ZENON Environmental is a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 water

Water

Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...

 treatment company based in Oakville

Oakville, Ontario

Oakville is a town in Halton Region, on Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. As of the 2006 census the population was 165,613.-History:In 1793, Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. Founded in 1980, it specialises in manufacturing ultrafiltration membranes and provides engineering support for its worldwide plants.

On March 14, 2006, GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of GE agreed to acquire ZENON Environmental for the amount of $24 CAD / share. This deal was successfully completed in early June 2006.

In 2003 ZENON Environmental was presented with the Stockholm Industry Water Award

Stockholm Industry Water Award

The Stockholm Industry Water Award recognizes impressive contributions made by businesses and industries to improve the world water situation. The honorary prize has been awarded annually since its inception in 2000 with an aim to encourage and reward improved business performance, production and...

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In March 2010 the former Zenon, now GE Water and Process Technologies since 2006, will move its operations to Hungary.