Partners and Sponsors
3S Media has become one of the largest business-to-business publication houses in southern Africa. Its mission is to share information and opportunities across various platforms, offering businesses and professionals the leading edge to grow and develop their companies and industries.
Rand Water Services is an industry leader and partner of choice in sustainable bulk water services.
Our mission is to deliver appropriate water services solutions to our customers competitively and jointly prosper.
For 148 years, Siemens has been active in Southern Africa, where it holds leading positions in its Industry, Energy and Healthcare Sectors, while Siemens IT Solutions and Services functions across all three Sectors. South Africa’s national energy challenge, coupled with the hosting of the Soccer World Cup 2010, has created a number of business opportunities for Siemens. The first new power stations in South Africa's democratic era provided by Siemens, namely the open cycle gas turbine plants at Atlantis and Mossel Bay in the Western Cape, are helping to ensure the reliability of the country’s power supply. In fiscal 2008 (October 1, 2007 – September 30, 2008), sales to customers in South Africa amounted to more than EUR 637 million. New orders totaled nearly EUR 721 million. Siemens currently has more than 2 000 employees in South Africa.
Umgeni Water is a Water Services Provider, established in 1974 to supply potable water in bulk to municipalities within its operational area. Its customers are eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality; Msunduzi Metropolitan Municipality and Ugu, Ilembe, Sisonke, uMgungundlovu and Sisonke District Municipalities. Umgeni Water concluded a successful financial year on 30th June 2009, having contributed significantly to good public health through the provision of safe drinking water, and socio-economic development through the provision of household and school sanitation and the rehabilitation of school structures. The organisation is poised to continue playing an important role through the implementation of its mandate.
The Water Research Commission operates in terms of the Water Research Act (Act 34 of 1971) and its mandate is to support water research and development as well as the building of a sustainable water research capacity in South Africa. It serves as the country’s water-centred knowledge ‘hub’ that leads the creation, dissemination and application of water-centered knowledge, focusing on water resource management, water-linked ecosystems, water use and waste management and water utilisation in agriculture. Being an innovative organization, the WRC is continuously providing novel ways of packaging and transferring knowledge into technology-based products for the water sector and the community at large, both locally and globally.
Zetachem, a member of the Omnia Group, is recognized as a major supplier of speciality chemicals to the water industry and is supported by a significant manufacturing capability within South Africa. The company produces and trades in a range of synthetic organic and inorganic coagulants to assist in liquid solid separation and is one of a few South African manufacturers of water treatment chemicals to operate under NSF and ISO 9001 Certification. Areas of application include potable water clarification, sludge dewatering and effluent treatment.