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	Jul 24, 2006 News Dechema e.V. Final Report ACHEMA 2006 - 28th International Exhibition-Congress on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology ACHEMA 2006 (15 - 19 May 2006 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany), the leading international event for chemical engineering, environmental protection and biotechnology in Frankfurt am Main, was a complete success for exhibitors and visitors alike. Representatives from across the industry expressed satisfaction with the excellent quality of the discussions and contacts at the show. Right from opening day, a number of exhibitors reported that they were able to establish good business contacts and engage in partnership discussions which give them good cause for optimism.
	Aug 22, 2007 News North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) WESTT Regional No-Dig Conference Slated for October 1-3 in Reno The Western Society for Trenchless Technology (WESTT) is proud to present its third annual Western Regional No-Dig Conference and Exhibition, October 1-3, in Reno, Nevada. Attendees will enjoy the benefits of a national conference program in a smaller forum with a personalized touch.
	Dec 02, 2010 News Messe München GmbH bauma China 2010 exceeded all expectations bauma China 2010, the 5th International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery, Building Material Machines, Construction Vehicles and Equipment, has again broken all records with regard to exhibition space, exhibitor numbers and visitor numbers. Once more, bauma China has further consolidated its position as the leading trade show for the Chinese and Asian construction industry.
	Jun 04, 2010 News Brandenburger Liner GmbH & Co. KG Sekisui SPR and Brandenburger have signed a sales cooperation agreement Sekisui SPR and Brandenburger entered into a sales cooperation agreement beginning in April. The agreement sets out to mutually expand their product portfolio and further strengthen their market positions in international standards respectively.
	Nov 15, 2006 News Borealis AG Borealis BorECO™ ensures smooth flow for REHAU® sewer project Borealis, provider of plastics solutions, has recently supplied REHAU® with BorECO™ BA 212E, a highly developed polypropylene (PP) for pipe systems. As one of the most diversified plastics processors in the world REHAU was faced with the challenge of installing the new smooth-flowing sewerage system in the residential area of Traiskirchen, Austria, during the winter season and therefore benefited from the performance and easy handling of BorECO.
	Mar 19, 2007 News Borealis AG New DIN standards for water pressure pipes recognise PP-RCT During 2006, the German standards for polypropylene (PP) pressure pipes have been revised. The designations PP-H100, PP-B80 and PP-R80 have been withdrawn as they did not reflect the required behaviour at elevated temperatures and were changed to PP-H, PP-B and PP-R. Also, pioneering PP-RCT has now been officially recognised as a category under the new German standards DIN 8077 and DIN 8078 for PP pressure pipes. The creation of a new PP-RCT class means that these solutions can now be tested according to a widely accepted quality standard.
	Jun 22, 2005 News Herrenknecht AG World's largest tunnel boring machine accepted by the customers. The Herrenknecht Mega TBM will excavate a road tunnel in Madrid. The Herrenknecht EPB Shield S-300 is the world’s largest TBM with truly unique features in terms of engineering. To master the world’s largest excavation diameter in challenging ground conditions, Herrenknecht engineers developed a so far unique cutting wheel concept especially for this project. It consists of a 7m-diameter central cutting wheel and an outer cutting wheel, located on the same level, with a maximum excavation diameter of 15.20m.
	Jul 07, 2008 News TERRA AG Big-Boy arrives in South Africa Trenchless Technologies CC, based in Johannesburg, was founded in 1991 and has been the TERRA distributor in Southern Africa since 1993. They undertake several kilometres of pipe and cable laying using HDD as well as some 30 kilometres of trenchless rehabilitation works annually.
	Sep 29, 2006 News Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH S & P - Company Reorganisation Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH becomes holding company and incorporates two newly founded subsidiaries. Since the engineering company Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH was founded in 1994, the company has been growing steadily. In order to cope with the manifold fields of interests, responsibilities and requirements within the branch of pipeline construction and maintenance, two subsidiaries have now been founded besides the already existing companies Visaplan GmbH and CargoCap Gmbh: S&P Consult GmbH and Knowledge Factory GmbH. Functioning as a holding company, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH is in charge of all four companies.
	Jul 22, 2008 News Water Environment Federation (WEF) Water Environment Federation announces the 23rd Annual WateReuse Symposium The Water Environment Federation (WEF), the WateReuse Association, and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) will present the 23rd Annual WateReuse Symposium from September 7-10, 2008 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. Built around the theme, Water Reuse & Desalination: Solutions as Big as Texas, this annual conference will focus on the following key issues: micropollutants, desalination, indirect potable reuse, operational issues, and global water reuse.
	Jul 25, 2006 News Niranjan Swarup [Executive Director of the Indian Society of Trenchless Technology (INDSTT)] Trenchless Technology in India Trenchless Technology is an ever-expanding industry in India. Here, the Indian Society for Trenchless Technology (INDSTT) offers its perspective on the country's infrastructure and the growing trenchless market.
	Jul 02, 2009 News Herrenknecht AG Gotthard Breakthrough is cheered In Amsteg Huge Reception For Tunnel Boring Machine Gabi 1. The Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine 'Gabi 1' reached its target destination of Amsteg in the middle of June 2009 – six months ahead of schedule. Politicians, tunnel workers and 650 guests cheered on the tunnel boring machines as it arrived. This final breakthrough by the first machine in the Erstfeld-Amsteg section constitutes the achievement of an important milestone at the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Moritz Leuenberger, member of the Swiss Federal Council, congratulated the tunnel constructors on their excellent performance at the last stage target.
