WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 11, 2013) – Xylem Inc. has been awarded a $617,000 contract from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) for five marine monitoring buoys that will collect high-quality data for researchers studying climate change in the Caribbean Sea, including the waters of Barbados, Belize, the Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, and Trinidad & Tobago.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Feb. 6, 2012) – Xylem Inc. has won a contract to develop a customized water treatment system for the town of Taralga, situated 140 kilometers south west of Sydney, Australia. Xylem will produce a containerized solution using GE ZeeWeed* membrane technology that will provide high quality drinking water for 300 people in the remote town. Construction of the plant begins this month (January 2013) with delivery scheduled for July 2013.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Jan. 31, 2013) – The CWEA Cutting Edge Technology Committee will hold a panel discussion in the Palm Springs Convention Center on April 18, 2013, which will focus on the problematic "flushables" issue in modern trash/wastewater. Immediately following the panel discussion in the same session will be a 25-minute presentation about the related technical aspect: Cutting Edge Technologies.
STOCKHOLM (Jan. 29, 2013) – Xylem Inc. is expanding its dewatering pump rental offering across Europe to cater for a growing demand within the construction, municipal, mining and industrial sectors. Xylem will increase its bank of surface mounted and submersible pumps through an aggressive rental branch rollout scheduled over the coming years including refurbishment of existing premises, brand new locations and via selective acquisitions.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Jan. 24, 2013) – Xylem Inc. signed a $158 million (€120 million) financing agreement with the European Investment Bank to fund innovative and aspirational research and development (R&D) projects across Europe. The deal underscores the EIB’s involvement in the water sector and is part of the Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF) initiative run by the EIB and the European Commission to promote R&D in the European Union.
ABU DHABI, UAE (Jan. 16, 2013) – Xylem Inc. will expand its presence in the Middle East region with the opening of a new office in Saudi Arabia in the coming months, as well as up to three additional offices in other key regional markets later this year. The company already has a presence in the UAE and Lebanon.
ABU DHABI, UAE (Jan. 15, 2013) – Xylem Inc. will expand its presence in the Middle East region with the opening of a new office in Saudi Arabia in the coming months, as well as up to three additional offices in other key regional markets later this year. The company already has a presence in the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Jan. 11, 2012) — Xylem Inc. has reduced the energy consumption of a wastewater pumping station in Sweden by 50 percent using its award-winning Flygt Experior solution. At a second station also in Sweden, Xylem’s Flygt SmartRun control system – one component of the Flygt Experior solution – has cut the energy use of the station by 30 percent.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Dec. 13, 2012) – Xylem Inc., a global water technology company, announced the election of Robert F. Friel, chairman, president and chief executive officer of PerkinElmer, Inc., to its Board of Directors. His appointment to Xylem’s board is effective immediately.
MORTON GROVE, Ill. (Dec. 13, 2012) — Xylem Inc., a global water technology company, has unveiled the “Let’s Cash in on Efficiency” promotion for customers purchasing the Bell & Gossett ecocirc® 19-14 auto and vario circulators from participating wholesalers.