BetzDearborn to Partner With USFilter to Offer Customers Single Source for Equipment and Chemicals.Business Editors TREVOSE, Pa. and PALM DESERT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Jan. 19, 2000 Companies Will Share Sales and Outsourcing Opportunities for Industrial and Municipal Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems The BetzDearborn and the Pulp and Paper Divisions of Hercules Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HPC (Handheld PC) A palmtop computer that weighs less than one pound and runs specialized versions of popular applications. Microsoft coined the term for its Windows CE operating system, which is an abbreviated version of Windows. See Pocket PC. ) and USFilter, a Vivendi Water Company, have entered into an alliance to sell jointly USFilter's capital and chemical feed equipment and Hercules' water and process treatment chemicals Announcement of the agreement was made by William A. Micsky, vice president and general manager of BetzDearborn, and Andrew D. Seidel sei·del n. A beer mug. [German, from Middle High German s  del, from Latin situla, bucket.]Noun 1. , USFilter's president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the two executives, by coordinating their complementary industry know-how, technical expertise, operating experience and product resources to enhance sales opportunities, BetzDearborn and USFilter will be able to offer customers single-source access to everything they need for the optimum management of water and wastewater treatment systems. "One of the most exciting aspects of this agreement is that it creates an extraordinary depth of outsourcing capabilities," said Micsky. "Working together, our companies can assume total responsibility for the efficient operation of any water system, starting from the ground up and including everything in the way of equipment, chemicals and management services. The agreement will expand the outsourcing sales of both companies." The agreement covers existing business as well as new construction projects involving industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment systems, including outsourcing the equipment, engineering, operations, maintenance and chemical management of industrial water treatment systems a customer sites. At present, the alliance will focus primarily on North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Water is the world's most valuable resource. And no single supplier can offer water system operators the assistance that we can provide through this cooperative marketing effort," said Seidel. "Our companies are leaders in their fields, each with the assets, technologies, products and personnel to help customers maximize performance and reduce costs. Our customer-oriented cultures fit together very well." BetzDearborn, headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania Trevose is a town in Pennsylvania, which is north of and borders northeastern Philadelphia. It is adjacent to, and shares a zip code with Feasterville, PA. It is not a municipality. Trevose lies partly in the township of Bensalem and partly in the township of Lower Southampton. , is a leading global supplier of engineered programs and specialty chemicals A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. for the treatment of industrial, commercial and institutional water, wastewater and process systems, with 75 years of experience. It became a division of Hercules Incorporated in 1998. The Hercules Pulp and Paper Division was formed as a separate operation at that time by merging BetzDearborn's and Hercules' specialized product lines and technologies for the paper industry. USFilter, headquartered in Palm Desert, California Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley (Palm Springs area), approximately 11 miles east of Palm Springs. The population was 41,155 at the 2000 census. , is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Vivendi, the world leader in water treatment and distribution services. USFilter is a leading global provider of commercial, industrial, municipal and residential water and wastewater treatment systems, products and services. It has the most extensive outsourcing experience in North America, including financing, engineering and design, project and construction management, capital equipment, and operation and maintenance. |
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