Two General Electric Press releases announcing their recent activities in China.
Of course, it goes without saying that a press release is different from a news story. These are shared without further comment.
Peter Huston
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May 28, 2008 05:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time
GE Water Solution to Help Elion Chemical Co. Protect China’s Yellow River from Pollution
Ecomagination-Certified System Will Eliminate over a Billion Gallons of Wastewater Discharge, Protect Environment and Reduce Water Demand
BEIJING, China & TREVOSE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One of China’s largest polyvinyl chloride and ion membrane caustic soda producers, Elion Chemical Industry Co. Ltd. in Erdos City, Inner Mongolia will virtually eliminate its wastewater discharge to the Yellow River using an advanced water reuse and wastewater evaporation system from GE Water & Process Technologies. The progressive project marks the growing use of these ecomagination-certified technologies—already installed at hundreds of industrial sites worldwide—to meet increasingly stringent environmental standards for wastewater treatment and water reuse.
Once completed in early-2010, the system will enable Elion Chemical Industry Co. Ltd to protect water quality in the 5,500-km (3,400-mi) Yellow River, which suffers from rising wastewater discharge due to rapid economic growth and urban development. The GE water reuse system will also dramatically reduce the amount of water that the chemical plant withdraws from the river, alleviating the persistent decline in the river’s water flow from overuse and drought.
Decreasing industrial water demand is critical to ensure continued economic growth in Erdos City and throughout China’s water-scarce northern regions. The rapidly growing city is currently facing a shortfall in its water supply of about 272 million cubic meters (71.9 billion gallons) per year needed to achieve the level of development indicated in its 2010-2015 plan.
GE’s advanced water technologies will recycle about 90 percent of the wastewater from Elion Chemical Industry Co. Ltd., or about 4.45 million cubic meters (1.17 billion gallons) of water per year. Combining ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membranes with thermal evaporator technology from GE’s broad portfolio, the system will produce high purity reusable water that will help ease demand on the city’s water supply and provide environmental benefits to the Yellow River.
“GE’s broad portfolio of advanced water treatment solutions can enable cities along the Yellow River and throughout China to build systems that will help them to meet the environmental goals set out in China’s five year plan,” said Steve Fludder, vice-president global sales, GE Water & Process Technologies. “We are committed to supporting China’s efforts to restore and protect the health and availability of its water resources and are investing heavily in our operations in the country. Some recent GE initiatives include a new China Technology Center of Excellence for Water Reuse and a new manufacturing plant in Wuxi.”
"We are extremely proud to be the first PVC manufacturer in China to implement GE's advanced zero-liquid discharge system," said Wang Wenbiao, Chairman of China Elion Resources Group. "This project will set new environmental and operational benchmarks for Chinese industry and will help the nation to protect the quantity and quality of our water resources."
Over the past several years, Inner Mongolia’s gross domestic product has grown by an average of more than 16 percent per year, well above rates in the rest of the country. As water demand in the province continues to rise and place increasing pressure on the Yellow River, GE’s broad portfolio will play a major role in helping industries to adequately treat and reuse water. GE’s water reuse and ZLD systems are used throughout the world to reduce water demand and protect the environment for industries such as oil extraction and refining, power generation, chemical manufacturing, coal liquefaction, fertilizer production, and microelectronics manufacturing.
ABOUT GE WATER & PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES
A world leader in membrane and filtration, diagnostic tools, specialty chemicals, mobile water, service, and financing, GE Water and Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) offers the broadest portfolio of global expertise and local capabilities. We invest in forward looking water and process technologies, leveraging the best practices of GE’s ecomagination, to help customers balance environmental and economic goals. Our innovative team develops unique partnerships and delivers reliable, long-term solutions for communities, governments and industry that maximize water and energy resources. www.ge.com/water.
GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing and media content, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com.
