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Acquires
Competing Manufacture
WEDECO Expands in
Australia
The use of UV disinfection is growing
strongly in Australia. Several large orders for WEDECO AG Water
Technology Systems have been obtained by Wedeco's Agents, including
the largest wastewater disinfection system in Australia, the
Cronulla Sewage Treatment Plant in Sydney.
New
technologies and applications from WEDECO AG Water Technology
(WEDECO), the worldwide market leader in ultraviolet disinfection of
water, will ensure continuation of the growth of UV Disinfection and
also a wider adoption of the use of ozone, so it is appropriate that
WEDECO increase its presence and support to its customers in
Australia.
This has now been done by the 100%
acquisition of Australian Ultra-Violet Products Manufacturing Pty
Ltd., which specializes in applications for the municipal, industrial and
domestic market for ultraviolet disinfection of water and has long
established service and support facilities.
The new subsidiary will be
headquartered in Sydney under the name of WEDECO AVP Pty. Ltd. Ross
Dive; the previous owner of Australian Ultra-Violet Products will
manage the subsidiary. The existing staff will form the nucleus of
the expanded operation.
Ross Dive and his staff welcome the
opportunity to be part of the WEDECO group and to be able to take
advantage of the expertise, advanced technology and continued
intensive R&D development available from that group. This will
markedly increase the local support for the users of ultraviolet and
ozone equipment in Australia. All look forward to being of
continuing service to their extensive list of local and
international clients and to all of the existing and future clients
of WEDECO.
Already market leader in Australia,
WEDECO expects this acquisition and the combining of activities on
the municipal, industrial and domestic market will result in a
tremendous intensification of business activities in this country.
The municipal market for drinking and wastewater disinfection will
continue to be served by Clem Hinchliffe and Iain Johnson.
For more information contact: WEDECO AVP Pty. Ltd.
Magowar Road
Girraween, NSW
2145 Australia
Telephone: (+61 2) 9631 4455
Fax: (+61 2) 9631 4466
Email : sales@wedeco.com.au Web site: http://www.wedeco.com.au/
Supply
of 22 Wastewater Screens
Headworks Awarded
Landmark Contract in Michigan
HOUSTON - Nov. 29, 2001 - One of the
largest screening contracts ever awarded went to Houston-based
Headworks Inc. to supply 22 wastewater screens, valued at $2.4
million as part of the fulfillment of "Contract 4" of the
George W. Kuhn Drain Improvements project in Oakland County, Mich.
Construction
work commenced on Contract 4 in Oct. 2001. Contract 4 covers the
construction of additional retention treatment facility (RTF)
capacity to handle excess wet weather flows, and the rerouting of
select stormwater and combined sewer flows to alternate locations.
Drain Commissioner, John P. McCulloch
said that, "When completed in 2005, this facility will be the
largest retention treatment facility in Michigan and among the
largest in the country." The improvements will serve a drainage
area of 24,500 acres across 14 communities. Total system storage
will increase to 124 million gallons, and "will provide
treatment for any flows exceeding storage capacity," McCulloch
said.
The GWK Drain Team, led by Tetra Tech
MPS (TTMPS), of Ann Arbor, Mich., awarded the contract to provide
the fine screens to Headworks Inc. because the equipment met the
stringent requirements of the project. Sr. Vice President of TTMPS,
Dr. Khalil Atasi, noted that the Headworks Mahr Bar Screens
"were the best fit" for the uniquely-shaped weirs and the
number of diversion structures because of the their
"exceptionally low headloss."
Impetus for the project was spurred
in the mid-1990s when public focus on water quality issues became
front page news with the closing of public beaches along Lake St.
Clair. Concerns centered on the quality and volume of combined sewer
overflow discharges coming from the Twelve Towns Drain RTF (now
known as the George W. Kuhn Drain RTF) after major storm events. To
address these concerns, the Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality reissued the RTF's permit with more stringent requirements.
The 14 communities include the cities
of Berkley, Birmingham, Clawson, Ferndale, Hazel Park, Huntington
Woods, Madison Heights, Oak Park, Pleasant Ridge, Royal Oak,
Southfield, Troy along with Royal Oak Township and the Village of
Beverly Hills.
Headworks Inc. manufactures and
distributes screening equipment to the water and wastewater industry
worldwide from its Houston headquarters. Visit the Headworks Web
site at http://www.headworksusa.com/.
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Sold
to Perrier
Ionics Agrees to Sell Aqua Cool Pure
Bottled Water Business
WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/
-- Ionics, Incorporated (NYSE: ION) announced today that it had
entered into agreements with affiliates of Perrier-Vittel S.A., a
subsidiary of Nestle S.A., to sell its Aqua Cool Pure Bottled Water
operations in the United States, the United Kingdom and France for
$220 million, subject to certain adjustments. The closing of the
transaction, which is expected to occur near year-end, is
conditioned among other things upon the expiration of the 30-day
waiting period following notification under the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Act.
