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Samsung Engineering has been recognised
for over 40 years of excellence in engineering,
procurement, construction, commissioning,
operation and maintenance for environment
and hydrocarbon plants and facilities. With
over 7500 resources, Samsung Engineering
offers complete solutions in the water
business value chain, and delivers quality
plants on schedule and safely.
Since the 1970s, Samsung Engineering
developed environmental facilities such
as plants for water treatment, waste
disposal and sludge treatment. Samsung
Engineering’s reputation as a total
environmental solution provider has grown
worldwide: The company was awarded the
IWA Project Innovation Award in 2008 for
Suji Respia, a sewage treatment center
located in Korea. In 2009, the ICAD
Industrial Wastewater Treatment plant in
Abu Dhabi was successfully completed and
in 2011, Samsung Engineering was awarded
the Muharraq sewage treatment plant in
Bahrain.
Samsung Engineering
Contact – Jong Sang Lee
Email js0214.lee@samsung.com
www.samsungengineering.co.kr
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The Ministry of Environment is focused
on establishing a sustainable, ‘green’
country, based on the spirit of ‘respect for
life’. At the same time, the Ministry has
continued its efforts to create a healthy and
sound environment, enhance international
cooperation, and encourage citizens to
participate in solving environmental issues.
The Ministry of Environment is meeting
people’s expectations of and desire for
government action; objectively assessing
the performance, limitations of previous
environmental policies, and establishing a
new framework for environmental policies
based on these assessments.
The Ministry is focusing on responding
to environmental threats and diseases,
enhancing international environmental
diplomacy and cooperation to encourage
active participation to address global
environmental problems, fostering
innovation in environmental technologies
and industries so that it is more globally
competitive, encouraging recycling, and
creating a clean and pleasant environment
which increases the quality of life and where
nature and humans harmoniously coexist.
The Ministry of Environment
Contact – Jin Hyun Jung
Email gry0924@korea.kr
www.me.go.kr
Busan, home to 3.6 million people, is South
Korea’s second-largest city after the capital,
Seoul. Pronounced ‘Pusan’ in Korean, the
city is located on the south-eastern tip of
the Korean peninsula. It is the country’s
largest port and the fi fth-largest port in the
world, which creates a vibrant international
atmosphere for the city.
Busan is known for its superb beaches
and hosts a wide range of marine sports
and leisure activities such as yachting,
windsurfi ng, scuba diving and fi shing.
Sailors from around the world mix with the
locals and a growing number of tourists.
Luxurious fi ve-star hotels spread throughout
Busan’s beaches and downtown areas are
ready to welcome you. Busan is increasingly
becoming known as one of Asia’s foremost
cities for conventions. It has already played
host to major global events such as the
2002 Asian Games, the 2002 FIFA World
Cup and the 2005 APEC Korea meetings.
Busan Metropolitan City
Contact – Doim Kim
Email doikim8454@korea.kr
www.busan.go.kr
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GS Engineering & Construction Corporation
operates as an engineering, procurement
and construction contractor in Korea and
internationally. The company provides
engineering and construction services,
onsite building maintenance services, and
residential and industrial construction
services. It offers its services for oil, gas and
petrochemical industries; sewage system
maintenance; sewage and wastewater
treatment; waste treatment and recycling;
combined cycle power plant/thermal-fi red
power plant; co-generation plant/district
heating; and nuclear power plant projects.
The company also builds stores, offi ces, and
facilities for art, culture, sports, education,
research and medicine. In addition, it
provides civil engineering services for roads,
bridges, railroads, subways, underground
spaces, landscaping and ports/harbors.
The company was formerly known as LG
Engineering & Construction Corporation
and changed its name to GS Engineering &
Construction Corporation in March 2005.
The company was founded in 1969 and is
based in Seoul, South Korea.
GS E&C Corporation
Contact – Jongsok Choi
Email jschoi01@gsconst.co.kr
www.gsconst.co.kr
The world’s leading operator of water
services, Veolia Water operates water and
wastewater services on behalf of public
authorities and companies. It also designs
the technical solutions and builds the
facilities needed to provide those services.
Veolia Water covers the entire water
cycle with a constant focus on protecting
resources and saving water.
Veolia Water’s activities range from raw
water withdrawal from the environment to
production and distribution of drinking water
and industrial process water, and from the
collection and transportation of wastewater
to treatment for subsequent recycling or
discharge back into the environment. Veolia
Water is a division of Veolia Environnement,
which also provides services in waste
management, energy and transportation.
Veolia Water
Contact – Atika Doukkali
Email atika.doukkali@veoliaeau.fr
www.veolia.com
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