LONDON, ON,  - Trojan Technologies Inc. announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of a 51% interest in US Peroxide, LLC of Laguna Niguel, California, effective January 5, 2004. The purchase of US Peroxide expands the range of integrated solutions Trojan provides for water and wastewater treatment and supports Trojan's strategy for revenue growth by building on new product solutions in existing markets.

The purchase price of the initial 51% interest is estimated at US$5.2 million, paid in cash, and remains subject to adjustment on completion of US Peroxide's audited financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2003. In 2007 and 2009, Trojan will purchase a further 34% and the remaining 15% interest, respectively, provided certain performance targets are achieved. The valuation of these subsequent purchases will be based on US Peroxide's performance. The net impact on Trojan's financial results is expected to be neutral to earnings in 2004 and accretive to earnings in 2005.

US Peroxide ( www.H2O2.com ), founded in 1997 in Laguna Niguel, California, is an environmental technology and service provider, delivering cost-saving environmental solutions to both the municipal and industrial markets, and is the single largest North American direct supplier of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) for environmental service applications. In addition to supplying hydrogen peroxide, the company sells equipment and services related to the use and monitoring of hydrogen peroxide, primarily at wastewater treatment plants. The company employs approximately 25 staff and is expected to generate annual revenue of approximately US$8.5 million in 2003.

Trojan Technologies ( www.trojanuv.com ) designs, manufactures and sells UV systems for municipal wastewater and drinking water facilities, as well as for the industrial, commercial and residential markets. The company also provides UV treatment for the removal of certain chemicals from water.

With over 3,500 municipal facilities in more than 25 countries using its technology, Trojan has the largest installed base of UV systems in the world. Headquartered in London, Ontario, Canada, the company also has offices in the U.K., Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the U.S. Its shares are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol TUV.

Source:  www.trojanuv.com

ATLANTA -- Perhaps because no one else in the industry would think of doing so, Siemens Energy & Automation is bringing the Exider technology train to Chicago for National Manufacturing Week, kicking off a 10-city, coast-to-coast tour of the 1,000-foot exhibit on rails.  Siemens will use the sleek, blue train as a high-tech platform to showcase its products, solutions and services. Jammed with technology, the 14 rail cars will house 224 plasma screens and monitors, 189 DVD players, four servers, nine miles of electrical cables and almost two miles of data lines.

Rolling coast-to-coast, the "trade show on rails" will put all that technology to use to simulate specific customer applications in pharmaceutical and chemical industries, water treatment, automobile manufacturing, commercial power distribution and other customer sectors. For instance, in the process automation section, visitors will pass through a tube where different process industry planning steps are demonstrated using animated video installations.

Later, visitors will find themselves in a simulated control room, overseeing the entire production process in realistic detail.

Customer Event On Wheels

"It's a customer event on wheels," said John Dimmerling, Siemens Energy & Automation director of Marketing Communications and Exider project coordinator. "The technology and applications that customers can get close to in this unique environment are fantastic."

First stop will be McCormick Center and National Manufacturing Week (NMW) Feb. 23-26 in Chicago. This is the one stop where the rolling exhibit will come off its wheels. The nine exhibit cars that normally travel by rail will be brought in from the Windy City chill for the warmth of massive McCormick Center. NMW's anticipated 30,000 exhibit attendees can visit "cars" dedicated to such customer themes as process and discrete manufacturing, machine tool components, commercial and residential power distribution, and engineering services.

"Who else besides Siemens can make this kind of statement about the breadth of their products, services and solutions and show this kind of commitment to the marketplace by taking a 1,000-foot customer event directly to the customer?" asked Dimmerling.

Siemens is betting that the Exider (pronounced "exciter", but with a "d" instead of a "t") can continue cutting through cultural differences and racking up staggering numbers as it has around the world. Since its rollout in Europe in 2002, the Exider has toured more than 120 cities in 22 countries and hosted more than 100,000 visitors, including its most recent 16 city, three-month tour of China.

