The second destination of the New Year research team, led by Mr.Hilling Chang, chairman of Safbon Water, came to Saarbrucken, an ancient city on the banks of the Saar River in south-western Germany. Here they visited the SafBon subsidiary, ItN Nanovation AG, who is specialized in CFM (Ceramic Flat Membrane) technology.

Saarbrucken is a rare mid-range border city which is located on the Saar River in southwestern Germany. It is bordering France and only an hour's drive to Luxembourg. ItN company only one kilometer from the French border. Here you can enjoy the French cuisine, and appreciate the Gothic architecture. Historically, here is not only the battleground of the military, but also the coal, steel town. Thus, during the Second World War, this city was suffered heavily.

During the journey, the group also visited Trier, where is the hometown of the great the communist Karl Marx. Trier is one of the oldest cities in Germany and was famous since Roman Empire period. It has a history of more than 2,000 years and breeds many historical celebrities. 2018 is the anniversary of Marx’s 200th birthday, his former residence will be renovated and permanently opened to the public.

The research team first listened to the reports from teams in the Middle East, South Africa, Europe and North Africa and found that ItN's visibility and brand influence continued to increase through last year's marketing. As an innovative technology, the ItN nano-flat ceramic film (CFM) has been ranked as the first peer in the industry by the international authority, GWI. ItN will continue to invest more in R & D this year, in collaboration with the ItN team in China, work more closely in order to make progress in MBR, ultrafiltration, seawater desalination, WTP, HTF products and industrial wastewater treatment to meet market needs in various countries around the world. For example, the cooperation with the ItN team in China will contributes greatly in solving the problems that China is faced, including heavy metals pollution, nuclear radioactive elements pollution at some area, and the substandard water discharging in water treatment plants (WTPs) and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Nowadays, a virtuous circle that started to emerge in China when the process upgrading is required in the most WTPs and WWTPs and the new supervision of environmental protection in papermaking, steel and electric power industries is continuously increasing. Under such environment-oriented situation, some well-profited companies start to take the initiative to carry out environmental management. We believe that ItN's ceramic membrane has entered a new era and will play an important role in the next five-year plan of Safbon Group.

Before the research team leaving ItN, the General Manager Mr. Koch was delighted to tell them that a large ItN container was just transported from the factory on the same day. The container was transported though Eurasian railway and would arrive SafBon, Shanghai within ten days. This container is loaded with years of MBBR technology R & D results from ItN. As a major product from SafBon R & D technical team, this device will be installed in Liantang wastewater treatment plant in Qingpu district. Based on the research and development of ceramic membrane bioreactor (MBBR), we believe that the installation of this advanced technology in Shanghai will effectively push China to make new breakthroughs in wastewater treatment plant upgrading.

During the investigation, Chairman Zhang Chunlin learned that there have been two Chinese students who have worked for ItN German companies, and are particularly pleased. Baan Water's overseas subsidiary will become a training base for international students so that the meaning of overseas mergers and acquisitions began to gradually come to light. A platform and a group of talented people, which is in line with the plan of cultivating 100 leaders of young talents at the beginning of last year put forward by Bawan Water. Baan Water's globalization plan, starting from this year will enter the crucial stage, we wait and see Pemba Water mergers and acquisitions of six half-Western high-tech companies will bring to the parent company what kind of far-reaching impact.