ITT supports China earthquake relief
03/11/2008
应用: Municipal Services
ITT Corporation has donated portable water purification units and replacement parts to support the humanitarian efforts in China’s Sichuan Province following the devastating earthquakes there.
The equipment is valued at $290,000, and will provide nearly 55,000 litres of safe drinking water per hour for quake victims living in relief shelters. ITT executive leaders and technicians are currently in Sichuan to train local workers to operate the equipment.
The response was fast, with lessons learned from supporting disaster victims in Sri Lanka in 2004. The equipment will satisfy more than 200,000 people with clean water, which is treated from surface water sources where there is an absence of electricity.
The units are simple to operate, and will help relief workers to prevent the spread of
diseases such as cholera and giardiasis.
ITT and its employees have also donated nearly $250,000 to support quake survivors throughout the region, in addition to a donation of $100,000 to UNICEF to support the victims of Cyclone Nargis in southern Myanmar (formerly Burma).
Lowara Srl Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, (www.lowara.com)
which is part of the ITT Corporation, is a leader in the manufacture of hydraulic pumps and water handling and control systems. It has 983 employees in Europe,
752 operating in Italy. In 2005 its consolidated sales totalled about 186.7 million euro, or over 232 million dollars.
ITT Corporation (www.itt.com)
supplies advanced technology products and services in key markets including: fluid and water management including water treatment; defense communication, opto-electronics, information technology and services; electronic interconnects and switches; and other specialty products.
Headquartered in White Plains, NY, the company generated $7.4 billion in 2005 sales. In addition to the New York Stock Exchange, ITT Corporation stock is traded on the Midwest, Pacific, Paris, London and Frankfurt exchanges.