Water Planet has launched its new membrane filtration product, PolyCera, which it claims outpaces the current range of polymeric membranes, and costs less.

Evoqua Water Technologies together with Neptune Benson which it acquired in June, has bought ultraviolet C technology specialist Delta Ultraviolet.

Specialty chemicals manufacturer Laxness has reported net income down 13.8 per cent to E75 million in the second quarter of 2016, on sales that decreased by 7.7 per cent to E1.94 billion.

Consolidated Water has reported net income of $2.2 million for the second quarter of 2016, flat year-on-year, on revenues that rose by 6 per cent to $15.4 million.

German water technology provider Akvola has secured series A financing from a cabal of investors to support its next phase of growth through hiring new talent and driving sales.

The midstream division of Holland Services oversaw all aspects of the pipeline from design, engineering, right of way, environmental, construction, and testing.

Craig Frendewey, Senior Vice President, will take full responsibility of its North American operations.

Mediatek will be in volume production on TSMC’s 10nm process in Q1 2017, reports DigiTimes. Three clients have taped out on 10nm according to TSMC and TSMC says it expects to get its first 10nm revenues in Q1. One of these three tape-outs could be from Apple which will be going into 10nm production at …

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Thanks to Bloomberg and SWF Investment for this one – the eight biggest sovereign wealth funds: $bn Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund 2000 Norway 850 Abu Dhabi 800 China Investment Corp 750 Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency 600 Kuwait 600 SAFE Investment China 475 Hong Kong 450

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Intel is said to be paying over $350 million for a two-year-old 48-person start-up called Nervana, which is involved in deep learning and AI

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