WaterBriefs: Report examines Chinese desalination market
In other news below:
-- Dow announces price increase for acrylates
-- WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. expands western sales force
-- S E A Consultants Inc. announces move
-- San Francisco, CA next stop on LIMS seminar tour
-- Skelly and Loy hires new staff in Harrisburg
-- Design-build conference issues call for papers
-- ICONICS announces new North American sales director
-- MWH expands team of global experts
-- United Water promotes Robert Iacullo to COO
-- Panasonic, Verizon Wireless announce certification of Toughbook 52
-- Award winner presents ISA EXPO 2007 keynote lecture
• Report examines Chinese desalination market
DUBLIN, Ireland, Aug. 10, 2007 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Market Access: Desalination in China" to its offering. The report looks at China's need for more water and how desalination might address the problem...
Among other recent headlines:
• Dow announces price increase for acrylates in all regions
Midland, MI, Aug. 10, 2007 -- The Dow Chemical Company and its affiliates have announced price increases for acrylic acid and esters, also known as acrylic monomers or acrylates, effective Sept. 1, 2007, or as otherwise allowed by individual contract terms. Dow will increase off-schedule prices globally...
• WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp. expands western sales force
PENNINGTON, NJ, Aug. 10, 2007 -- WorldWater & Solar Technologies Corp., developer and marketer of proprietary high-power solar systems, today announced that it has expanded its western region sales force by adding three new regional sales managers...
• S E A Consultants Inc. announces move
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Aug. 9, 2007 -- S E A Consultants Inc., an engineering design, environmental sciences, and architectural services firm in New England, today announced that the firm will move to the Athenaeum Center at 215 First Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after a 20 year tenure in Central Square, Cambridge. The move was necessitated by the firm's dramatic growth in clients and professional staff...
• San Francisco, CA next stop on LIMS seminar tour
WEST END, NC, Aug. 9, 2007 -- Accelerated Technology Laboratories Inc. (ATL) and Microsoft are pleased to announce San Francisco, CA as the next stop on their Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) Seminar Tour. This no cost, educational seminar focuses on the growing importance of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)...
• Skelly and Loy hires new staff in Harrisburg
HARRISBURG, PA, Aug. 9, 2007 -- Skelly and Loy Inc. is pleased to announce that it has recently hired four professionals to join its expert staff and enhance its offering of services. Michael Anthony, III, P.L.S., has joined the firm's Technical Services Group as a land surveyor. Skelly and Loy's Waste Management Service Group recently hired Matthew L. Nowlin as an environmental scientist. Al Budinsky, with more than 19 years of experience, has joined Skelly and Loy's Engineering Services Group. And Rick J. Ristau, II, has also joined the firm's Engineering Services Group...
• Design-build conference issues call for papers
Aug. 8, 2007 -- The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) is now accepting submission of session proposals for its 2008 Design-Build for Water/Wastewater Conference. The conference will take place February 13-15, 2008 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia. DBIA encourages presentations that focus on planning, design, construction, contractual performance, and other issues related to design-build for water/wastewater infrastructure, as well as how they were resolved -- particularly those that may have in some way affected the project's successful outcome. To submit, go to https://www.designbui ldwaterww.com/call.cfm.
• ICONICS announces new North American sales director
FOXBOROUGH, MA, Aug. 8, 2007 -- ICONICS, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading automation provider of Web-enabled, OPC-based, HMI/SCADA Visualization and Manufacturing Intelligence software for Microsoft Windows® operating systems, today announced its new North American Sales Director, Michael Hiefner. Hiefner is now responsible for all ICONICS North American sales, reporting directly to Mark Hepburn, ICONICS' Vice President of Worldwide Sales...
• MWH expands team of global experts
PASADENA, CA, Aug. 8, 2007 -- MWH today announced the addition of James Stahl, P.E., BCEE to its team of global experts focused on utility management and wastewater issues. Stahl brings nearly 40 years of experience in wastewater and solid waste management to MWH. For nearly seven years prior to joining MWH, Stahl served as chief engineer and general manager of the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. In addition, Stahl is the former chairman of the board of directors of the Water Environment Research Foundation and the former president of the California Association of Sanitation Agencies and the Southern California Alliance of Publicly Owned Treatment Plants. Stahl's contributions to the wastewater industry have earned him the American Academy of Environmental Engineers 2007 Gordon Maskew Fair Award and 2001 Edward J. Cleary Award, and he was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
• United Water promotes Robert Iacullo to COO
HARRINGTON PARK, NJ, Aug. 8, 2007 -- United Water today announced the promotion of Robert J. Iacullo to the newly-created position of chief operating officer, where he will assume overall responsibility for the company's regulated and contract services business lines. Iacullo had previously been COO of United Water's regulated business...
• Panasonic, Verizon Wireless announce certification of Toughbook 52
BASKING RIDGE, NJ and SECAUCUS, NJ, Aug. 7, 2007 -- Panasonic Computer Solutions Company, manufacturer of durable, reliable Panasonic® Toughbook® mobile computers, and Verizon Wireless today announced the certification and exclusive availability of the new semi-rugged Toughbook 52 with built-in access to the EV-DO Revision A-based BroadbandAccess service from Verizon Wireless...
• Engineering Hall of Fame award winner presents ISA EXPO 2007 keynote/Rimbach lecture
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC, Aug. 7, 2007 -- National Instruments President & CEO and Engineering Hall of Fame Award Winner Dr. James Truchard will give a Keynote/Rimbach Lecture on realigning the engineering education system on 3 October at ISA EXPO 2007 in Houston, Texas. With more than 40 years of experience working with machine and process engineers using advanced technology to improve machine design and production, Dr. Truchard has also guided National Instruments' efforts and involvement in engineering education in university, secondary, and primary education...
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