NAPERVILLE, Ill., Feb. 26, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nalco Company (NYSE:NLC), the global leader in water, energy, air and process technologies and services that deliver savings for customers and improve the environment, announced that Chief Technology Officer Dr. Manian Ramesh will address the Water Footprint Summit USA today in Miami.
"Water is a crucial component in numerous industrial production processes and in cooling and heating any large facility," points out Dr. Ramesh. "For more than 80 years, Nalco has been helping customers optimize their water use. With increasing global water scarcity and increasing environmental restrictions, our ability to help those customers reduce water consumption, extend asset life, improve energy efficiency and cut waste helps them address the challenges of sustainable development."
Dr. Ramesh will speak on "Profitable Performance with a Smaller Environmental Footprint." The presentation covers several key topics, including:
* Measuring, analyzing and understanding your plant water costs * Creating a Base Line: Gathering operational data on water quality, flows and volume usage from water in to water out of your plant * Benchmarking Your Water Usage: Plant to plant, plant to Corporate, Corporate to Industry * Designing the path forward and implementing improvement projects to secure sustainable gains
Nalco technologies bring a number of benefits to customers and the environment -- cleaner water, less industrial use of fresh water, energy savings, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and reduction in air pollutants.
The Water Footprint Summit USA provides opportunities for representatives from a variety of industries to learn how to develop water use reduction strategies. For more information visit http://www.water-footprint-usa.com. Nalco is a co-sponsor of the two-day event.
About Nalco
Nalco is the world's leading water treatment and process improvement company, delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to our customers. We help our customers reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhance air quality, minimize environmental releases and improve productivity and end products while boosting the bottom line. Together our comprehensive solutions contribute to the sustainable development of customer operations. Nalco is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index. More than 11,500 Nalco employees operate in 130 countries supported by a comprehensive network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and research centers to serve a broad range of end markets. In 2008, Nalco achieved sales of more than $4.2 billion. For more information visit www.nalco.com.
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