After Chicago, the train heads down to Atlanta (March 16-17), then, over a two-and-a-half month period, onto Washington, D.C. (March 22), New York (March 24-25), Boston (March 29-30). Detroit (April 2), Houston (April 7), Los Angeles (May 14), San Francisco (May 18) and Seattle (May 24).

"With the Exider, we are taking the Siemens message directly to our customers and joining them on a trip through the world of modern industrial automation, drive, switching and installation technology," Dimmerling said. "It's an ambitious 'rolling exhibition' that has been successful in every country it's toured. Siemens' technology base is so broad, we even provide some of the drives used by the train's locomotive. If we tried to feature all the technologies that Siemens makes, this train would be miles long."

For more info visit:  http://usa.exider.com

WASHINGTON, DC - In support of the Coalition Provisional Authority's (CPA) reconstruction efforts in Iraq, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) today announced the selection of a multi-million dollar Iraq infrastructure repair and rehabilitation contractor, otherwise referred to as the Iraq Infrastructure II contract, to Bechtel National, Inc. based in San Francisco. Bechtel is teamed with Parsons of Pasadena, California. The contract award provides funding up to $1.8 billion over 24 months. Funding is subject to congressional notification and availability of funds.

This contract will fund work similar to the work initiated under USAID's current infrastructure contract in Iraq, which was awarded in April, 2003. The Iraq Infrastructure II contract will fund a range of projects including: repair of power generation facilities, electrical grids, municipal water systems and sewage systems; continued rehabilitation or repair of airport facilities; and additional dredging, repair and upgrading of the seaport at Umm Qasr. The contractor will also repair and build government and public facilities including schools, selected ministry buildings and major irrigation structures, as well as restore essential transport links.

It is anticipated that Bechtel National, Inc. will work through subcontractors on a number of these tasks after developing an implementation plan in conjunction with USAID. Through all of its activities, the contractor will work with the Iraqis to strengthen the local capability to undertake infrastructure projects.

The Iraq Infrastructure II contract is part of the U.S. government's reconstruction assistance to the Iraqi people, aimed at helping maintain stability, ensuring the delivery of essential services, and facilitate economic recovery. For more information on USAID's humanitarian relief and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, as well as the actual Iraq Infrastructure II request for proposal, please visit www.usaid.gov/iraq/.

Source:  http://www.usaid.gov/

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Mr. Sukolsky wants to treat industrial waste:

Please excuse my lack of expertise, although we manufacture fittings, actual treatment of water is something new for me.

 As part of our process we use a water spray to both rinse and cool plastic heated in a glycol.  We recirculate this water through an oil/water separator and into two 1500 gallon settling tanks.  Every other month or so, we pump and landfill the water and start from fresh.  We want to both clean the water before reuse, and limit our disposal costs.  Other minor contaminants are a synthetic hydraulic oil, dirt and sediment from floor drainage.

We are considering everything from activated carbon to aerated digestion.  Our only two major considerations are cleaner water for reuse (because employees are to be in contact with it, no toxins are possible) and lower disposal costs.

If anyone would like specifics or is able to help me out with ideas, I would greatly appreciate it. (Click here to post a reply)

Thanks in advance,
Brad Sukolsky
Specified Fittings, Inc.
bsukolsky@specfit.com

Mr. Wiseman needs monitor and treat high COD levels:

Our plant is a closed sewer plant, i.e. all of our waste water is shipped off site for treatment.  Many times, the waste water is charged over and above the negotiated treatment price due to high COD levels (over 100,000 mg/L COD).  The waste water contains surfactants, bleaches, and highly caustic and acidic cleaning chemicals.  My questions are as follows:

1.  What technology is available for real time monitoring and alarming for high COD levels in waste streams?

2.  I have heard of methods of reducing COD levels in waste streams using bleaches.  This would obviously be advantageous for us since we manufacture bleach.  Is this possible?

3.  If we simply agitated our wastewater holding tank would we reduce the COD level through aeration? (Click here to post a reply)

Thank you all for your time.
Chad Wiseman
Ecolab, Inc.
chad.wiseman@ecolab.com

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