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P&G commits to safe drinking water in Africa
Siemens will oversee the equipment set-up and train local healthcare providers to maintain and service machines. Siemens will also supply specialised, reverse osmosis water purification equipment used to make high purity water from potable tap water for laboratory and dialysis applications in the clinics. Dr Roger Radke, president and CEO of Siemens Water Technologies, said: “Our reverse osmosis technology helps hundreds of hospitals and clinics provide high purity water for their processes and patients. We are looking forward to serving the medical community in China.” The CGI is a non-partisan catalyst for action, set up by US president Bill Clinton, bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
P&G COMMITS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER IN AFRICA Procter & Gamble joined the non-profit organisation Population Services International (PSI) at the Clinton Global Initiative to announce a new commitment to provide safe drinking water in Africa. Working with PSI and a number of other partners as part of their focal philanthropy program, the Children’s Safe Drinking Water program, P&G committed to providing 35 million litres of safe drinking water to more than one million children. In addition, through
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PSI’s private sector approach and community-based outreach, the partners will provide another 100 million litres of safe drinking water in Africa. As part of this announcement, P&G has committed to provide US$3.8 million to a variety of partners in order to provide safe drinking water in Africa. This includes a US$660 000 commitment from P&G Retired Officers, funds from a cause-related marketing program in the US by the PUR Water Filtration Business, and contributions from the P&G Fund, P&G’s philanthropic arm. The total financial commitment is estimated at US$5 million over three years. In addition, P&G will provide technical, marketing and communications expertise. “P&G is stepping up our efforts to provide safe drinking water,” said Susan Arnold, vice chair P&G Beauty & Health and an invited speaker at the water and sanitation session of the Clinton Global Initiative. “We’re focusing our new commitment on Africa in order to have the greatest impact on the health and well-being of children.” According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more than half of the world’s schools do not have access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation. P&G and PSI have been working together for the last three years to provide safe drinking water in the developing world through household water treatment using P&G’s PUR Purifier of Water. PUR is a powdered
water treatment product that has been shown to reduce diarrheal illness by an average 50% in studies conducted by the CDC and Johns Hopkins University. P&G and PSI are currently working together to provide safe drinking water with PUR in Uganda, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Botswana, Malawi, Haiti and Pakistan; and, as part of this announcement, will expand to Congo and Ethiopia later this year.
GROUPE NOVASEP TAKES MAJORITY STAKE IN TANGENX Groupe Novasep, through its US subsidiary Novasep Inc has taken a majority stake in TangenX, an innovative US based membrane technology company located in Massachusetts. “This investment is in line with our strategy to expand our technologies/ products portfolio to better serve the life sciences industry,” said Thierry Favreau, executive vice-president Novasep Process. Novasep has two divisions: Novasep Synthesis and Novasep Process. Novasep Process specialises in preparative chromatography, with particular strength in continuous processes. It provides turn-key physical purification solutions to industrial biotechnology, pharmaceutical and bio-pharma industries. Headquartered in Pompey, France, Novasep operates
mainly in Europe (France and Germany) with subsidiaries in the USA, China, Latin America and Japan.
OIL, AIR DRIVE NA SELECTED FILTERS AFTERMARKET The North American aftermarket for selected filters is likely to benefit from the increase in the average annual miles driven per vehicle. This, along with aggressive advertising for oil and filter changes at regular intervals, expects to significantly drive replacement demand of oil filters, according to new research from market research company Frost & Sullivan. The demand for transmission filters will also increase due to the growing installation of automatic transmissions. Changes in engine design will necessitate frequent changes in air-filter design, driving unit shipments of air filters. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.transportation.frost.com), North American Selected Filters Aftermarket, reveals that revenues in this market reached US$1.5 billion in 2005, with a target of US$1.73 billion in 2012. Demand for selected filters is expected to rise with the increasing average age of vehicles in use and the growth in the number of light vehicles in operation. According to Frost & Sullivan, vehicle owners are keeping their vehicles on the road longer, and this necessitates periodic replacements as automotive filters are critical for the proper functioning of the powertrain.
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P&G COMMITS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER IN AFRICA Procter & Gamble joined the non-profit organisation Population Services International (PSI) at the Clinton Global Initiative to announce a new commitment to provide safe drinking water in Africa. Working with PSI and a number of other partners as part of their focal philanthropy program, the Children’s Safe Drinking Water program, P&G committed to providing 35 million litres of safe drinking water to more than one million children. In addition, through
Filtration Industry Analyst
PSI’s private sector approach and community-based outreach, the partners will provide another 100 million litres of safe drinking water in Africa. As part of this announcement, P&G has committed to provide US$3.8 million to a variety of partners in order to provide safe drinking water in Africa. This includes a US$660 000 commitment from P&G Retired Officers, funds from a cause-related marketing program in the US by the PUR Water Filtration Business, and contributions from the P&G Fund, P&G’s philanthropic arm. The total financial commitment is estimated at US$5 million over three years. In addition, P&G will provide technical, marketing and communications expertise. “P&G is stepping up our efforts to provide safe drinking water,” said Susan Arnold, vice chair P&G Beauty & Health and an invited speaker at the water and sanitation session of the Clinton Global Initiative. “We’re focusing our new commitment on Africa in order to have the greatest impact on the health and well-being of children.” According to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more than half of the world’s schools do not have access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation. P&G and PSI have been working together for the last three years to provide safe drinking water in the developing world through household water treatment using P&G’s PUR Purifier of Water. PUR is a powdered
water treatment product that has been shown to reduce diarrheal illness by an average 50% in studies conducted by the CDC and Johns Hopkins University. P&G and PSI are currently working together to provide safe drinking water with PUR in Uganda, Kenya, the Dominican Republic, Botswana, Malawi, Haiti and Pakistan; and, as part of this announcement, will expand to Congo and Ethiopia later this year.
GROUPE NOVASEP TAKES MAJORITY STAKE IN TANGENX Groupe Novasep, through its US subsidiary Novasep Inc has taken a majority stake in TangenX, an innovative US based membrane technology company located in Massachusetts. “This investment is in line with our strategy to expand our technologies/ products portfolio to better serve the life sciences industry,” said Thierry Favreau, executive vice-president Novasep Process. Novasep has two divisions: Novasep Synthesis and Novasep Process. Novasep Process specialises in preparative chromatography, with particular strength in continuous processes. It provides turn-key physical purification solutions to industrial biotechnology, pharmaceutical and bio-pharma industries. Headquartered in Pompey, France, Novasep operates
mainly in Europe (France and Germany) with subsidiaries in the USA, China, Latin America and Japan.
OIL, AIR DRIVE NA SELECTED FILTERS AFTERMARKET The North American aftermarket for selected filters is likely to benefit from the increase in the average annual miles driven per vehicle. This, along with aggressive advertising for oil and filter changes at regular intervals, expects to significantly drive replacement demand of oil filters, according to new research from market research company Frost & Sullivan. The demand for transmission filters will also increase due to the growing installation of automatic transmissions. Changes in engine design will necessitate frequent changes in air-filter design, driving unit shipments of air filters. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (www.transportation.frost.com), North American Selected Filters Aftermarket, reveals that revenues in this market reached US$1.5 billion in 2005, with a target of US$1.73 billion in 2012. Demand for selected filters is expected to rise with the increasing average age of vehicles in use and the growth in the number of light vehicles in operation. According to Frost & Sullivan, vehicle owners are keeping their vehicles on the road longer, and this necessitates periodic replacements as automotive filters are critical for the proper functioning of the powertrain.
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