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BUSINESS February-March 2015| Desalination & Water Reuse | 11 | coRpoRate changes MEtIto INvEStS IN tEchNology thAt coUlD "DISplAcE ExIStINg DESAlINAtIoN" Dubai-based water technology firm, Metito, has made a "significant investment" in clean-tech company Thermal Purification Technologies (TPTec), to develop TPTec's patented low-temperature distillation (LTDis) technology which Metito claims could displace existing membrane and thermal desalination technologies. LTDis deploys low-grade waste heat to desalinate seawater and wastewater. According to Metito, LTDis is capable of treating high-saline and polluted water. Metito said it will introduce, and help develop, LTDis initially in markets across Asia and Africa, where the feasibility of desalination and the energy production resources required for water and wastewater purification are in short supply. In deploying low-temperature heat from waste and renewable souces LTDis is particularly suited to emerging markets said Metito. Bassem Halabi, Metito Group business development director, said: "LTDis has the potential to redefine the practice of thermal desalination as it not only offers advanced benefits www.fedco-usa.com Tel: +734.241.3935 Fax: +734.241.5173 sales@fedco-usa.com FLUID EQUIPMENT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC | 800 TERNES DRIVE MONROE, MI 48162 USA Stable. Secure. Reliable. Our Core Philosophy: to supply dependability to our customers with our products, our service teams and our management. We offer the longest warranties in the industry and provide field service offices dedicated to RO pumps and ERD's. Continued Growth and Expansion for 17 Years: with the same performance-driven management and innovative technology team. We are never satisfied until we exceed customer needs and industry requirements. Need rock solid? Call FEDCO. The Latest Technology Developed by FEDCO for Brackish Water Energy Recovery over existing thermal and membrane technologies, but it also provides significant energy and cost savings compared to other technologies." Metito said it had the "scale, expertise and financial backing" to bring on LTDis, "to become a mainstream solution". It pointed to its heavyweight shareholders who include Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Gulf Capital and the International Finance Corporation. The technology can be retrofitted to existing plants to optimise processes, that produce waste heat without incurring huge investments said Metito. While LTDis might be used in conjunction with other desalination technologies, Metito said it foresees it quickly displacing current reverse osmosis and thermal desalination technologies. "The process is very tolerant of salinity and is not limited to treating seawater, but also polluted water, brine from other desalination plants and various industrial wastewaters, including produced water from oil and gas exploration and mining which ordinarily can be problematic to deal with," Metito said.