PWN Technologies Signs MOUs with Key Asian Partners

The Official PWN Technologies Newsletter
Year 1 | July 2010
PWN Technologies Signs MOUs
with Key Asian Partners
P WN Technologies has further strengthened its presence in
Asia with significant Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs)
signed with key partners during the Singapore International Water
Week 2010. MOUs with Howaco, Metawater and Rwb respectively
were signed at a successful networking event hosted by
PWN Technologies. An important MOU was also signed with
PUB at a joint press conference held on 30 June 2010.
PWN Technologies hosted a networking reception on Sunday
27 June, on the evening before the start of the Singapore International
Water Week 2010, the most important annual event in Asia
for the water industry. At One on the Bund in Singapore, in the
historic Clifford Pier along the waterfront charm of Marina Bay
Pieter Spohr, CEO, gave an opening speech and was followed by
Jonathan Clement, Director of Strategic Business Development.
He stipulated the Global impact of PWN Technologies’ solutions.
The successful event was attended by 100 guests. The PWN Technologies team at the Singapore International Water Week 2010.
Cooperation on Perfector series in Vietnam
owaco (Holland Water Supply Co. Ltd.)
Hand PWN Technologies signed an
MOU in Singapore on 27 June 2010 outlining
plans for cooperation on PWN Technologies’
Perfector series in Vietnam. Areas of
interest identified are the development of
project opportunities for the Perfector se-
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ries in Vietnam, engineering in innovation
(e.g. developments and/or modifications in
the Perfector series) and engineering in
pro duction.
Howaco already has a signed license
agreement with PWN Technologies for the
marketing of Perfector-P as the sole repre-
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Mr. Pieter Spohr (CEO PWN Technologies (left), Mr Leo
Commandeur (director PWN International Projects) and
Mr Xuan Truong Ngo, Director of Howaco (right).
sentative of PWN Technologies in Vietnam.
In November 2009 a Perfector-R with a capacity
of 60 liters per second was constructed
in Vietnam to provide 30,000 people in
Cao Lanh City, Dong Thap Province with
drinking water. An extension of the facility’s
capacity to 60 liters per second is
planned this year, followed by another extension
to 120 liters per second in 2012.
Howaco (Holland Water Supply Ltd.
Co.) is a private water supply company in
Long An Province – Vietnam, and one of the
leading companies in Vietnam in the field of
consulting, designing drinking water systems
and applying modern Dutch technologies.
Howaco is the first and only company
that installed Perfectors R and P in Vietnam.
Signatories to the MOU were Mr Leo
Commandeur, Director of PWN International
Projects and Mr Xuan Truong Ngo,
Director of Howaco. The signing was witnessed
by Mr Pieter Spohr, CEO of PWN
Technologies.
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Collaboration on development of ceramic membrane plants
n MOU was signed with Japanese water
Aengineering firm Metawater and Dutch
water engineering and contracting firm Rwb
on 27 June 2010. First steps in the collaboration
potentially include the design and construction
of the world’s largest ceramic membrane
plant in Andijk, The Netherlands, The
MOU also outlined the formation of a longterm
joint strategic alliance among the parties
to deliver ceramic technology to selected
global markets.
Metawater Co., Ltd. is aiming to be a
leading company in the water environmental
industry combining unique water treatment
technologies established in the long
history of NGK Insulators, Ltd. and Fuji
Electric Holdings Co., Ltd. Rwb Waterservices
is a Dutch supplier of various types of
water treatment, industrial water supply and
potable water supply.
Signatories to the MOU were Mr Pieter
Spohr, CEO of PWN Technologies, Mr
Tomonori Satou, International Marketing
Director of Metawater, and Mr André Reigers
man, Managing Director of Rwb. The
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signing was witnessed by Mr Martien den
Blanken, CEO of NV PWN, Mr Bas Brouwer,
Process Engineer of Rwb and Mr Yoshi
Kanto, International Engineering Department
Manager of Metawater.
Innovation collaboration with PUB
WN Technologies and PUB, Singapore’s national water agency
Psigned an MOU to develop an Innovation collaboration during a
joint press conference held on 30 June 2010 at the Singapore International
Water Week 2010.
The MOU signifies a new level of alliance and partnership between
PWN Technologies and PUB, who will both collaborate where syn-
The signing ceremony of the MOU with PUB on research collaboration.
