Tag: Germany
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BASF industrial water business transfered to Degrémont
German chemical giant BASF announced on 30 September 2013 the successful closing of the transaction to divest its subsidiary Industrial Water Management France SAS, headquartered in Lyon, France, to Degrémont, a subsidiary of Suez Environnement.
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Tough adhesives launched for desalination membrane use
Düsseldorf-based manufacturer Henkel launched two adhesives on 17 September 2013 at the Filtech 2013 trade fair in Wiesbaden, Germany, aimed at desalination membranes.
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KfW signs Djerba desalination loan agreement in Tunisia
Tunisia’s Société Nationale d’Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (SONEDE) signed an agreement on 22 August 2013 with the German development bank KfW for a loan of around € 60 million for the Djerba seawater desalination plant.
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Calleri to direct inge business development and marketing
Ultrafiltration specialist inge GmbH, part of BASF, announced on 1 August 2013 the appointment of a new member to its executive board, as of 1 May 2013.
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German membrane-maker Lanxess moves its HQ
Reverse-osmosis membrane and ion-exchange manufacturer Lanxess has moved its headquarters to Köln, Germany, and will officially manage its global operations from there as of 1 August 2013.
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Floating MD plant wins Munich desalination challenge
A floating membrane distillation design was this year’s winner of the TUM DeSal Challenge, an initiative of the department of thermodynamics at the technical university in Munich (TU München), Germany, and open to school and university students.
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UTA-Marburg desalination research paper published
A paper on the technique termed Electrochemically Mediated Seawater Desalination, now being developed as the WaterChip™ by US start-up company Okeanos Technologies, was published on 16 June 2013 in the journal Angewandte Chemie (Wiley).
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KSB pressure center to be shown first at IDA congress
German pump-maker KSB AG announced on 14 June 2013 that its new Salino ® Pressure Center for smaller reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination and water treatment systems will go on show for the first time at the IDA Congress at Tianjin, China, (20‑25 October 2013).
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T-Rack® 3.0 ulfiltration rack launched by inge
BASF company inge GmbH launched the third generation of its ultrafiltration (UF) racks: T-Rack® 3.0.
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Funding coming for new Indian desalination
The chief minister of the southern India state of Tamil Nadu, Jayaram Jayalaitha, announced on 10 April 2013 that the state government plans to build two more 100,000 m³/d desalination plants in drought-hit Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin districts at a cost of over US$ 147 million.