Announcement of the agreement was made by William A. Micsky, vice president and general manager of BetzDearborn, and Andrew D. Seidel, USFilter's president and chief operating officer. Working together, our companies can assume total responsibility for the efficient operation of any water system, starting from the ground up and including everything in the way of equipment, chemicals and management services. The agreement will expand the outsourcing sales of both companies. The agreement covers existing business as well as new construction projects involving industrial and municipal water and wastewater treatment systems, including outsourcing the equipment, engineering, operations, maintenance and chemical management of industrial water treatment systems a customer sites. At present, the alliance will focus primarily on North America.
Water is the world's most valuable resource.
Our companies are leaders in their fields, each with the assets, technologies, products and personnel to help customers maximize performance and reduce costs. Our customer-oriented cultures fit together very well. BetzDearborn, headquartered in Trevose, Pennsylvania, is a leading global supplier of engineered programs and specialty chemicals for the treatment of industrial, commercial and institutional water, wastewater and process systems, with 75 years of experience. It became a division of Hercules Incorporated in 1998. The Hercules Pulp and Paper Division was formed as a separate operation at that time by merging BetzDearborn's and Hercules' specialized product lines and technologies for the paper industry.