Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS), a leading provider of flow control
products and services for the global infrastructure markets, today
announced it has received three orders for energy recovery devices for
seawater reverse osmosis desalination projects in Spain, including the
Campo de Dalais project, which will utilize its CALDER Dual Work
Exchanger Energy Recovery (DWEER) units.
The other two additional orders are for energy recovery turbines and a
retrofit of an existing DWEER installation. The combined value of the
three orders for these projects total more than 2.2 million Euros (3
million USD) and represent more than 100,000 cubic meters (25 million
gallons) of daily desalination capacity.
"We are pleased with how global desalination customers have responded to
our acquisition of CALDER desalination products and technologies, which
gives us increased confidence in the strong growth potential of these
new Flowserve products,” said Lewis Kling, Flowserve President and Chief
Executive Officer.
The orders were booked in the second quarter of this year.
"Throughout the world, population growth and urbanization are creating
the need for fresh water in areas where demand exceeds supply. Flowserve
recently acquired CALDER energy recovery products and technology for
global desalination projects to compliment our existing flow management
products, and to help countries around the world meet their growing
water needs through desalination,” added Kling "As we continue to work
hard to expand our market share in the water industry, we look forward
to not only providing the energy recovery devices needed for a more
energy efficient desalination process, but also our total integrated
desalination flow control system including pumps, valves and seals. We
will also support this desalination market through Flowserve’s extensive
Quick Response Center (QRC) network and hundreds of sales support team
members worldwide.”
Spain is the largest desalination market in the Mediterranean region,
which has experienced water shortages. Other Mediterranean countries are
similarly investing in desalination technology.
Flowserve’s CALDER products and technologies specialize in the design,
engineering and supply of energy recovery equipment and related
proprietary technologies for the reverse osmosis process used in
desalination plants around the world. CALDER’s energy-recovery
technology is designed to capture and reuse waste energy in the
desalination process, lowering net energy consumption and improving
overall process efficiency.
About Flowserve Corp.
Flowserve Corp. is one of the world’s leading providers of fluid motion
and control products and services. Operating in more than 55 countries,
the company produces engineered and industrial pumps, seals and valves,
as well as a range of related flow management services. More information
about Flowserve can be obtained by visiting the company’s Web site at www.flowserve.com.
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