In other news below
-- ABB buys UK instrumentation business
-- U.S. $13 million contracts awarded to Amiantit's factory in Spain
-- From Cold War confrontation to globalization, from steel to silicon chip
-- Date rescheduled for training workshop in Mumbai
-- Dutch UV disinfection specialist opens sales office in China
$40 million to flow into water and environment research
Money will be used to train new generation of researchers and help start-up firms turn ideas into reality
SINGAPORE, March 28, 2007 -- A $40-MILLION fund has been announced to put the environment and water research industry in Singapore on the fast track, reported Singapore's Strait Times. Most of the money -- $30 million -- will be used to train a new generation of researchers, offering them generous scholarships over the next five years, said Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources. The rest will be given to start-up companies, helping them turn promising ideas into reality. They will receive up to $300,000 over two years under the Fast-Track Environmental and Water Technologies Incubator Scheme. They will also be taken under the wings of the industry's big boys -- such as 25-year-old water company Konzen Group, which moved its base here from Malaysia last year...
Also see: "Water treatment market riding on wave of health, water quality concerns in SE Asia"
ABB buys UK instrumentation business
Acquisition strengthens global product and service offering to the water industry
OXFORDSHIRE, U.K., April 2, 2007 -- ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has strengthened its capabilities in the water utilities sector with the acquisition of the AZTEC analytical instrumentation business of Severn Trent Services (STS), based in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. It is effective from 31 March 2007, and affects 22 STS employees. The acquisition includes the AZTEC range of water monitors, as well as service support and reagent supply activities associated with a large installed base in the U.K. ABB also concluded an agreement to add a residual chlorine monitoring capability to its expanded portfolio...
Also see: ABB to upgrade control and valve cooling system for HVDC station in New Mexico
U.S. $13 million contracts awarded to Amiantit's factory in Spain
GRP pipes in big demand for irrigation projects
DAMMAM, SAUDI ARABIA, April 2, 2007 -- Amiantit's GRP manufacturing facility Amitech Spain has been recently awarded contracts amounting to approximately U.S. $13 million (€ 9.82 million). The orders are for Flowtite GRP (glass reinforced polyester) pipes for a variety of applications ranging from an underwater pipeline in Marseille, France, to sewage pipe systems in Spain, and GRP pipes for a power plant cooling system in Mallorca, which led to an order of Flowtite GRP pipes for a power plant cooling system in the Canary Islands. However, the largest part of the contract awards consists of six orders for irrigation projects in Spain, which amount to approximately U.S. $9.3 million (€ 7 million).
Also see:
-- "Amiantit Group wins major piping contracts in Egypt, Brazil"
-- "Two Algerian desalination plants underway"
-- Amiantit Eastern Province companies won contract awards in Kingdom topping US$ 33 million in Q4 2006
From Cold War confrontation to globalization, from steel to silicon chip
HANNOVER, GERMANY, April 3, 2007 -- 18 August 1947 is a landmark date in the history of Europe's post-war business culture. On that day 60 years ago the first "Hannover Export Fair" was born, which subsequently entered the annals of history as the "Sardine Sandwich Show" (because each one of the 700,000 visitors was welcomed at the door with a sardine sandwich). This event laid the foundation stone for today's HANNOVER MESSE, and consequently for the great success story that the Hannover Exhibition Centre has become. Within a few years this trade fair for capital goods had become a symbol of the German "economic miracle", a reliable barometer of economic and business trends and a sophisticated meeting place for leaders of the business, scientific and political communities. The names of the many heads of state, political celebrities and CEOs who have attended the show would fill an extremely exclusive visitors' book. Today the razzmatazz of earlier years has given way to a more sober, nuts-and-bolts approach to what makes a product sell in today's competitive world...
Date rescheduled for training workshop in Mumbai
TAMIL NADU, INDIA, April 5, 2007 -- Due to the strong request of the end-user industry and to give participants the opportunity to maximize the event, Water Today has announced that its one-day training workshop on Ultrafiltration & MBR Membrane Systems has been rescheduled for April 27, 2007 at The Mirador Hotel, Mumbai, India. This one-Day training program will be conducted by Mr. Satish Chilekar, who is recognized for his contribution to the Indian membrane technology sector. One of the pioneers in this field, starting with India's first indigenous RO system, he has worked extensively on various membrane projects for the past 29 years. He is a researcher, trainer and technical advisor to several organizations in India and abroad...
Dutch UV disinfection specialist opens sales office in China
BEIJING, CHINA, April 10, 2007 -- Berson UV-techniek (www.bersonuv.com), one of Europe's leading manufacturers of ultraviolet disinfection systems for drinking water, wastewater, and process water disinfection, has recently opened a sales office in Beijing. The sales office will be managed by Berson's Chinese Business Development Manager, Ying Xu, a Chinese national. The markets for Berson's products include municipal water and wastewater treatment and re-use, industrial applications such as food and beverage, brewing, pharmaceuticals and aquaculture, as well as swimming pools and zoos. "Berson is pleased to have established a presence in the People's Republic of China," commented the company's Managing Director Sjors van Gaalen. "Our new Beijing sales office will provide many opportunities for us to contribute towards the growing environmental technology industry in China." Ying Xu has a Master's Degree in Environmental Science from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. A native Mandarin speaker, she also speaks English and some Dutch. These language skills and her experience of Western and Chinese cultures will be very useful when developing Berson's presence in China...
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