Commenting
on the forthcoming transaction, Arthur L. Goldstein, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Ionics, stated "Ionics is selling
its Aqua Cool Pure Bottled Water business, which is currently
generating revenues of over $70 million per year, primarily to
enable greater corporate focus on its activities in water
desalination, water reuse, surface water purification, ultrapure
water and water quality instrumentation. These growing businesses,
in which Ionics is a world leader, are based on Ionics' core
technologies in membrane-based water treatment and are expected to
require substantial resources and capital commitments in the
future."
"The sale to the Perrier Group
will enable us to direct resources to the growing worldwide
"build, own and operate" market for water and wastewater
systems, to decrease corporate debt and to pursue new opportunities
for growth within the areas of our core competence. We are very
pleased and confident that the Aqua Cool customer base in 33
locations in the United States, the United Kingdom and France will
continue to be well-served by Perrier-Vittel. We believe this
transaction will be in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders."
Ionics is a global separations
technology company involved in the manufacture and sale of
membranes, equipment and own and operate services for the
purification, disinfection, concentration, treatment and analysis of
water, wastewater and ultrapure water. Over a period of more than 50
years Ionics has built more desalination plants than any company in
the world. Ionics has been a pioneer in purified water with its
worldwide five-gallon brand, Aqua Cool Pure Bottled Water.
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$3
Million Contract
USFilter to Supply
Filtration Systems for Crude Expansion
PALM DESERT, Calif., Nov. 29, 2001
– USFilter will supply filtration and demineralization equipment
for Petrolera Ameriven’s Hamaca Crude Upgrader Project in eastern
Venezuela. Petrolera Ameriven is a joint operating company comprised
of Texaco Inc., Phillips Petroleum Company, and Petróleos de
Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA).
USFilter will provide a reverse
osmosis (RO) demineralization system, amine sump condensate/water
granular activated carbon, cooling tower filters, and granular
activated carbon canisters, to be installed at the Jose, Venezuela
refinery in March 2002. The RO system will reduce minerals in the
water to prevent scaling, carbon filters will remove hydrocarbons,
and multimedia vessels will filter out solids. The contract is
valued at approximately $3 million.
The contract engineering firm for the
Hamaca project is Grupo Alvica, LLC, a joint venture between Fluor
Daniel Corporation and Inelectra.
Bill Himebaugh, USFilter’s Western
Region account manager for the Hamaca Crude Upgrader Project said,
“USFilter is excited to work with these industry leaders on such a
significant project. Some of the top names in the oil and gas
industry use our equipment. USFilter looks forward to helping Grupo
Alvica make the Hamaca project a showcase for the industry.”
With a total estimated value of $3.5
billion, the Hamaca Crude Upgrader Project entails transporting
heavy crude from Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt 140 miles north to the
Caribbean coastal Jose Industrial Complex, currently under
construction. The upgrading site will then produce 170 million
barrels per day of a medium-gravity, synthetic crude, with a gravity
of about 26 degrees API. The high value oil will then be exported
internationally, beginning in early 2004.
Texaco Inc., Phillips Petroleum
Company, and PdVSA manage their interests in the two-phase Hamaca
Project through the joint operating company Petrolera Ameriven. Of
the Petrolera Ameriven members, only Texaco Inc. has partnered with
USFilter in the past.
USFilter is a Vivendi Water company,
the leading global provider of commercial, industrial, municipal and
residential water and wastewater treatment systems, products and
services, with operations in more than 100 countries. Together,
Vivendi Water, Onyx (solid waste and industrial services), Dalkia
(energy management), and Connex (transportation and logistics)
comprise Vivendi Environnement, the largest environmental services
company in the world with annual revenues of more than $23 billion.
USFilter invites you to visit its web site at http://www.usfilter.com/.
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some time and without any indication it foams like hell.
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week's photo is of Monaca's Water Pollution Control Center with the
landmark P&LE railroad bridge in the background, which crosses
the Ohio River as it bends around the town of Monaca, north of the
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Commenting
on the forthcoming transaction, Arthur L. Goldstein, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Ionics, stated "Ionics is selling
its Aqua Cool Pure Bottled Water business, which is currently
generating revenues of over $70 million per year, primarily to
enable greater corporate focus on its activities in water
desalination, water reuse, surface water purification, ultrapure
water and water quality instrumentation. These growing businesses,
in which Ionics is a world leader, are based on Ionics' core
technologies in membrane-based water treatment and are expected to
require substantial resources and capital commitments in the
future."