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	Mar 25, 2008 News Messe München International (MMI) Premiere at IFAT 2008: The Research & Education Area At IFAT, which takes place from 5 to 9 May 2008 in Munich, a new section is being set up, called the ‘Research & Education Area’. Here universities and research institutes will be presenting their ongoing projects and findings on around 270 square metres of exhibition space in Hall B6.
	Jul 30, 2009 News Knowledge Factory GmbH Price cut for UNITRACC services Planning, constructing, operating, maintaining and rehabilitating underground infrastructures for supply and discharge requires a constantly growing level of technical knowledge of all people involved.
	Feb 23, 2007 News Trelleborg AB Trelleborg acquisition of Epros finalized Trelleborg’s acquisition of Epros GmbH and Epros International Ltd. has been finalized.
	Oct 04, 2007 News The Robbins Company Robbins TBM a repeat record-breaker A Robbins 7.2 m (23.6 ft) diameter TBM operating on the remote Kárahnjúkar Hydroelectric Project in Iceland has entered new territory. The machine, operated by contractor Impregilo SpA, beat its own world record for the second time when it bored 115.7 m (380 ft) in 24 hours on August 25, 2007. It then set another record in its size class of 7 to 8 m (23 to 26 ft) by boring 428.8 m (1,400 ft) in one week! The previous record was also held by a Robbins TBM that excavated the TARP Project in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
	Sep 14, 2010 News CertainTeed Illinois Municipality Replaces Aging Clay Sewer Main with CertainTeed® Certa-LokTM Restrained-Joint PVC Pipe The Village of Baldwin, Ill., recently made the decision to replace a failing 40-year-old clay tile sewer main with a new 10-inch gravity sewer, featuring 600 feet of CertainTeed® Certa-Lok™ C-900/RJ restrained-joint PVC pipe.
	May 11, 2009 News The Robbins Company Robbins Single Shield will Carve Laos Headrace Tunnel Powering up neighboring nations will get a bit easier with a new hydroelectric project in Laos. The station, on the Nam Theun River, will include a 5.5 km (3.4 mi) long headrace tunnel constructed using a Robbins Single Shield TBM. The 7.6 m (25.1 ft) diameter machine, for contractor CMC di Ravenna, is being assembled at Robbins’ Solon, Ohio, USA manufacturing facility. The Single Shield will be ready for shipment in July 2009.
	Oct 16, 2009 News Hatch Mott MacDonald Hatch Mott MacDonald Awarded New Irvington Tunnel Contract San Francisco Public Utilities Commission selects Hatch Mott MacDonald to provide construction management services for the New Irvington Tunnel
	Feb 17, 2006 News Borealis A/S Borealis promotes innovation in Italy's utilities sector The importance of reliable infrastructure in the supply and distribution of essential goods such as water and gas took centre stage at a workshop for the Italian pipe industry organised by Borealis in Genoa, Italy on February 3, 2006. In many European countries water loss due to leakage in the distribution network remains a significant problem.
	Oct 27, 2008 News United Nations University The world looses 45 million cubic metres of water every day: UNW-DPC and UN-HABITAT look for applying solutions UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC) and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) organized from 3 to 5 September 2008 the International Workshop on “Drinking Water Loss Reduction: Developing Capacity for Applying Solutions”, held at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany. More than 60 participants, including water managers and water decisionmakers from 18 cities around the world confronted with the problem of drinking water losses, met in Bonn to share their experiences regarding technical, political and administrative solutions and capacity development tools.
	Jun 26, 2006 News The International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) No-Dig Award 2006 Entries are invited for the N0-DIG AWARDS for 2006, to be presented at International No-Dig 2006 Brisbane 29 October 2 November 2006.
	Apr 22, 2008 News Departamento de Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Aragón The Spanish region of Aragon announces the largest regional water treatment plant in Europe at IFAT The investment is in excess of one billion euros and will permit the sanitation of an annual volume equal to that of a large canal between Munich and Zaragoza. A pioneer management model is applied with the participation of the Government of Aragon and the private initiative, including companies such as ACCIONA WATER, AQUALIA, ATECMA, ISOLUX WAT, and the Temporary Unions of Companies (UTE by its Spanish initials) UTE Marcor Ebro-URBASER and UTE López Navarro-COMSA.
	Feb 05, 2009 News Ditch Witch Organization Ditch Witch Organization unveils 300-HP Rock trencher PERRY, Okla.— The Ditch Witch ® organization announces the release of a 300-horsepower rock trencher: the heavy-duty HT300. Capable of trenching up to ten feet (3.1 m) deep and 36 inches (914 mm) wide in the most extreme jobsite conditions, the steel-tracked HT300 features a sturdy undercarriage designed to withstand the rigors of rock-laden jobsites, and trencher stabilizers that automatically adjust to terrain changes to isolate vibration in rock and other harsh conditions.