Contacts
General Electric, China
Geoff Li, +86 391-818-9557 mobile
geoff.li@geahk.ge.com
http://www.ge.com
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May 28, 2008 05:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time
GE Donates Water Treatment Technology to Chinese Communities as Legacy Gift in Honor of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
GE Provides China’s First Mobile Water Solution to Supply Clean Drinking Water to Remote Areas
BEIJING & BRUSSELS, Belgium & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE, a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, today announced it has donated two advanced water treatment systems to provide clean drinking water for more than 60,000 Chinese residents in Dongguang City and surrounding villages. Dedicated as a gift to the people of China, the systems are designed to help protect human health by removing fluoride for clean, sustainable potable water and to demonstrate how GE’s broad portfolio of water treatment technologies can be quickly and cost-effectively used by China’s communities.
Working in partnership with the Ministry of Water Resources (MWR) in China, GE, the official provider to the Olympic Games of water treatment facilities and services, will install and startup a full-scale water treatment plant in Dongguang City during the summer of 2008. GE is also supplying a mobile water treatment plant that will purify water for neighboring villages. This is the first time that an advanced mobile water treatment system will be used in China to bring clean water to areas that are not within reach of the nation’s centralized municipal water infrastructure. GE’s mobile water treatment solutions can treat virtually any water source and could potentially play a key role in helping China meet its goal of providing safe, reliable water supplies by 2015 to more than 300 million people living in rural areas.
“GE is extremely proud to celebrate the 2008 Olympic Games with our donation of ecomagination water treatment technology to the people of China,” said Jeff Garwood, president and CEO, GE Water & Process Technologies. “We are committed to leveraging GE’s broad portfolio of water solutions to help China achieve its clean water objectives for urban and rural citizens. The experience that we gain from this project will strengthen our ability to further help China and other nations leapfrog traditional infrastructure challenges to deliver clean water to hundreds of millions of people in the world’s remote communities.”
“These technologies will be a great benefit to the 60,000 Chinese citizens both now and after the Olympic Games in years to come,” said Li Yangbin, Director of the Center for Rural Drinking Water Safety, Ministry of Water Resources. “We are excited to collaborate with GE on this project to help accelerate a clean water source to thousands of people.”
Incorporating GE’s ecomagination-certified reverse osmosis membranes, the water treatment plants will remove virtually all bacteria, viruses, particles and dissolved pollutants from the water. In Dongguang City, treated water will be distributed through municipal infrastructure, while in outlying villages, the mobile treatment system will make regular visits to fill storage tanks with treated water. GE offers the world’s largest fleet of mobile water solutions that enable quick, response to for a full range of temporary or long-term water and wastewater treatment needs.
The advanced water treatment technologies that GE is donating today are part of a larger effort to help China implement an environmentally sustainable water management solution during the Olympic Games and beyond. The company has implemented several ecomagination water solutions for the Olympic Games including:
* China’s first advanced membrane rainwater recycling system at Beijing’s National Stadium to help maintain a sustainable supply of water for landscape irrigation, facility maintenance and a fire-suppression system;
* An ultrafiltration water reuse system at the Qinghe Water Reclamation Plant, which will recycle municipal wastewater for landscaping purposes during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games; and
* An energy-efficient nanofiltration system that provides up to 16 cubic meters of clean water per hour—equal to 32,000 bottles of water – for the National Stadium.
GE is the exclusive provider of a wide range of innovative products and services that are integral to staging a successful Olympic Games. GE works closely with host countries, cities and organizing committees to provide infrastructure solutions for Olympic venues including power, lighting, water treatment, transportation and security, and to supply hospitals with ultrasound and MRI equipment to help doctors treat athletes. In addition, NBC Universal, a division of GE, is the exclusive U.S. media partner of the Olympic Games, with its partnership also extending through 2012. For more information, please visit www.ge.com/olympicgames.
GE (NYSE: GE) is Imagination at Work -- a diversified technology, media and financial services company focused on solving some of the world's toughest problems. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines, power generation, water processing and security technology to medical imaging, business and consumer financing and media content, GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ge.com.
Contacts
GE, China
Geoff Li, +86 21 6288 1088 ext 588
+86 1391-818-9557 mobile
geoff.li@geahk.ge.com
or
GE Corporate
Lisa Lanspery, +1-203-373-3447
lisa.lanspery@ge.com
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