Business News Round Up - March 22

Editor's Note: Each week, Water & Wastes Digest will post an aggregate of business news briefs and networking news items to keep you informed on facility openings, business mergers and purchases, changes in personnel and award notifications, among others in the water and wastewater treatment industries. If you have business news briefs you would like included in this weekly round up, please email the press release, photo and a link to the post on your website to [email protected] with the subject line "Business News Round Up." One news item per company per week will be posted.

In-Situ Inc. Acquires Chemscan Inc.

In-Situ Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired ChemScan Inc., formerly known as ASA Analytics. The acquisition will expand In-Situ’s ability to serve process applications including municipal and industrial wastewater, drinking water, and other industrial water process markets.

For more than 40 years, In-Situ has been a leader in the design and manufacture of superior water level and water quality monitoring equipment. With the introduction of the Aqua TROLL 600 and Aqua TROLL 500 multiparameter sondes, the purchase of the Australian flow-meter manufacturer MACE, and now, the acquisition of ChemScan, In-Situ is now positioned to become a major competitor in the municipal water, wastewater and industrial process market.
 

Fluence Signs Second Large Contract in Egypt

Fluence ​Corporation ​Limited is pleased ​to announce ​that a ​partnership ​formed between ​its Egyptian ​joint venture ​The International ​Co. for Water ​Services & ​Infrastructure (​IWSI) and ​Hassan Allam ​EPC has been ​awarded an EPC ​contract of $​74 million to ​design and ​construct a 40,​000 m3 /day ​seawater ​desalination ​plant, with ​infrastructure ​designed and ​built for a ​future capacity ​expansion to 80,​000 m3/day.​

In this custom ​engineered ​solution, ​through IWSI, ​Fluence will ​act as the ​technology ​provider, ​designing the ​process and ​supplying the ​pretreatment, ​reverse osmosis ​skids, post-​treatment ​equipment and ​the start-up ​and commissioning ​of the plant ​for a total ​contract share ​of US$20 ​million. Hassan ​Allam EPC will ​provide the ​local works ​including the ​marine design ​and execution ​of the intake ​and outfall. ​Once completed, ​the plant will ​serve New ​Mansoura city, ​which is ​currently under ​construction ​along ​Egypt’s ​northern coast ​on the ​Mediterranean ​Sea. New ​Mansoura will ​have a ​population of ​approximately ​250,000 people ​when its first ​phase is ​inaugurated. ​Given the ​population ​growth of New ​Mansoura, it is ​expected that ​the plant will ​eventually be ​expanded to 80,​000 m3/day ​capacity. The ​plant is ​expected to be ​operational in ​18 months.​

Duperon Corporation Honored

Duperon Corporation has been recognized as the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Distinguished Alumni – Most Engaged Workplace, by Michigan Celebrates Small Business, an awards program honoring Michigan’s successful growth companies.

Duperon will be honored at an awards ceremony during the fifteenth annual Michigan Celebrates Small Business gala event, May 8, 2019 in Lansing, Mich.