The deal is part of the Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) initiative run by the EIB and the European Commission to promote R&D in the European Union. The funds will be available from 2013 to 2014 as loans to finance the R&D in areas like ...
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Purchases of clarifiers, centrifuges, cyclones, dissolved air flotation units and other sedimentation and centrifugation equipment will exceed $7.3 billion in 2013. This is the latest forecast in the McIlvaine Sedimentation/Centrifugation ...
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Xylem Inc. has signed a $158 million (€120 million) financing agreement with the European Investment Bank to fund innovative and aspirational research and development (R&D) projects across Europe. The deal underscores the EIB’s ...
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This study shows that constructed wetlands may be a sustainable alternative method for removing plant pathogens from greenhouse wastewater. The observed removal efficiency of 99.99% is an acceptable threshold for the industry. The lack of ...
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PPG Industries' protective and marine coatings (PMC) business received the 2013 Military Coatings Project Award of Excellence from SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings during the SSPC 2013 trade show at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention ...
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Atlas Copco was again recognized as one of the most sustainable companies by the annual Global 100 list. The list, presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, ranks companies that show they are increasing productivity while ...
Xylem Inc. has announced that it will expand its presence in the Middle East region with the opening of a new office in Saudi Arabia in the coming months, as well as up to three additional offices in other key regional markets later this ...
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Johnson Screens, which is based in New Brighton, Minnesota, manufactures mechanical components for the separation of solids from liquids and gases and provides associated services. The company’s products are used for drinking water ...
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Xylem reduces energy consumption of wastewater pumping station in Sweden by 50% with Flygt products Xylem is claiming that it has reduced the energy consumption of a wastewater pumping station in Sweden by 50% using its Flygt Experior ...
SAVI supplies a wide range of screening and solids/grit handling equipment with hundreds of installations worldwide. The company’s international product offering includes travelling bridge filters for grit, grease and sludge removal ...
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Another success for Voith's hydro power business in important growth markets: at the turn of the year, the company has received several major orders for the modernization of hydro power stations in Brazil as well as in China. The combined ...
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As previously communicated, in the face of increasingly difficult domestic trading conditions for its soda ash business, Penrice Soda Holdings Limited has been conducting a strategic review of its entire chemicals business to improve its ...
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Koch Membrane Systems, Inc. (KMS) has appointed Bill Musiak as commercial director, Water and Wastewater for North America. Musiak will focus on growing the customer base for KMS and providing leadership to the company’s water and ...
Xylem Inc. has reduced the energy consumption of a wastewater pumping station in Sweden by 50 percent using its Flygt Experior solution. At a second station also in Sweden, Xylem's Flygt SmartRun control system one component of the Flygt ...
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Membership in the Hydraulic Institute (HI) has been opened to pump and supplier companies that manufacture wholly outside of North America but who sell into the North American market. This change significantly expands HI membership ...
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