	Aug 12, 2010 News inge watertechnologies AG Less fouling ? more efficient RO: German and Israeli ministries fund research project The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) have launched a research project with 1.5 million euros of funding. The three partners in the project are Dresden Technical University, the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, and the German company inge watertechnologies AG, which specializes in ultrafiltration and membrane technology. The aim is to find ways of reducing fouling and scaling in membranes – especially in the context of treating municipal waste water – in order to improve the membranes' performance and durability and ultimately improve the efficiency of a reverse osmosis (RO) plant.
	Mar 26, 2010 News University of CaliforniaUniversity of California UCI engineers take care of the aging water infrastructure No mere pipe dream: UCI engineers are working on robotic technology to rehabilitate the nation's aging water infrastructure
	May 27, 2010 News Brandenburger Liner GmbH & Co. KG Change in the Management of the Brandenburger Group of Companies With effect from 1st April 2010 Tim Brandenburger has been appointed CEO of the Brandenburger Group of Companies. Dr. Holger Schmeisser has left the company’s general management after approx. a year and a half as an interim manager.
	May 22, 2006 News WEF - Water Environment Federation WEF Member Associations Send Aspiring Water Scientists to National Stockholm Junior Water Prize Competition Alexandria, VA – The Water Environment Federation (WEF) proudly announces the 2006 U.S. state winners of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) – the most prestigious youth award for a water-related science project. WEF Member Associations selected and will sponsor state winners and their science teachers to attend the national competition, hosted by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals, June 22-24, 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.
	May 21, 2007 News Messe München GmbH bauma FORUM 2007 for the mining industry bauma 2007 was the most successful bauma ever and exceeded all expectations not only regarding the number of exhibitors but also concerning the number of visitors. In addition to all records and the great feedback, bauma 2007 celebrated a fantastic première: For the first time, bauma featured the so called bauma FORUM which provided exhibitors and visitors with all newsworthy information on the market for mining machinery, tunnel construction and processing technology as well as on new product developments.
	Mar 01, 2010 News The Robbins Company Onsite Assembly Fits Up with Robbins EPB Build of Mexico's Largest TBM Completed in Eight Weeks
	Mar 02, 2009 News Herrenknecht AG Mexico City is prepared to build the largest wastewater system worldwide The CEO of the Mexican water authority CONAGUA visits Herrenknecht AG on the occasion of completion of the first tunnel boring machine for the Emisor Oriente project.
	Oct 22, 2007 News The Robbins Company Robbins hybrid EPBM a versatile solution for Istanbul sewer A 3.1 m (10.2 ft) diameter Robbins Hybrid EPBM in Istanbul, Turkey can bore in two very different situations. The hybrid machine can switch between hard rock and EPB modes, making it ideal in mixed ground conditions. The bored tunnel will be used to help clean up a sewer system for over 250,000 people living along Istanbul's Beykoz coastline at the Bosphorus. NTF Construction Company will bore two mixed ground tunnels of 4.1 km (2.5 mi) and 3.0 km (1.9 mi) in length with the hybrid machine.
	Aug 21, 2007 News Insituform Technologies Insituform to exhibit latest sewer and water products and technologies at WEFTEC 2007 Insituform®’s cured-in-place-pipe (CIPP) and Composite Pipe™ (CP) products allow customers to rehabilitate small, medium or large diameter pipes with a jointless, “pipe-within-a-pipe” solution. Over 13,500 miles of Insituform®’s durable and cost-effective CIPP solutions have been installed to rehabilitate the world’s deteriorating infrastructure.
	Aug 11, 2008 News HOBAS Clean water for the Baltic Sea Kaliningrad with its half a million inhabitants is a Russian exclave situated at the Baltic Sea between Poland and Lithuania. Given this relatively large number of inhabitants it is understandable that the lack of a water treatment plant is a great concern to the public as well as to surrounding countries. Daily over 250,000 m³ of wastewater flow into the Baltic Sea polluting seawater and the Polish and Lithuanian coasts.
	Feb 03, 2009 News Con Edison Con Edison installs over 65 miles of new gas main in 2008 NEW YORK – As part of the company’s ongoing infrastructure investment program, Con Edison announced today that it had installed over 65 miles of new natural gas main piping in 2008. In most cases, it replaced smaller cast iron and uncoated steel pipe with larger diameter or higher pressure main to increase capacity and prepare for future growth.
	Oct 13, 2009 News North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) Northwest Trenchless Conference Scheduled for Nov. 24-25 in Calgary, Alberta The North American Society for Trenchless Technology - Northwest Chapter and the Tunneling Association of Canada will be presenting the 2009 Northwest Trenchless Conference in Calgary on Nov. 25. This will be the 13th annual presentation of this event.
	Mar 29, 2010 News Qbase Data Services Ltd. Qbase releases geospatial data tools Qbase Inc. announced the release of a new, specialized suite of data quality tools that allow transformation and visualization of geospatial information for business intelligence and decision-support.