	Sep 02, 2009 News Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech professor receives international honors for work in Trenchless Technology Dr. Ray Sterling has been awarded the International Society for Trenchless Technology's (ISTT) Gold Medal and the North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT) Chairman's Award for Outstanding Lifetime Service.
	Nov 12, 2008 News Yorkshire Water World First As Yorkshire Water Repairs Pipes Without Digging Up The Road Digging up Yorkshire's roads to fix leaking water pipes or bursts could become a thing ofthe past thanks to Platelet Technology® being pioneered in the water industry byYorkshire Water.
	Nov 25, 2010 News The Charles Machine Works, Inc. Ditch Witch Organization Offers GPS Equipment, Vehicle Trackers State-of-the-art Ditch Witch® GPS systems offer the fastest update frequencies in the industry, so fleet owners can confidently pinpoint the location of their equipment and/or vehicles at any time from any computer, laptop or mobile device.
	Jan 08, 2008 News Insituform Technologies Insituform wins record $35.1 million in CIPP work in Delhi, India Insituform Technologies, Inc. has won two sewer rehabilitation contracts in Delhi, India, totaling $35.1 million, creating the largest municipal sewer project in the company's history.
	Oct 15, 2007 News Southern Water Sweeter smell of success An environmentally friendly project by Southern Water that uses only natural elements like bark, wood chips, seaweed and seashells lining water-filled tanks, is reducing the smell generated by wastewater treatment works.
	Jan 27, 2011 News Borealis AG BorSafe? PE100 LS- H pipes raise the quality of drinking water and sanitation networks in Poland Residents of five communities in the Polish province of West Pomerania are already experiencing the benefits of an improved drinking water and sanitation network thanks to an on-going project to upgrade and expand the existing system with pipes based on BorSafe™ PE100 LS-H from Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions.
	Mar 03, 2006 News Borealis A/S Borealis appoints new Vice President Engineering Applications Borealis has appointed Paul Turner as Vice President Engineering Applications with effect March 1, 2006. In his new role Paul will head the Borealis automotive and appliances business including the sales, marketing and development units. He will be based in Mechelen, Belgium.
	Apr 23, 2008 News Thames Water Utilities Skimmer vessels smooth the way for the Boat Race One year since the British government approved plans for a new super-sewer - the Thames Tideway Tunnel - to prevent sewage overflowing into the River Thames, Thames Water’s skimmer vessels – deployed as an interim measure to improve the quality of the river – have been hard at work sifting out litter and sewage-derived debris.
	Mar 11, 2009 News Biwater Omdurman Water Supply and Optimisation Scheme, Sudan Biwater has been involved in the provision of water treatment facilities to the continent of Africa for many years. Never has the need for the provision of clean, safe, potable water been a higher priority within the burgeoning populations of the nations of Africa than at the present time. The United Nations' millennium development goals have pledged to 'reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water' and many of you will know that the millennium development goals were set to be achieved by the year 2015. Biwater is pleased to report that it will help to achieve this goal for a large number of people in what is a new African territory for Biwater, the Republic of Sudan.
	Nov 29, 2006 News Vinci Sogea Construction (Vinci) is to build three wastewater treatment plants and a drinking water plant in France Sogea Construction has secured the contract for the reconstruction of the wastewater treatment plant serving the Angers Loire Métropole agglomeration. The new plant will occupy an area of 90,000 sq. metres. Its capacity will be raised to 285,000 p.e., i.e. 65,000 cu. metres/day, with a peak throughput of 5,500 cu. metres/hour in rainy weather. This contract is valued at 50 million Euros.
	Nov 28, 2008 News SABIC Innovative Plastics SABIC Innovative Plastics Expands Investment in Fluid Engineering Center to Develop High-Performance Materials for Water Systems Growing concerns about health and safety risks and increasingly high costs of metal in fluid handling systems are prompting the use of plastic pipes, faucets, valves, boilers and other components. Plastics offer the potential to build cleaner, safer and more cost-effective water systems; however, each material must undergo extensive testing. To provide the most rigorous and sophisticated evaluation of its engineering thermoplastics, SABIC Innovative Plastics has invested in enhancements to its Fluid Engineering Center of Excellence in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands. The research center, which opened in 2005, now gives global customers access to a wider array of testing equipment, more extensive and longer-term tests, and expanded scientific resources to help them develop highly advanced, innovative fluid handling solutions.
	May 02, 2006 News Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stein & Partner GmbH UNITRACC goes INTERNATIONAL. "Official Start" at the 2006 No-Dig Show in Nashville (USA). The North American Society of Trenchless Technology (NASTT) presented UNITRACC, the repeatedly awarded, webbased information-, learning- and working-platform for sewer and pipeline construction as "No. 1 Platform for Information Education Business".
	Sep 28, 2010 News Steve Vick International Ltd Two firsts for Steve Vick pipe Handler on Oxford street The Steve Vick International Pipe Handler has recently been used on Oxford Street, central London, to slipline a large diameter cast iron water main.