Aqua-Chem to Address Oil & Gas Industry Needs for Water Purification Solutions at OCT2011 Show

April 27, 2011 - PRLog -- Aqua-Chem, Inc., a complete water purification solutions provider, today announced that it will be an exhibitor at the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference, the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources in the fields of drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection.  Aqua-Chem will be at Booth #3134 at the show, from May 2-5 at Reliant Park in Houston.

David Gensterblum, President & CEO of Aqua-Chem (http://www.aqua-chem.com/), said, “Aqua-Chem has been a leader in water purification technologies for more than 70 years, and serves the offshore oil and gas industry (http://www.aqua-chem.com/content/offshore-oil-gas) with the most innovative and comprehensive water solutions available.  We look forward to speaking with our industry colleagues at the OTC2011 conference (http://www.otcnet.org/2011/) about ways to address their needs that increase productivity and lower operating costs.”

In the last ten years alone, Aqua-Chem has launched more than two dozen new products, including increasingly large vapor compression systems, reverse-osmosis water purifiers, pretreatment and sanitary process distribution systems, waste heat plate type evaporators, vacuum vapor compression units and titanium and copper-nickel heat exchangers.

Over the last two years, the company has also expanded its product offerings to the global oil and gas industry through strategic acquisitions of its Matrix and Specific Equipment divisions, supporting both marine and land applications for mission-critical clean water.

For online access to information about Aqua-Chem’s solutions, go to www.aqua-chem.com.

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Founded in 1940, Aqua-Chem is a leading solutions provider in evaporation and reverse osmosis technologies and water pretreatment equipment, with a full array of engineering, manufacturing, installation, training and maintenance services. The company serves the needs of customers in the following major markets: offshore oil and gas, commercial marine, pharmaceutical, beverage, military and industrial markets. Aqua-Chem participates in the water, power and waste treatment and offshore water & fluid handling markets through its Matrix and Specific Equipment divisions and in the industrial water treatment market through Aqua-Chem Industrial Division. Based in Knoxville, TN, Aqua-Chem sells its products in more than 100 countries around the world.

Aqua-Chem is a portfolio company of Altus Capital Partners, Inc., an investment firm specializing in middle market manufacturing companies based in the U.S.