Under the agreement, Siemens will acquire a significantinstalled base of equipment in approximately 20 countries. The company  will continue to meet the needs of existing Portacel customers, and recently hired the former Portacel sales and marketing manager to continue overseeing sales of the product line at Siemens.

       The product supply and after market service agreement will bemanaged through Siemens Water Technologies' office based in the UnitedKingdom. Siemens is a leading global provider of chemical dosing,metering, disinfection, chlorination and electrochlorination products,sold under such leading industry brands as Wallace & Tiernan andStranco.

       Further information about solutions for water treatment are available at http://www.siemens.com/water

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