New cooperation in water management

De Nora, a glob­al leader in sus­tain­able tech­nolo­gies, announced this week the acqui­si­tion of the UV Tech­nolo­gies Busi­ness Unit (“CCUV”) from Cal­gon Car­bon Cor­po­ra­tion. The acqui­si­tion includes the RAYOX, SENTINEL and C3 SERIES UV brands for munic­i­pal and indus­tri­al water dis­in­fec­tion, as well as the prod­ucts, brands and assets of Hyde Marine, a glob­al leader in UV bal­last water man­age­ment systems.

 

“We are very excit­ed about this acqui­si­tion! It enables us to offer a full spec­trum of dis­in­fec­tion solu­tions to both the reg­u­lat­ed and non-reg­u­lat­ed water indus­tries. CCUV Tech­nolo­gies enhances the val­ue we deliv­er to our cus­tomers by pro­vid­ing solu­tions that are ide­al for their unique water treat­ment needs. This sup­ports our mis­sion to be a part­ner of choice in the water treat­ment market.”

- Dr. Mir­ka Wilder­er, CEO

 

The com­pa­ny has launched one of the first UV sys­tems with advanced oxi­da­tion process­es (AOP). The UV AOP tech­nol­o­gy is capa­ble of treat­ing mul­ti­ple con­t­a­m­i­nants that can­not be eas­i­ly removed with oth­er tech­nolo­gies. The acqui­si­tion will enable De Nora to accel­er­ate glob­al efforts to address these Con­t­a­m­i­nants of Emerg­ing Con­cern (CECs) and “peren­ni­al chem­i­cals” that are increas­ing­ly found in water sup­plies, along with its Cap­i­tal Con­trols® ozone AOP solu­tions. There are no uni­ver­sal mit­i­ga­tion strate­gies for noto­ri­ous con­t­a­m­i­nants such as chlo­ri­nat­ed alkenes (DCE, TCE, PCE), 1,4‑dioxane, vinyl chlo­ride, NDMA and many oth­ers. CCUV brings its exten­sive exper­tise and an inno­v­a­tive treat­ment algo­rithm to De Nora to opti­mize the design of large UV AOP treat­ment systems.

In the mar­itime mar­ket, the acqui­si­tion will help stop the spread of inva­sive organ­isms into new habi­tats via the bal­last water of com­mer­cial ves­sels. With the acqui­si­tion, De Nora adds UV bal­last water treat­ment to its port­fo­lio. With its exist­ing BALPURE® elec­trochlo­ri­na­tion (EC) sys­tem for bal­last water man­age­ment, De Nora becomes one of the few glob­al com­pa­nies offer­ing both UV and EC tech­nolo­gies in the marine mar­ket. This capa­bil­i­ty is crit­i­cal at a time when the indus­try is fac­ing unprece­dent­ed demand for high-qual­i­ty water treat­ment tech­nolo­gies required to com­ply with the Inter­na­tion­al Mar­itime Orga­ni­za­tion’s Bal­last Water Man­age­ment Con­ven­tion (BWMC).

Pao­lo Del­lachà, CEO of De Nora, enthu­si­as­ti­cal­ly wel­comed the group, say­ing, “The syn­er­gies between the two com­pa­nies are very strong — both bring excep­tion­al expe­ri­ence, a strong track record, sim­i­lar val­ue propo­si­tions and well aligned mar­ket chan­nels. Both are known for their focus on inno­va­tion and mar­ket devel­op­ment. I’m excit­ed about the oppor­tu­ni­ty to meet the tal­ent­ed and knowl­edge­able col­leagues who will be join­ing us in the com­ing weeks.”