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ITT Flygt’s
N-pump was awarded its fifth award within the space of a year at
Europe’s largest environmental trade fair in Amsterdam.
Aquatech Amsterdam 2000, with over 740 companies exhibiting, is
Europe’s largest environmental trade fair. Held in the
picturesque Dutch capitol, the focus was on integrated water
management, and the way in which the borders between management
of drinking water, wastewater and industrial water are fading,
resulting in companies and organisations looking for total
solutions that cross these sectors.
The
International Aquatech Innovation Award was open to all the
companies participating in the trade fair, and a total of 53
took part. The award was presented to the company with the most
innovative product or service in wastewater technology or water
management. It was judged by professionals from both the private
and the public sector, on the basis of seven different criteria.
Five products
were nominated to the final, these included a new solution for
water disinfection without adding chemicals or using radiation,
a complete mini water treatment plant which eliminates
legionella, a service valve with two new innovations for tapping
and shutting off, and a water barrier which can transform
existing types of mobile barriers into mobile dykes.However, the
jury unanimously voted for the fifth nomination, ITT Flygt’s
N-pump, as "it is cleverly thought out and ready for the
market, and has already proved itself. It is a mature
professional product." The N-pump received the highest
average score on each of the criteria.
The N-pump won
a total of five awards in the space of a year. The first, when
it was named the Pump of the Year at the Processing Pumps and
Systems Award ceremony, sponsored by the British Pump
Manufacturers Association. The second was the IWEX Innovation
Award, sponsored by Turret Rai. The third award was received in
Poland at the Poleko International Environmental Fair, for the
foremost improvement for protecting the environment and the
fourth at the VODKa Water and Sewage Fair, in the Czech
Republic.
The seven
criteria for the award:
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innovative
character
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contribution
to environmental management
-
value added
to sustainability and water chain management
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clear
vision of water technology and water management
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identifiable
markets/market segments
-
practical
and international applicability
-
integration
of the drinking, processing and wastewater sectors
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