STEINGADEN, Germany and OCEANSIDE, CA, Mar. 10, 2009 -- Seccua GmbH, a technology leader in the field of standardized ultrafiltration systems for drinking water treatment, and Nitto Denko/Hydranautics, a global leader in ultrafiltration, microfiltration and reverse osmosis technologies, have signed a cooperative agreement to jointly develop new markets as well as to expand Hydranautics' extensive product offering with 4" ultrafiltration modules supplied by Seccua.
Seccua, signed a cooperative agreement with Nitto Denko/Hydranautics. Based in Oceanside, California Hydranautics has to date produced and distributed modules for large-scale projects in the Ultrafiltration market. This new Seccua/Hydranautics partnership opens the door to a dominant position in the rapidly growing global market for small-scale installations. In the course of the cooperation, Seccua will share its knowledge in the field of standardized ultrafiltration small-scale installations with Hydranautics and will supply the company with ultrafiltration modules for the small-scale market segment. The small ultrafiltration modules are an ideal addition to the product range of Hydranautics, while the global distribution network of Hydranautics opens up completely new markets for Seccua.
"It is a competitive advantage to us to be able to offer our customers now an even more complete range of core products for their water treatment needs," says Brett Andrews, President and COO of Hydranautics. "The residential, small municipal and light industrial markets with their recurring revenues are an attractive future market segment for us."
"We are looking forward to the cooperation with Hydranautics," Michael Hank, founder and CEO of Seccua, explains. "The long-term guarantee of clean drinking water is becoming more and more important, especially since the worldwide consumption of water is increasing steadily and these scarce resources are more and more often contaminated. In Europe, the demand by decentralized water suppliers for simple and inexpensive solutions for drinking water treatment is increasing. There is also a large market opportunity in the USA. We are proud that our technology can also establish itself in this region and enable us to further develop our potential."
Seccua GmbH, based near Munich, Germany, and Surprise, Arizona, USA is a world technology leader in the field of standardized ultrafiltration systems that remove all known pathogens from drinking water.
Hydranautics - a Nitto Denko Company was founded in 1963 and entered into the reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment field in 1970. In 1987, Hydranautics became part of Nitto Denko, a multi-billion dollar corporation headquartered in Osaka, Japan.
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