Xylem awarded $12.3M contract with Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass to monitor industrial air quality safely

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 21, 2012-- Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, announced today that CMS Field Products, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xylem's OI Analytical brand, has entered into a $12.3 million contract with Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, a systems contractor selected by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives program. Through the contract, OI Analytical will provide a chemical-agent monitoring system that is based on its MINICAMS^® product line. The technologies will play an essential role in industrial air monitoring as part of a U.S. Army program responsible for safely destroying a stockpile of chemical weapons currently in storage.

“We are proud that Bechtel has awarded Xylem this contract related to a significant demilitarization program for the U.S. Government,” said Chris McIntire, president of Xylem’s Analytics businesses. “We believe that the selection of MINICAMS^® is a strong endorsement of the innovative technology developed under our OI Analytical brand.”

Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass will purchase MINICAMS^® systems and associated equipment for installation at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, which is being built to safely and efficiently destroy a stockpile of chemical weapons being stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. MINICAMS^® equipment will be used for low-level air monitoring inside the facility to inform workers if the presence of potentially dangerous chemical agents is detected.

MINICAMS^® are complete, continuous, near-real-time, gas chromatography-based monitoring systems for the analysis of chemical welfare agents, precursors, simulant materials and related industrial chemicals. Work under the contract is to begin immediately with shipments scheduled to commence later in 2012.

MINICAMS^® is a registered trademark of OI Corporation. To learn more about Xylem’s complete range of analytics products visit www.xylemanalytics.com.

About Xylem’s Analytics businesses

Xylem’s analytics businesses are leading manufacturers of premium field, portable, laboratory and online analytical instruments used in water and wastewater, environmental, medical, food and beverage, and life science applications. The company’s meters, sensors, analyzers and related consumables are used every day by thousands of end-users worldwide to analyze and control quality in countless industrial applications where precise measurement is required. Xylem’s analytics products are sold under the globally recognized brands YSI, WTW, SI Analytics, OI Analytical, Aanderaa Data Instruments (AADI), Global Water Instrumentation, ebro and Bellingham & Stanley. www.xylemanalytics.com

About Xylem

Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Launched in 2011 from the spinoff of the water-related businesses of ITT Corporation, Xylem is headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., with 2011 revenues of $3.8 billion and 12,500 employees worldwide.

The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xyleminc.com.

Source: Xylem Inc.

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