A Japanese ceremony was performed to celebrate
the MOU with Metawater and Rwb.
ergy and value in knowledge development and capability building
will be achieved. Areas of interests identified so far are: ceramic
membranes for water treatment; membrane process optimisation,
and advanced oxidation processes.
PUB is a statutory board under the Ministry of the Environment
and Water Resources. It is the national water agency, managing Singapore’s
water supply, water catchment and used water in an integrated
way. PUB won the 2007 Stockholm Industry Water Award and was
named Water Agency of the Year at the Global Water Awards 2006.
The cooperation will focus comprehensively on new technologies
for water treatment processes and on jointly performed demonstrations
of such new technologies in operational conditions. Synergistic
cooperation would be based on the complementary strengths
of PWN Technologies and PUB. As part of the MOU, PWN and
PUB will work together on innovative solutions.
Signatories to the MOU were Mr Pieter Spohr, CEO of PWN
Technologies and Mr Tan Yok Gin, Assistant Chief Executive (Operations),
PUB. The signing was witnessed by Mr Martien den
Blanken, CEO of NV PWN, and Mr Chan Yoon Kum, Deputy Chief
Executive of PUB.
At the signing ceremony Mr Chan Yoon Kum said: “PWN Technologies
has cemented a place in the local and regional water industry.
This year onwards, we look forward to working with PWN Technologies
on many high-impact research and technology projects. In
closing, I would like to add that the signing of this MOU marks a significant
milestone in our relationship with PWN Technologies.’’
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PWN: SIX and Ceramac for new
pre treatment installation Andijk 3
WN Water Supply Company North Hol-
Pland have decided to apply the SIX en
Ceramac technologies for its new pre treatment
installation in Andijk (the Netherlands),
that should be operational in 2013.
PWN Technologies presented the design of
the largest ceramic membrane plant of the
world at the SIWW 2010.
In the decision making process for the
new installation, PWN Water Supply Company
North Holland compared the SIX and
Ceramac technologies to classical pre treatment
technologies. PWN concluded that
the combination of SIX and Ceramac has
many advantages compared to conventional
treatment technologies.
SIX is a new resin treatment technology
for drinking water, which has many advantages
compared to any other ion exchange
process. Compared to any other ion exchange
process on water containing sus-
I N S H O R T
Peer Kamp keynote speaker at IWA
Leading Edge Conference
Mr. Peer Kamp, CTO of PWN Technologies, was an invited
keynote speaker at the IWA Leading Edge Conference
in Phoenix Arizona, on 2-4 June 2010. In his
speech he discussed the major advancements with
new technology for water treatment., but meanwhile
he tried to explain wat it takes to innovate. This referring
to the theories of American management guru’s.
What it takes to succeed isn’t completely clear yet, but
Mr. Peer Kamp assured that innovation does not fit in
procedures and time schedules. The speech was highly
appreciated.
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pended matter and organics, SIX distinguishes
itself by being very compact, having
low resin concentration and inventory, low
salt usage and full control of the adsorption
process without blinding the resin or producing
biomass. SIX can be used with all
commercially available resins.
CeraMac is a well designed and engineered
filtration process based on ceramic
membranes. Several Products common to
the filtration process have been solved with
new solutions based on advanced R&D and
large scale demonstration testing. This has
produced a totally new design with a far
more compact footprint, lower energy consumption,
more reliable operation, lower
maintenance and more productivity at lower
costs than existing membrane systems.
For more information and the 3D animation of
Andijk 3: www.pwntechnologies.nl
Calendar Events 2010
19 - 24 September 2010
World Water Congress, Montreal (Canada)
Participation in congress
10 - 12 November 2010
Vietwater 2010, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
Together with Howaco, participation in forum and exhibition
14 - 18 November 2010
WQTC 2010, Savannah, Georgia (USA)
Launch of PWN Technologies in USA , 1300 attendees
Perfector perfect
for Serbia
re the Perfectors the perfect solution
Afor Serbia? Mr. Leo Commandeur,
director PWN International Projects,
posed that question at the seminar Clean
Water; Dutch Serbian Waterdialogue, that
was held in Belgrade on 10 June 2010. Mr
Commandeur gave a lecture on the possibilities
of the Perfector technology for
the water supply in Serbia. The seminar
was an initiative of the Dutch embassy in
Serbia. Purpose of the meeting was to
match the Dutch expertise on drinking
water and waste water with the demand
of Serbian decisionmakers.
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