SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Sept. 19, 2013) – Xylem Inc. has won a contract to develop and install a secondary wastewater treatment solution that will eliminate effluent odor problems and significantly improve the quality of wastewater in the town of Tolu on the Colombian Caribbean coast. The Xylem solution is one of the first wastewater treatment systems using ultraviolet (UV) disinfection to be developed in Colombia.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (September 9, 2013) – Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Steven R. Loranger as Chief Executive Officer and President, effective immediately. Mr. Loranger was Chairman, President and CEO of ITT Corporation when it spun its water businesses off as Xylem in October 2011.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Aug. 8, 2013) – Xylem won a contract to provide a Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) pretreatment system to help ensure an uninterrupted potable water supply to Abu Dhabi Emirate and the east coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The source water in the Gulf of Oman is subject to harmful algal blooms (HABs) sometimes termed ‘red-tides’; large concentrations of potentially toxic aquatic microorganisms.
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (July 15, 2013) – Xylem has won a contract to provide ultraviolet (UV) drinking water treatment solutions to the largest UV disinfection project ever undertaken in Sweden. The Xylem solutions will help deliver clean, treated drinking water to 900,000 people across 16 municipalities. The facility will have the capacity to handle a potential 25 percent increase in water volume to support future population growth.
STOCKHOLM (May 31, 2013) – Xylem Inc. designed and installed the first ICEAS Advanced Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) and ultraviolet (UV) municipal wastewater treatment solution in Vietnam to improve the water quality of the Sai Gon River. This ambitious project will enhance the local environment by treating domestic wastewater in the region, which has a population of 175,000 people.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (March 22, 2013) – Xylem Inc. commemorated World Water Day and the United Nations’ International Year of Water Cooperation by enhancing global partnerships to provide and protect safe water resources in communities around the world.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 19, 2013) – Xylem Inc. and Empire State Development (ESD) jointly announced that Xylem will relocate its headquarters to a larger facility in Westchester County later this year, keeping more than 100 jobs in the state of New York and creating 15 more by 2016.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 14, 2013) – Xylem Inc. has acquired PIMS Group, a privately held UK-based wastewater services company, for approximately US$57 million.
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (Feb. 13, 2013) – Xylem Inc. announced that its Dallas facility is now ISO 9001:2008-certified. The ISO 9000 family of standards is related to quality management systems and designed to help organizations ensure that they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders while also meeting statutory and regulatory requirements related to products. ISO 9001:2008 is the ultimate global benchmark for quality management.
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (Feb. 13, 2013) – Xylem Inc., announced the Bell & Gossett® Little Red Schoolhouse® has received LEED certification for another of its industry-renowned courses. The Schoolhouse’s Design & Application of Water-Based HVAC Systems course has been approved by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI) to provide credit toward the credential maintenance requirements of LEED certifications.