GE WATER & Process Technologies has unveiled its newly expanded water filtration manufacturing facility in Wuxi New Zone, China.
The company invested $US9m (around $A13.9m) into the 10,000 square metre facility to enhance its ability to provide Chinese industries and municipalities with advanced water technologies.
The developer says the plant will be able to assemble reverse osmosis filtration systems and ultra-filtration equipment for water purification, utilities optimisation and wastewater treatment applications.
According to the manufacturer, the factory will partner with GE’s China Technology Centre in Shanghai to create products like the rapidly-deployed packaged wastewater membrane bioreactor system and the ultra-low energy reverse osmosis system.
The opening ceremony was attended by GE executives and Wuxi government figures. The plant currently employs 55 people however the expansion is expected to create more jobs in 2009.
The company has also transferred the ownership of two advanced drinking water treatment systems to the Dongguang County.The systems were donated to provide drinking water for over 60,000 residents in the city and surrounding villages.