Tag: Corporate
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Piedmont Pacific’s Jim Medanich dies at 75
One of the best loved characters of the desalination world passed away on 9 November 2013 – James Medanich, founder and president of Piedmont Pacific Corporation.
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New members on H2O Innovation board
Shareholders of membrane-system provider H2O Innovation Inc elected two new directors to the board at the company’s annual general meeting at its headquarters in Quebec City, Canada, on 12 November 2013.
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Andrews promoted to lead Nitto global membrane division
Japan’s Nitto Group has promoted Brett Andrews to be CEO of Hydranautics and managing director of the Global Membrane Division, effective 1 October 2013.
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Burke and Birkett get special awards at IDA congress
The International Desalination Association (IDA) presented seven Presidential Awards at the end of its World Congress in Tianjin, China on 24 October 2013.
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Commercialization moves nearer for memsys MD system
In what memsys CEO, Götz Lange, calls “a clear step towards commercialization of the company’s membrane distillation (MD) technology”, the Germany/Singapore based company has announced the formation of a Business Development Unit.
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NanoH2O announces seawater membrane factory in China
Advanced desalination membrane-maker NanoH2O is to build a fully integrated manufacturing plant in Liyang, China, a city in the Yangtze River Delta, 250 km west of Shanghai.
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SWCC deputy governor elected as IDA president 2013-15
Dr Abdullah Al-Alshaikh, deputy governor for planning and development of Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) will become president of the International Desalination Association (IDA) on 24 October 2013 serving for the 2013‑15 term.
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APTwater buys remaining Sepro shares from Sojitz
California-based APTwater Rochem® has acquired the remaining shares of Sepro Membranes from its previous joint-venture partner Sojitz Corporation of Tokyo, Japan.
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Dudek appoints Carlsbad expert as environmental manager
The lead environmental planner for the Carlsbad desalination plant, Joe Monaco, is to manage the environmental division of California consulting firm Dudek, headquartered in Encinitas.
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HDR director elected to WateReuse foundation board
Roy Martinez of Omaha‑based HDR Engineering Inc has been elected to the board of directors of the WateReuse Research Foundation.