Switzerland
8 articles in Switzerland
EUROPE WATER NEWS IN BRIEF Vol 11, Issue 3 (March 2010)
* Following the closing of the voluntary public takeover offer for Christ Water Technology, GLV Inc. now holds 92.6% of Christ’s voting rights.
NOT FOR SALE Vol 9, Issue 10 (October 2008)
* Shares you can’t buy as a result of the financial turmoil are UK-based wastewater treatment specialist Bluewater Bio, which has delisted from the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange only months after floating.
FLOOD NEWS Vol 8, Issue 8 (August 2007)
* Floods have been pushing water scarcity out of the news, here in the UK, in the US, Switzerland, China and South Asia.
Christ: the last water pureplay Vol 7, Issue 4 (April 2006)
The Swiss water treatment company would be a perfect fit for GE or Siemens, but chief executive Karl Michael Millauer has other plans.
Privatisation debate reaches Switzerland Vol 6, Issue 10 (October 2005)
The municipality of Emmen wants to corporatise its water utility. Opponents of the plan suggest it is the first step towards privatisation.
SUPPLIER NEWS Vol 5, Issue 3 (March 2004)
Algerian oil and gas company Sonatrach awarded a €1.7 million contract to Weir Entropie for the engineering and construction of a 1,440m<sup>3</sup>/d desalination plant.
PUBLICATIONS Vol 3, Issue 12 (December 2002)
UK: HSBC published its first ever joint equity and fixed income sector report.
Strong first half for Vivendi Environnement Vol 1, Issue 10 (October 2000)
THE NEW WATER SERVICES, ENERGY AND PROPERTY subsidiary of Vivendi, Vivendi Environnement, has posted first half 2000 net group profits of €105 million on sales up 38.6% at €12.5 billion. Operating profits in the reporting period went up 38% to over €860 million.
