Atlas Copco, ITT in Deal for Wastewater Plant Solutions

Sweden-based Atlas Copco and ITT Corporation of United States have entered into a strategic alliance to provide energy-saving solutions for municipal wastewater treatment plants worldwide, the companies announced earlier this month. An agreement for the global partnership was signed between Atlas Copco Airpower n.v. and ITT Water & Wastewater AB last week. The agreement stipulates that Atlas Copco's oil-free, energy-efficient blowers would be offered with ITT's aeration and mixer technologies as a joint package. The two compames claimed that combimng their technologies could result in products that reduce energy costs by an average 40 percent at the secondary treatment phase in wastewater plants...