Following on from our first management meeting in Annecy in the early Summer, senior management from across the SafBon group met in Cairo from 25th-29th to discuss our strategy going forward and support a number of customer seminars attended by influential Egyptian government officials involved in major infrastructure projects. Over the course of the week SafBon and experts from SWT, ItN and KWI met with officials to present our capabilities and discuss future projects inmunicipal waste treatment, desalinate on and ‘Waste to Energy’. The outcome wasextremely positive with the identification of a number of key projects that we have been asked to develop further. We expect to build up our presence in Egyptover the near term to support this key market.

Through a combination of presentations and round table discussions, the management team discussed building on the success of the Annecy meeting with emphasison the following points:

Internal communication is much better and we want this to continue by encouraging more visits between overseas colleagues

There are great synergies within the Group and a plan is under way to develop the market for KWI in the USA and South America through SWT. This strategy will be supported by SafBon China, offering group wide support in procurement, fabrication design and accounting. A winning combination!!!

ItN will also work closely with SWT to build the US market. Thanks to the hard work of ItN and SafBon China, our factory in China has successfully produced its first run of Ceramic membranes.  This is a great milestone for us and shows what can be achieved by working together. ItN and KWI will be attending the major Aquatech Exhibition in the Netherlands atthe end of October to continue promoting our leading technologies.

The importance of staff training was not overlooked and a plan to introduce a formal training and mentoring regime for staff is underway.

The greater cooperation between the group companies will bring us more opportunities bring us closer together…. An exciting road ahead！