In other news below:
-- San Francisco mayor prohibits use of bottled water
-- Awwa Research Foundation names chairman
-- CH2M HILL promotes Eric Fajer to Strategic Water Staffing Manager
-- Eco-Tec awarded contract by KCPL
-- Chicago's hot ideas for a cooler planet
-- DeanHouston announces address change
-- Embedded EV-DO Revision A certifications on full line of Toughbook notebook computers
-- Denver office signals success for Panton McLeod Americas
-- Woolpert announces project director
-- Siemens equips Voerde-Löhnen waterworks with electrical systems
• Tyco appoints president of Flow Control segment
PRINCETON, NJ, June 26, 2007 -- Tyco International Ltd. announces Patrick Decker, 42, as the newly appointed president of Tyco Flow Control, a business segment of Tyco and one of the world's largest providers of flow control products. Decker joined Tyco in May 2003 as the chief financial officer of Tyco's Plastics & Adhesives business. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer for the Tyco Engineered Products and Services (TEPS) segment of the company since January 2005. He worked closely with the Tyco Flow Control and Thermal Control businesses which represented a very significant part of the TEPS portfolio. He also collaborated with Tyco Flow Control's leadership in the development of the Evolution to Excellence strategic initiative and related imperatives...
Among other recent headlines:
• San Francisco mayor prohibits use of bottled water
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 25, 2007 -- San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order prohibiting city departments from buying bottled water...
• Awwa Research Foundation names chairman
DENVER, CO, June 25, 2007 -- Awwa Research Foundation (AwwaRF), the leading nonprofit water research foundation dedicated to advancing the science of drinking water, elected David E. Rager as chairman of the board for the term of 2007-2010. Rager was appointed Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Board meeting held in Toronto, Canada, June 23, 2007...
• CH2M HILL promotes Eric Fajer to Strategic Water Staffing Manager
DENVER, CO, June 25, 2007 -- CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, construction and operations firm, has promoted Eric Fajer to be the strategic staffing manager for the firm's Global Water Business Group.
During his seven-year career with CH2M HILL, Fajer most recently served as the international staffing manager for water where he led strategic recruitment, global staff deployment, and staff support for 270 employees located outside of the United States, including Singapore, the United Arab Emirates and Australia. He has also served as a client service manager for CH2M HILL's work with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and coordinated business development efforts in Brazil and China.
• Eco-Tec awarded contract by KCPL
PICKERING, ON, Canada, June 22, 2007 -- Eco-Tec is proud to announce that it has been awarded the contract for the water treatment system by Kansas City Power & Light (KCPL) located in Kansas City, Missouri for their Iatan Generating Station Unit 2. Burns and McDonnell of Kansas City, MO are the owner's engineers for the project, who evaluated multiple proposals for the supply of water to their super critical boiler (>3600 psi). Key considerations for this award are attributed to Eco-Tec's proprietary technology that enables the production of high purity water in a simple, reliable package, without the need for mixed-bed polishers...
• Chicago's hot ideas for a cooler planet
CHICAGO, IL, June 22, 2007 -- A few years back, the "Cows on Parade" marched and settled in Chicago as well as other cities. At virtually every major corner stood a colorful cow, bringing smiles and a little humor to millions of people going about their day. This year, the smiles and humor are still there, but instead of cows, Chicago now has bright, colorful globes...
• DeanHouston announces address change
CINCINNATI, OH, June 19, 2007 -- As of August 1, 2007, marketing communications firm DeanHouston Inc. will be relocating its offices. The company's new address will be: DeanHouston Inc.; Hixson Building; 659 Van Meter Street, Suite 510; Cincinnati, Ohio, 45202-1568. The company's current telephone number (513) 421-6622 and fax number (513) 562-3522 will continue to be the same after the move to the Hixson Building.
• Embedded EV-DO Revision A certifications on full line of Toughbook notebook computers
• Embedded access to high speed BroadbandAccess network now available on broad range of rugged, semi-rugged and business-rugged Panasonic® Toughbook® notebooks for mission-critical users in all environments, from extreme to mainstream
BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and SECAUCUS, NJ, June 19, 2007 -- Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, manufacturer of durable, reliable Panasonic® Toughbook® mobile computers, and Verizon Wireless today announced several new notebook certifications for embedded access to the EV-DO Revision A-based BroadbandAccess service from Verizon Wireless. Panasonic products now certified on the Verizon Wireless Revision A network include the rugged Toughbook 30 notebook and Toughbook 19 convertible tablet PC designed and tested for military, public sector and industrial users in more extreme environments and the semi-rugged Toughbook 74 notebook and business-rugged ultra-portable and thin-and-light notebooks -- the T, W and Y series -- designed for business travelers and mobile professionals in government, commercial and healthcare industries...
• Denver office signals success for Panton McLeod Americas
LAKEWOOD, CO, June 19, 2007 -- Pioneering drinking water firm, Panton McLeod Americas, has chosen Denver in which to open its first office in the United States. From its US base, the company will be able to provide its innovative cleaning and de-biofouling chemicals to the entire North American drinking water industry. The firm specializes in using these chemicals to clean drinking water structures across the North American continent, such as storage tank and towers, treatment plants and piping...
• Woolpert announces project director
CINCINNATI, OH, June 13, 2007 -- Steve M. Morrison was recently chosen to fill Woolpert's project director position in the firm's Cincinnati office. He will primarily be responsible for directing the management and budgets of multiple water management projects. As a project director, Morrison will play a major role in establishing and building on client relationships and growth within a client base. He will also be heavily involved with securing new business opportunities by creating a strong relationship with clients...
• Siemens equips Voerde-Löhnen waterworks with electrical systems
ERLANGEN, Germany, April 23, 2007 -- Siemens Water Technologies has received an order from Wasserwerke Dinslaken GmbH worth around 3.1 million euros to equip the company's waterworks in Voerde-Löhnen, Germany, with electrical and automation systems and instrumentation for a nanofiltration plant. The project of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) will be concluded in August 2008. Wasserwerke Dinslaken GmbH and its waterworks in Voerde-Löhnen belongs to the municipal utilities group of Dinslaken. The company extracts and processes drinking water from its own wells. In the supply area of the waterworks, there will be considerable lowering of the ground level in the next few years and, as a result, a change in the groundwater table as well...
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