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New Product Developments

Filtration Industry Analyst January 2013

Financial Calendar5 February 2013 Alfa Laval 2012 Report

7 February 2013 Metso 2012 Financial Statements

12 February 2013 FLSmidth Annual Report 2012

14 February 2013 Indutrade Year-End Report 2012

March 2013 Sartorius Annual Press Conference, Goettingen, Germany

1 March 2013 Andritz 2012 Results

7 March 2013 Merck Q4/FY 2012 Earnings

21 March 2013 Lanxess Publication of Fiscal 2012 Results

22 March 2013 Andritz Annual General Meeting

28 March 2013 Metso Annual General Meeting

April 2013 Sartorius Q1 2013 Figures

5 April 2013 FLSmidth Annual General Meeting

18 April 2013 Sartorius Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, Goettingen, Germany

23 April 2013 Alfa Laval Q1 2013 Interim Report and Annual General Meeting Metso January–March 2013 Interim Review

25 April 2013 Ahlstrom Interim Report January–March 2013

26 April 2013 Merck Annual General Meeting 2013

2 May 2013 Siemens Q2 2013 Financial Report

6 May 2013 Andritz Q1 2013 Results Indutrade January–March 2013 Interim Report, and Annual General Meeting

8 May 2013 Lanxess Interim Report Q1 2013

17 May 2013 FLSmidth Q1 2013 Report

23 May 2013 Lanxess Annual Stockholders’ Meeting, Cologne, Germany

24 July 2013 Indutrade 1 January–June 2013 Interim Report

25 July 2013 Metso January–June 2013 Interim Review

1 August 2013 Siemens Q3 2013 Financial Report

Xylem Inc has signed a US$158 million (E120 million) financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund innovative and aspirational research and development (R&D) projects across Europe. The deal 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. The funds will be available from 2013 to 2014 as loans to finance the research and development of solutions to a range of complex challenges facing the water industry, including developing new innovative and sustainable products and services for biological water treatment, desalination, filtration and disinfection as well as improving the control of such processes. The research projects will take place at Xylem’s facilities in the UK, Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Norway and Hungary. “We are proud to be partners with the European Investment Bank on this exciting initiative,” said Gretchen McClain, Xylem’s president and CEO. “Innovative and pioneering research is at the very heart of what Xylem does. As global leaders in water, our mission is to play a leading role in solving the multifaceted issues we all face in securing a sustainable water supply. This partnership with the EIB will enable us to invest considerably in market-leading research over the next two years.” “With the financing that is now in place, Xylem will be able to enhance their knowledge and expertise in the field of water and wastewater handling technologies,” said EIB vice president Jonathan Taylor. “This is of particular importance, as one of the EIB’s goals is to increase the potential of the European knowledge economy.”

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agency, and the Dutch advanced water technology company PWN Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate in advanced water treatment. Both parties will work together developing knowledge-intensive programs and projects. The MOU was signed following the promising trial of PWN Technologies’ CeraMac demonstration plant at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks, funded by the Environment and Water Industry Programme Office

(EWI)’s TechPioneer scheme. “PUB is always on the lookout for innovative water solutions and the best way forward is through R&D collaborations with the private sector, which allows the various parties to mutually leverage on synergies gained from marrying expertise and technological resources. We look forward to a rewarding long-term partnership with PWN Technologies to not only meet Singapore’s growing water demand more efficiently, but also add vibrancy to the local water R&D landscape, and boost Singapore’s status as a global hydrohub,” said PUB chief executive Chew Men Leong. “This MOU underscores the strengthening partnership between Singapore and the Netherlands in the area of advanced water treatment and PWN Technologies is extremely honoured to play a leading role in developing this relationship,” said Pieter Spohr, CEO of PWN Technologies.

www.pwntechnologies.com and www.pub.gov.sgAquatech has added an enhanced membrane bioreactor to its portfolio of wastewater treatment solutions. The Aqua-EMBR system consists of an activated sludge extended aeration biological treatment process and an ultrafiltration (UF) membrane system for the separation of activated sludge from treated effluent. Aqua-EMBR is an external MBR system; the UF membrane is positioned outside the bioreactor tank, rather than submerged in the bioreactor tank or in the downstream membrane tank. The UF membrane modules are arranged vertically and aerated continuously at the bottom. Mixed liquor is transported via “air lift pump” action through the module, while the membrane feed/recirculation pump is only used to overcome the hydraulic losses and maintain a relatively constant flow of mixed liquor through the membrane. The design reduces much of the feed pumping energy requirement needed to maintain high crossflow velocity. Permeate flow, which is inside-out from the membrane modules, is collected by a permeate pump. Because no membrane components are submerged in the biological mixed liquor, the biological and membrane systems can be operated and optimized independently. The membrane operation is automatically controlled.

www.aquatech.com