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Ashland to Acquire Degussa Water
Treatment Business
 COVINGTON,
KY -- Ashland Inc. announced today that it has signed a
definitive agreement to purchase the water treatment
business of Degussa AG, branded under the Stockhausen name,
in a transaction valued at approximately $144 million (120
million euros). Five manufacturing facilities located in
Germany, China, Brazil, Russia and the United States are
included in the transaction. The Degussa water treatment
business posted 2005 sales of nearly $250 million.
"This transaction demonstrates
Ashland's continuing strategy to build shareholder value by
expanding our products, services and geographical reach in
market segments where we already compete," said James J.
O'Brien, chairman and chief executive officer of Ashland.
"Water management is an essential and growing part of the
world economy, and the addition of the Degussa water
treatment business to Ashland will help us participate in
that growth."
"This acquisition expands our
technology base, product line and service levels --
strengths that already distinguish us and that we continue
to build upon," said Len Gelosa, senior vice president,
Water Technologies, Ashland Specialty Chemical, a division
of Ashland Inc. "It also helps us develop our presence in
the important BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China)
where the economic future offers significant potential for
growth."
The closing, which is anticipated
to take place in May 2006, is conditional upon a number of
standard closing conditions, including regulatory review.
Degussa Management Board Chairman
Prof. Utz-Hellmuth Felcht said, "Our Water Chemicals
business is an ideal strategic complement to Ashland's
portfolio. We have passed our business into good hands."
Ashland Water Technologies, a
business of Ashland Specialty Chemical, is a supplier of
specialty products and consulting services to the
manufacturing and institutional markets through its Drew
Industrial business group and a leading supplier to the
global marine industry through its Drew Marine business
group.
Ashland Specialty Chemical, a
division of Ashland Inc., is a leading, worldwide supplier
of specialty chemicals serving industries including
adhesives, automotive, composites, metal casting, merchant
marine, paint, paper, plastics, watercraft and water
treatment.
Visit
www.ashspec.com to
learn more about these operations.
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billion in the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF)
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infrastructure over the last 18 years. The figures are
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of the CWSRF program. The CWSRF is the largest federal
funding program for wastewater infrastructure projects, such
as treatment plants and collection systems. The CWSRF has
made almost 17,000 loans since the program's inception in
1988.
"EPA
is committed to helping our partners sustain progress and
increase opportunities for state revolving funds through
financial stewardship, innovation, and collaboration," said
Assistant Administrator for Water Benjamin H. Grumbles.
"This report demonstrates the power of partnerships to
leverage, innovate, and excel to meet wastewater
infrastructure, watershed protection, and community health
needs."
CWSRF
includes annual EPA contributions matched with at least an
additional 20 percent from the states. The states, in turn,
make low-interest loans to local utilities. The interest
income and repayments derived from the loans help fund
future projects. Many states also issue bonds, which added
$940 million to the fund last year. Annual CWSRF assistance
has averaged about $4.5 billion. Borrowers save an average
of 21 percent on financing costs over the life of the loan.
Just
as the program has expanded since it began, CWSRF continues
to evolve. In 2005, states began submitting information to
track environmental benefits. Each project is linked to a
river, lake, or stream and to beneficial uses of that body
of water such as fishing and swimming. More than 60 percent
of the total funding reported goes to projects that protect
drinking water, preserve fish habitat, and provide for water
recreation.
The
report is online at:
http://www.epa.gov/owm/cwfinance/cwsrf/annreport2005.htm
Source: http://www.epa.gov/
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flotation, the Clari-DAF system improves clarified
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metals, color, TOC, algae, and associated taste and
odor.
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-The Leopold Clari-DAF PW
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-The Leopold Clari-DAF BWT (Backwash Water
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-The Leopold Clari-DAF LT (Lagoon Treatment)
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solids, precipitated dissolved solids, and BOD
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treatment systems.
-The Leopold Clari-DAF MP (Membrane Pretreatment)
system removes potential membrane fouling materials
without polymers prior to membrane filters.
The F.B. Leopold Company,
Inc. has long been a global leader in the water and
wastewater industry. Since its establishment in 1924,
Leopold has pioneered and acquired a number of
innovative technologies aimed at improving the quality
of water, from the initial dual parallel lateral
underdrain to the newly advanced Leopold® Type S®
Universal® underdrain, and from the Leopold
Clari-Trac-2® (CT2) submerged sludge collector to the
Leopold® Clari-DAF™ Dissolved Air Floatation systems.
Source:
http://www.fbleopold.com/
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