se
In Brief UÊ Duoyuan Global Water Inc has engaged Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates to conduct the preemptive third-party review announced last month (see Filtration Industry Analyst, September 2010). The Skadden team will advise and assist Duoyuan Global Water’s Audit Committee as part of a review of the company’s accounting, internal controls and corporate governance, to confirm that its standards are in accordance with those expected of a New York Stock Exchange-listed company. www.duoyuan-hq.com UÊ Global Water Technologies Inc has become an affiliate of Indiana University’s Research & Technology Corporation through its Emerging Technology Centre in downtown Indianapolis. “When Global Water moved to Indiana, we knew that the state provided an excellent business environment and its university system has been a key asset for growing companies,” said Erik Hromadka, chairman and CEO of Global Water Technologies. Global Water Technologies is an Indianapolis-based clean technology water treatment and services company providing non-chemical and filtration technologies. www.gwtr.com UÊ Mott Corp is now ASME NQA-1 compliant. The standard provides requirements and guidelines for quality assurance programs during the design, construction, operation and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Mott supplies filtration elements and systems that perform mission critical filtration and separations of highly radioactive liquid waste. “Because of the critical nature of these applications, Mott has added NQA-1 capability to our quality program, and now is in a better position to meet the needs of the nuclear industry,” explained Gary Kersteen, Mott’s director of quality programs. www.mottcorp.com UÊ Ì>Þ½ÃÊ Testori SpA is introducing its filter felts and woven filter cloth to the North American market with the assistance of Filter Media Services LLC. www.testori.it and www.filtermediaservices.com
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Severin partners with BWT on water filters
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everin, the German electrical home appliance brand, is adding water filters to its product portfolio, with BWT – Best Water Technology – as the company’s exclusive supplier of premium water filters. The Severin and BWT agreement covers co-branded premium table water filters, including Magnesium 2+ technology and filter cartridges for coffee machines. The agreement also includes common advertising and point-of-sale campaigns. Severin plans to launch a “powered by BWT” product line next year, which will be equipped with BWT filter technology. “BWT’s water filter solutions are a perfect fit for our portfolio due to their state-of-theart technology and versatility,” said Stefan Scheurer, director of marketing and distribution at Severin. “That is why we are pleased about partnering with BWT, which knows how to translate its huge knowledge about efficient water treatment into smart product innovations – especially in the area of drinking water filters.”
For further information, visit www.bwt-group.com and www.severin.de
pitals in the US. All aligned US employees of Gambro’s water business will be offered employment with Mar Cor. Mar Cor will be opening a new Denver office to continue to provide sales and service support. “The Gambro heat-disinfection central system will be a great enhancement to our waterfor-dialysis portfolio. The Gambro products will help us address two major trends in dialysis water systems: hot water disinfection and single patient treatment. We’ll be able to offer our dialysis clinic customers the broadest and most advanced array of water treatment alternatives from chemical to heat disinfection systems,” said Curt Weitnauer, president of Mar Cor Purification. Cantel’s president and CEO, Andrew Krakauer, added: “Building atop the success of our acquisition of GE Water & Process Technologies’ dialysis water business and other Mar Cor regional acquisitions, we are continuing to execute our strategy of marrying cutting-edge products with our nationwide service network to fulfill the needs of our customers. I am very pleased with the leadership of our Mar Cor group and anticipate both top and bottom-line synergies to result from this unique opportunity.” For further information, visit www.cantelmedical.com, www.mcpur.com and www.gambro.com
Nederman transfers production from Sweden to Poland
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Mar Cor Purification buys Gambro’s US water business
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antel Medical Corp’s Mar Cor Purification subsidiary is to acquire Gambro’s US medical water business to manufacture, sell and service all water products, components, parts and consumables solely intended for the US market. Mar Cor will transition the manufacturing of these products into its medical device manufacturing facility in Plymouth, Minnesota and immediately assume responsibility for service and support of Gambro’s installed base of over 1200 clinics and hos-
October 2010
ederman is to close its production unit in Arboga, Sweden and move the business activities to the Nederman manufacturing plant in Marki, Poland. The Arboga facility produces and assembles equipment for recycling within the machining industry. “Our decision to move these activities from Sweden to Poland is a direct outcome of the present integration procedure of our acquired company Dantherm Filtration. Our objective with the relocation is to further strengthen our competitiveness within this market,” said Anders Franzén, vice president of operations at Nederman. The transfer to Poland will start immediately and should be completed by the end of next year’s first quarter. For further information, visit www.nederman.se
In Brief UÊ Duoyuan Global Water Inc has engaged Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates to conduct the preemptive third-party review announced last month (see Filtration Industry Analyst, September 2010). The Skadden team will advise and assist Duoyuan Global Water’s Audit Committee as part of a review of the company’s accounting, internal controls and corporate governance, to confirm that its standards are in accordance with those expected of a New York Stock Exchange-listed company. www.duoyuan-hq.com UÊ Global Water Technologies Inc has become an affiliate of Indiana University’s Research & Technology Corporation through its Emerging Technology Centre in downtown Indianapolis. “When Global Water moved to Indiana, we knew that the state provided an excellent business environment and its university system has been a key asset for growing companies,” said Erik Hromadka, chairman and CEO of Global Water Technologies. Global Water Technologies is an Indianapolis-based clean technology water treatment and services company providing non-chemical and filtration technologies. www.gwtr.com UÊ Mott Corp is now ASME NQA-1 compliant. The standard provides requirements and guidelines for quality assurance programs during the design, construction, operation and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. Mott supplies filtration elements and systems that perform mission critical filtration and separations of highly radioactive liquid waste. “Because of the critical nature of these applications, Mott has added NQA-1 capability to our quality program, and now is in a better position to meet the needs of the nuclear industry,” explained Gary Kersteen, Mott’s director of quality programs. www.mottcorp.com UÊ Ì>Þ½ÃÊ Testori SpA is introducing its filter felts and woven filter cloth to the North American market with the assistance of Filter Media Services LLC. www.testori.it and www.filtermediaservices.com
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