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Confirmation received on $8 million of US-AEP-assisted U.S. sales
US-AEP�s Operations Group recently received
confirmation of sales in Asia from two US-AEP-assisted U.S. firms. Totaling
more than $8 million, these sales were facilitated by the program�s field
representatives in Korea and Thailand.
Illinois
firm signs $2 million contract in Korea
Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc. (AAS) of Rockford,
Illinois, won a $2 million contract from Samsung Corporation in South Korea.
AAS is supplying systems for a wastewater reutilization project at Incheon
International Airport, which is currently under construction. The sale was
achieved after several years of promotional efforts by the company and more
than two years of ongoing business counseling from the US-AEP Office of
Technology Cooperation in Korea. The wastewater project is underway and is
expected to be completed by January 2000. In addition, AAS is now in talks
with the South Korean municipalities of Kwangyang and Yosu, which are
interested in using the firm�s technology to remove phosphorus from
wastewater systems. The US-AEP/Korea team continues to assist AAS in its
sales efforts.
Metcalf &
Eddy continues success in Thai infrastructure market
US-AEP�s active business counseling in
Thailand led to a $6.2 million project management contract for Metcalf &
Eddy International Inc. The firm, headquartered in Wakefield, Massachusetts,
managed work on the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration�s Yannawa wastewater
project, which totaled $200 million. An additional success for Metcalf &
Eddy�a $100,000 job for consulting services for the Phuket Municipality in
Thailand�was facilitated by US-AEP and the U.S. Agency for International
Development. Though a small sale, the job launched the U.S. firm�s re-entry
into the Thailand market. This work has led to additional recent successes
for Metcalf & Eddy in the sewage and water sectors; look for details in next
week�s edition.
ADB to
establish a Web-based Asia Recovery Information Center
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), a US-AEP partner,
has approved a $1 million technical assistance grant to establish an Asia
Recovery Information Center. This Internet-based tool will provide reliable
and up-to-date information on the Asian financial crisis and the pace of
recovery. Users of the website�including governments, nongovernmental
organizations, international aid agencies, and the private sector�will be
better able to respond to changing economic conditions in the Asia-Pacific
region. Funding for the project is provided through a grant from the
Australian Agency for International Development. Watch ADB�s website for
details: <http://www.adb.org>.
Health
impacts of diesel fuel use highlighted at Philippines event
Widely used for urban transport in Metro Manila, diesel fuel also
contributes substantially to air pollution in the area. To help combat this
problem, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and US-AEP sponsored a July 9
seminar in Manila focusing on the health impacts of diesel fuel.
Several organizations collaborated
to arrange the seminar. The National Council of Women of the Philippines
co-sponsored the event, and US-AEP�s Technology Representative in the
Philippines provided successful support and coordination. In addition, the
California Environmental Partnership (CEP) selected seminar speaker Dr. John
Budroe of the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA), while
US-AEP�s Environmental Exchange Program made logistical arrangements for his
participation.
Dr. Budroe�staff toxicologist of Cal/EPA�s
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment�presented information on
the adverse health impacts of breathing diesel exhaust. He also cited
statistics on Manila�s diesel exhaust particulate levels and lung cancer and
respiratory disease incidence.
Seminar attendees, numbering approximately forty, included operators and
owners of trucks and buses as well as officials from several government
agencies: the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
Department of Transportation and Communication, Metro Manila Development
Authority, and the Philippine House of Representatives� Committee on
Ecology. Representatives from various private sector and environmental
groups also participated.
The event represents a larger CEP
effort to improve air quality in Metro Manila and is part of the ongoing Air
Quality Improvement Sector Development Program funded by the Asian
Development Bank. [Note: US-AEP�s Environmental Exchange Program is
implemented by the Institute of International Education.]
Illinois, Maryland, and Vermont environmental firms win US-AEP Tech Fund
grants.
On July 29, three U.S. companies were awarded $20,000 US-AEP
Environmental Technology Fund grants to help them better compete in the
Asian marketplace. Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc., a
Rockford, Illinois-based firm, internationally manufactures
equipment and processes used in the biological treatment of wastewater. (See
lead story.) The company will use the grant funding to market its products
in Korea. The Antaeus Group, a Hunt Valley, Maryland-based firm,
manufactures infectious medical waste treatment products. Antaeus will use
the grant to market its products in Thailand. Finally, Clean Earth
Technology, Inc., a North Ferrisburgh, Vermont-based company,
develops, manufactures, and sells its own line of products of groundwater
remediation equipment. Clean Earth will use the grant to market its products
in Taiwan, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Small- to medium-sized U.S. companies�up to $50 million in annual
revenue�are eligible for the grants program. In six years of operation, the
Tech Fund has facilitated 300 projects resulting in over $350 million in
export sales of U.S. environmental products and technologies. The program is
administered for US-AEP by the National Association of State Development
Agencies (NASDA).
New on the
US-AEP website
Check out a few of the new items on US-AEP�s website, located at
https://www.usaep.org:
An article written by Chi-Sun Lee, US-AEP/Korea,"Business Partnerships
Lead to Environmental Improvement." Published in The Journal,
American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, July/August 1999. Read it at:
https://www.usaep.org/articles/article36.htm...
By popular demand, even more energy/global climate change links at
https://www.usaep.org/resource.htm#12 ...
And, a speech given by US-AEP Deputy Director Richard Sheppard at the
Asia Pacific Roundtable on Cleaner Production, April 1999, in Brisbane,
Australia. You�ll find the speech at:
https://www.usaep.org/speech/speech14.htm
Farewell
... and welcome!
On July 28, US-AEP said farewell to Patrick
Terrien, manager of the Operations Group and three-year US-AEP
veteran. He has accepted a position as director of corporate membership
development for a Columbus, Ohio, nonprofit children�s science museum.
Patrick will be missed! Warm greetings go to Ms. Eun-Hee Rim,
who joined the Operations team July 28. Formerly of US-AEP�s Office of
Technology Cooperation in Korea, Eun-Hee can be reached at 202-835-0333 x
135 or via e-mail at: erim@usaep.org. |
