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2011 A.O. Smith Corporation Water Technology Summit Successfully Held in Nanjing

2011-04-29
The 2011 A.O. Smith Corporation Water Technology Summit was successfully held in Nanjing from Mar. 30th to 31st, 2011. Senior executive of AOS Corporation, experts from Corporate Technology Center (CTC) and representatives from R&D, Marketing and After-sale functions in China Water Treatment team attended the event, with some suppliers invited as well.
 

Conference hall

 

Mr. Bob Heideman, Senior Vice President of Corporate Technology, made an opening speech on behalf of the Corporation and introduced the audience with conference procedures and major agenda. He also suggested that technology development should meet market demand. Representatives from the AOS Corporation and China AOS team shared thoughts and had discussion on marketing strategies, water treatment technology and product needs of the global market.

 

 

Bob Heideman, Senior Vice President of Corporate Technology is making an opening speech.

 

Technical experts from the Corporation then introduced the latest water treatment technologies, current product R&D schedules and long-term plans for new technology and new product R&D, including side stream RO water purifier, drinking water treatment strategy, tankless RO technology, electrochemical oxidation, energy-saving technology, innovation of electronic components and technique development and safety application of water treatment products. Application and development orientation of water treatment products are major topics discussed at the summit. Mr. Heideman also indicated that relevant technical information are available on the company website and further discussion and communication could be held directly with the CTC from time to time.

 

  
Ernie Lee, CTC Principal Engineer
 

 

Chuck Koehler, CTC Principal Engineer
 

 

Gorden Nameni,CTC Research Scientist
 

 

 

  Mr. Jonathan Hou from A.O. Smith (Shanghai) Water Treatment Products Co., Ltd. is presenting the side stream RO water purifier to the audience. The side stream technology features high efficiency and energy-saving, which can extend the lifespan of membrane elements while raise pure water flow, thus greatly lowering down the usage cost for consumers.

 

All participants were content with the results harvested at the two-day conference. They not only exchanged thoughts on market demand from different countries and regions in the world, but also shared the latest technical findings form the U.S. Corporate Technology Center. All members are inspired and confident about the business growth of AOS Corporation in 2011.   

During the two-day conference, all attendees shared happiness of success; meanwhile, they had also foreseen the challenges and pressures from the market. All components of the AOS team will continuously work hand-in-hand and further strengthen mutual exchange on information and technology. We’re quite confident to have a bright prospect on business growth in 2011 and will continuously commit ourselves to better serve our customers worldwide.