Business Overview 2009 (pdf - 6.8MB) - Veolia Water
Business Overview 2009 (pdf - 6.8MB) - Veolia Water
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Our fundamentals /<br />
Main subsidiaries<br />
VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES (VWS)<br />
€2.5 billion<br />
in revenue<br />
9,557 employees<br />
130 business units in 57 countries<br />
250 proprietary technologies<br />
The world leader in water treatment, VWS is at the forefront of innovation. It specializes in engineering, turnkey design-build projects, and technological<br />
solutions for public authorities and industrial companies.<br />
VWS is the technical subsidiary of the water division of <strong>Veolia</strong> Environnement. VWS has built a unique portfolio of over 250 technologies combining<br />
physico-chemical processes (Actiflo® Turbo, CEDI), biological processes (Biostyr, AnoxKaldnes, MBBR) and thermal processes (MED desalination, SOLIA).<br />
Backed by its 9557 employees and a decentralized organization with 130 business units worldwide, ensuring its flexibility and responsiveness, VWS focuses<br />
its resources on technological innovation and the development of new solutions thanks to its multidisciplinary expertise.<br />
A partner of public authorities, VWS offers them its expertise in the design and construction of wastewater treatment plants, sludge treatment facilities and<br />
drinking water production plants, with a wide range of technological solutions and related services.<br />
A partner of industrial companies, VWS offers them its technological expertise in process water production and effluent treatment and recycling, from standard<br />
equipment to design and build of turnkey facilities. With the growing complexity of treatment processes, VWS’s solutions create value in such diverse industries as<br />
food and beverages, petroleum products (upstream and downstream), mining, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, solar power, microelectronics, power generation,<br />
steel and metallurgy, pulp and paper, and more. With the challenges posed by sustainable development, VWS innovates to help its clients limit their impacts<br />
on the environment. In this perspective, the <strong>Veolia</strong> <strong>Water</strong> subsidiary has launched a major carbon initiative (see page 43) that will enable clients wanting to reduce<br />
their greenhouse gas emissions to benefit from its expertise.<br />
16 <strong>Veolia</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>2009</strong>
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