• Chemical Processing
• Commercial & Institutional facilities
• Food and beverage production
• General manufacturing
• Healthcare
• Hydrocarbon Processing
• Medical dialysis and life sciences
• Microelectronics
• Mining & Mineral Processing
• Municipal water and wastewater treatment
• Pharmaceutical
• Power generation
• Primary metals production
• Residential
• Water scarcity relief

Water & Process Technologies History of Innovation
1925 William H. and L. Drew Betz, a father and son partnership, begin business in Philadelphia with three pioneering formulations for boiler feedwater purification, one of which would remain in production until 1974.
1948 Ionics was founded to pioneer technology in water purification and wastewater treatment.
1955 Betz evolves the treatment of cooling water systems with the first products in its Dianodic*series of corrosion control programs.
1969 Osmonics is founded in Minneapolis, MN, by D. Dean Spatz as an industrial oriented crossflow membrane company.
1970 Osmonics manufactures the first spiralwound membrane elements called separators, setting the standards to which all other RO/UF configurations are compared.
1972 The first RO zero discharge system to clean metal finishing waste is introduced by Osmonics.
1973 Osmonics introduces the first RO system for boiler feed pretreatment.
1975 The first demonstration by Osmonics of RO as a viable alternative to distillation in the production of USP water for injection.
1978 Dianodic II*, the first effective non-chromate cooling water program, is introduced by Betz Laboratories. Glegg Water Conditioning is
founded in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, by Robert Glegg to manufacture equipment in the electrodeionization, filtration, membrane and other technology areas.
1980 Dr. Andrew Benedek founded ZENON Environmental to help solve the world's water problems.
1983 ZENON begins manufacturing tubular microfiltraion and ultrafiltration membranes.
1990 ZeeWeed membranes by ZENON change the marketplace. The membranes are immersed directly into process tanks and need only a slight vacuum to filter water
1996 BetzDearborn is formed through the acquisition of Dearborn. Osmonics becomes the world's second largest manufacturer of membranes.
1998 BetzDearborn introduces Dianodic* Plus, the first and still the only halogen stable cooling water treatment program that effectively
controls corrosion and scale in the presence of chlorine and bromine.
1999 Glegg Water Conditioning, now a leader in providing innovative pure water solutions for industrial and engineering companies worldwide, is acquired by GE and becomes GE Water.

2002 BetzDearborn is acquired by GE and becomes GE Betz.
2003 Osmonics, Inc., headquartered in Minnetonka, MN, and one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of water treatment machines, components and equipment for the industrial, commercial and institutional markets, is acquired by GE and becomes GE Osmonics.
2004 Ionics, Inc. acquires Ecolochem, a leading provider of emergency, short and long-term mobile water treatment services. Water & Process Technologies, a division of GE Infrastructure, is formed through the integration of GE Betz, GE Osmonics and GE Water.
2005 GE Water & Process Technologies purchases Ionics to expand capabilities in desalination, water recycle / reuse and mobile water /
emergency water services.
2006 GE Water & Process Technologies purchases ZENON Environmental. ZENON brings industry-leading ultrafiltration membrane technologies
and MBR solutions that provide water/wastewater treatment and water reuse solutions for municipal, industrial, and land development applications.

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