By: Deborah Johnson Wood
In the last year, the Holland location of Siemens Water Technologies established 30 new jobs and hit sales of $85 million, triple its 2004 numbers. In the next six months, the firm expects to add another 10 manufacturing jobs.
The company, located on 112th Avenue, manufactures water and wastewater treatment products for a global market, including technologies for drinking water applications and municipal and industrial wastewater facilities.
“We’re a center of excellence for dewatering equipment like filter presses, belt presses and centrifuges,” says company spokesman Tim LeTourneau.
Dewatering equipment removes water from sludge to make it drier, lighter and easier to haul and dispose.
“The removal of metal hydroxide sludges is a large market for us," LeTourneau says. "In 2007, we booked $30 million in filter presses, which doubled the previous annual record for filter press sales.”
The company grew from 50 employees in 2003 to 180 this year, and last year added 20,000 square feet to its manufacturing facility.
“In terms of sludge dewatering, we help reduce hauling and handling costs for industries and municipalities,” LeTourneau says. “Our industrial wastewater equipment cleans out discharge streams to help industries reuse and recycle water, which is gaining momentum in water restricted areas, particularly in the Southwest where sales are on the rise and will continue to rise.”
Siemens Water Technologies is an industrial representative sitting on the MEDC’s Michigan Water Technologies Cluster Initiative, an initiative formed to drive Michigan’s multi-billion-dollar water technologies market as a catalyst for new businesses and jobs.
“We’re in business to clean up water,” LeTourneau says, “and we fit in very well in support of Great Lakes cleanup initiatives.
Source: Tim LeTourneau, Siemens Water Technologies
Deborah Johnson Wood is the development news editor for Rapid Growth Media. She can be contacted at [email protected].
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