water management
13 November 2012
Hutchison Water has won a tender to operate Israeli incubator Kinrot Venture, with plans to invest $25m into the business over the next eight years.
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13 November 2012
SJF Ventures, a US firm established in 1999, has raised almost $50m towards a $75m growth capital fund with a focus on resource efficiency and sustainability.
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13 November 2012
Popular tourist destination Marrakech, Morocco, has won $157m of loans from the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) to go towards the region’s water and sanitation improvements.
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12 November 2012
Japan-based Sumitomo has won an order from state-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement for the construction of a desalination plant in Oman in conjunction with Malakoff Berhad of Malaysia and Spain’s Cadagua.
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12 November 2012
After winning court approval for the sale of a controlling stake in water purifier maker Woongjin Coway to a private equity firm, Woongjin Holdings’ share price has jumped to a four-week high in Seoul stock trading.
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9 November 2012
Engineering giant Siemens is reportedly looking to sell off its €1bn water business.
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9 November 2012
A US-based water treatment start-up has raised an initial $50,000 towards a $1.4m debt capital raise.
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6 November 2012
Wendy Pabich, CEO of US consultancy Water Futures, has told NewNet that little innovation is taking place in the water sector due to its conservative nature, with few companies open to taking risks.
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5 November 2012
Demographic changes and the need to upgrade infrastructure are creating exciting opportunities for water innovators in the Middle East.
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2 November 2012
Vietnam has secured $200m of funding from the World Bank to improve its water system in a project that will benefit over 1.7 million people.
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1 November 2012
NewNet has leant the tough financial climate and the late start of it sales process helped put half century-old UK water business Enpure into administration, although its solutions will live on through other companies that bought its assets.
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31 October 2012
Federal government funding totalling A$265m ($275m) for water recover projects in River Murray communities has been welcomed by South Australia’s premier.
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31 October 2012
UK water management innovator Bluewater Bio has named Fergus Rooksby as commercial director.
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29 October 2012
US private equity firm Liberation Capital plans to raise $75m towards its renewable energy fund, it has revealed, having been set up in 2010 by a number of General Electric’s senior management team.
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25 October 2012
Suez Environnement maintained its full-year dividend despite seeing a four per cent drop in its nine-month profit.
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24 October 2012
Veolia Environnement said it expects its North America water business unit to grow through advisory services to large municipal water utilities.
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23 October 2012
After denying a merger with Suez Environnement this Saturday, Veolia Water’s France-listed trading price has dropped as much as six per cent, the most in more than two months.
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18 October 2012
The Smart Water Fund, operated by Victorian state government in Australia, will provide A$1m ($1.04m) to innovators in the space to support urban development projects.
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17 October 2012
A US-based producer of a sustainable fibre has passed the halfway point of a combined equity and warrant financing round in which it hopes to secure more than $780,000.
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16 October 2012
US-based water management company HaloSource has raised $25m to push forward its development and operational capability.
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