The last 12 months has seen an incredible amount of M&A Activity in the water sector ranging from acquisitions of some of the worlds largest water companies, to exits by Venture Capital and private equity funds.
The team on the stage have been personally involved in executing over $30Bn of water related M&A activity.
The panel will explore some of the most significant activity, what it means for the future, what trends this is setting and some of the strategic thinking behind these decisions.
Pentair acquired Norit CPT for an estimated $700M, in what was deemed to be one of the largest actionable ultrafiltration company acquisitions and has just announced an merger with Tyco Flow.
Nalco one of the worlds largest water chemical companies was acquired by Ecolab for $1.6Bn. We will hear what life is like when there is a merger of equals.
Xylem was of course spun out of the ITT Group, to become one of the largest pure-play water technology companies and has been active on its own acquisition trail acquiring among others, Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI).
Moderator: Ramesh Rengarajan, Angstrom LLC and member of BlueTech Forum Advisory Board
Speakers:
Philip M. Rolchigo, Vice President, Technology at Pentair
Manian Ramesh, Chief Technology Officer at Nalco
Johan Groen, Chief Technology Officer at Xylem Inc.
