Water. desalination + reuse

International Desalination Association Perth Convention and exhibition Centre, Perth, australia – 4-9 sePtember 2011 POROMETER Booth C75 Belgian-German membrane and filter characterization equipment manufacturer with more than 30 years of experience in porometry. Our Porolux™ porometers are used to measure minimum, maximum and mean-flow pore sizes, and pore size distribution of membranes, nonwovens, papers, filters, hollow fibres and ceramics. l Porolux™ 1000 (pressure/step stability method): the porometer waits until all pores of the same diameter are emptied before accepting a data point. For R&D. l Porolux™ 100 (pressure scan method): pressure and gas flow measured continuously. Fast, reproducible, for quality check. Other products: high throughput membrane synthesis and testing equipment, and test plants for flat, tubular and capillary membranes. REMI CLAEYS ALUMINIUM – SAPA Booth C22 Remi Claeys (part of Sapagroup - Sweden) has been supplying highfrequency welded 5052-alloy aluminium tubes to the desalination industry for more than 20 years. With the ongoing development of technologies for water desalination and thermal energy conversion, there is a renewed interest in using HF welded 5052 aluminium tubes for the production of tube-shell heat exchangers. HF welded aluminium tubes offer excellent dimensional tolerances and an optimal heat exchange performance combined with a lower capital investment, compared with other tube materials. For further information, please contact: bert.decaluwe@sapagroup.com SULZER PUMPS Booth D56 Sulzer Pumps is one of the world's leading pump manufacturers, recognized for state-of-the-art product quality, performance reliability and technical innovation. Sulzer offers a broad range of pumps and related equipment for water production and transportation as well as SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT – GOLd SPONSOR In a world where environmental, economic and social challenges combine, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, a global expert in water and waste services, intends to play its key role to the full, helping to transform our economies with green, sustainable growth. SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT is right at the center of this economic and social transformation. It aims to support its customers,– both local authorities and businesses – as they work to become leaders in environmental performance so that they can grasp opportunities. To achieve this, the Group has taken a listening and co-constructing approach: we have to work together to build the economy of the future. Sharing ideas and added-value throughout our business lines is the only way to achieve creative and sustainable solutions in water and waste management. The period ahead offers SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT the prospect of significant development opportunities. The Group is preparing for this imminent future by broadening the scope of its activities. It has identified four strategic pathways to win new territories of growth and provide its customers with the innovative solutions they need. The Group is building its future by expanding its activities on waste recovery, on "smart water" i.e the teaming of our water business with new technologies, on industrial water or on international development. | 52 | Desalination & Water Reuse | August-September 2013 wastewater collection and treatment for municipalities and industries. The company delivers pumps with maximum reliability at minimal operating costs for the most critical applications in the water industry including desalination and water reuse. Sulzer Pumps has a network of 21 manufacturing facilities worldwide and sales offices and service centers in 150 locations globally. VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES Booth D05 Veolia Water provides water and wastewater services for municipal and industrial clients and manages every step in the water cycle from withdrawing water, producing and distributing drinking water, to collecting, treating and reusing wastewater. Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies is the global leader in water treatment, designing solutions from combinations of our more than 350 proprietary technologies and building the facilities required. We implement long-term solutions that optimize performance, cost and quality. With over 100 years of experience in desalination, Veolia is the world leader in multi-effect distillation and has first-class reverse osmosis and hybrid references, from modular installations to large turnkey plants. WAVE CYBER Booth C69 Wave Cyber is a Shanghai-based high technology company for water treatment components and parts. It provides fiber-reinforced-plastic (FRP) tanks, reverse-osmosis (RO) pressure vessels, brine tanks, brine cabinets, valves and distributors. Wave Cyber started the business in 2002, and is currently one of the largest suppliers of FRP tanks and membrane pressure-vessels of the world. In 2013, Wave Cyber completed its new factory in Shanghai, where new enlarged workshops will provide for continued focus on improving quality and increasing production capacity. Also in 2013, Ospura, a subsidiary of Wave Cyber, started to produce and sell RO membrane elements, the RO products cover 8 in, 4 in and residential market. Great success has already been achieved in these four priority areas. The Group relies on expert, innovative industrial know-how, a sound economic model, employees who listen and serve their customers, and a shared determination to make joint sustainable development commitments a reality. In businesses that are always very high tech but which increasingly require an attitude of service and flexibility, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT maintains the culture of partnership so integral to its identity. Through its subsidiaries, SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT currently supplies 97 million people with drinking water and 66 million with wastewater treatment services. The Group provides 50 million people worldwide with waste collection services and is firmly committed to waste recovery in all its forms. The Group's 79,549 employees work hard every day to protect natural resources, providing public-sector and industrial customers with innovative solutions. With its mastery of pre-treatment, reverse osmosis and remineralisation processes, and its Build–Operate expertise, Degrémont a SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT business unit, develops innovative desalination technologies to optimise them, reduce operating costs and lessen environmental impact. It offers a broad range of products and services to provide relevant technical and economic solutions. Numerous municipal and industrial references allowed Degrémont to consolidate its position of world leader in desalination. Cont.

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