GUELPH, ON, Oct. 17, 2011 /CNW/ - ENPAR Technologies Inc. (TSX-V:ENP) ("ENPAR" or "the Company"), is pleased to announce that Dr. Gene Shelp, President and CEO, has been invited by Miahona (see ENPAR news release of October 13, 2011) to speak at the 1st NACE - JUBAIL Industrial Forum (www.nace-jubail.org/Form/techprog.aspx) to be held in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on October 17-19, 2011. The conference will focus on industrial water treatment and corrosion protection.
Also, Dr. Shelp will attend the trade show booth sponsored by Miahona. The Company welcomes this opportunity for ENPAR and Miahona to introduce the ENPAR suite of novel, state-of-the-art, electrochemical water treatment technologies to plant managers and professional engineers representing the pre-eminent Saudi based petro-chemical and petroleum corporations.
This joint effort represents an important first step toward forging a successful business alliance as contemplated in the recently executed Memorandum of Understanding between the two parties.
About Miahona
A fully-owned subsidiary of the Arabian Company for Water and Power Development Ltd. (ACWA Holding - www.acwaholding.com), Miahona (www.miahona.com) is a world-class company which provides management services for urban utilities (management and concession) for water supply, waste water collection and treatment facilities. The Company develops, owns and operates waste water treatment plants based on EPCO/BOO/BOOT/BOT models. As a leading integrated company, Miahona also offers urban utilities engineering consultation in water and wastewater disciplines in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Middle East & North Africa region.
About ENPAR Technologies Inc.
ENPAR is a "Technology Company" applying its patented and proprietary "Electrochemical Technologies" to the treatment of waste water, desalination water and drinking water contaminated by metals or nutrients, i.e., nitrate/ammonia associated with the mining, metal processing, chemical, agricultural, municipal and waste management sectors. The common shares trade on Tier ll of the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "ENP". At present, ENPAR holds a total of 21 patents and has submitted numerous additional patent applications related to six distinct technologies.
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