Xylem Inc. celebrates its one-year anniversary as a leading provider of water equipment and applications expertise, solving customers’ most challenging water issues
“Xylem’s first year, guided by its vision of changing the way the world
addresses its water issues, was filled with extraordinary achievements,”
said
In its first year as a stand-alone company, Xylem delivered strong
operating results, executed its growth strategy and was recognized by
industry for high performance, while also increasing its presence and
business focus in the emerging markets of
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Xylem completed two acquisitions to bolster its growth platforms in
its first year. It acquired MJK Automation A/S, a
Denmark -based, privately owned leading manufacturer of flow and level sensors, and measurement and control technology for water and wastewater applications, to complement its existing global analytics portfolio. It also acquiredHeartland Pump Rental & Sales, Inc. , specializing in dewatering pump rental, services and systems design. This recent acquisition will strengthen Xylem’s dewatering solutions portfolio. - Xylem introduced a number of new products and services to help customers more efficiently transport, treat and test water and wastewater, with a particular focus on energy efficiency, improving water quality and enabling water re-use.
- Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index, which was a major acknowledgment of all the work the company has done to advance sustainable business practices and solutions.
- Xylem received the prestigious President’s Excellence Award in Corporate Philanthropy from the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy in recognition of its Xylem Watermark program, the company’s signature social investment effort that provides and protects safe water resources in communities around the world.
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
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.
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