09.03.11 · End of Year Results

• First evaporative cooling system installed and operating ahead of expectations
• Omani desalination plant performance recognised at government and industry level
• Group financial position remains strong with £19.3 million cash and no debt Post year-end, Cogent Environmental acquisition bolsters water monitoring offering
• Post year-end, further sales of Cymtox units in important Chinese market

Commenting on the results, Modern Water Executive Chairman Neil McDougall said:

“We are proud to have recorded many important achievements across the Group during 2010. In the first half of the year we began operating our first Manipulated Osmosis (MO) evaporative cooling system in Oman. Testing has exceeded expectations and the potential for our technology to reduce power consumption and expenditure costs within a commercial setting has now been proven.

“Our existing desalination plant in Oman received important recognition during the year following a visit by the country’s Public Authority for Electricity and Power. The authority verified that operating expenditure is significantly reduced compared with a standard reverse osmosis plant. Modern Water also impressed leading trade journal, Water Desalination Report, which visited both Omani plants and gave the MO technology its highest ranking.

“During the year there have also been important commercial trials of our AguaCure technology and a further strengthening of the Group’s patent portfolio.

“After the year-end, we announced the acquisition of Cogent Environmental, a global environmental and process monitoring business. This addition to Modern Water has paved the way for the establishment of MW Monitoring, a new division focused on the water monitoring market. The division will also incorporate Cymtox, our existing toxicity monitoring business, which has recently delivered further sales of the Cymtox CTMTM units in China.

“The Group remains in a strong financial position with £19.3 million cash at 31 December 2010, and no debt. The key drivers for the business remain firmly in place and we are committed to bringing new water technologies to the global marketplace. We continue to focus on growing Modern Water’s commercial foot-print, through our own operations and attractive investments within the global water sector.”

 

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04.07.11 · Modern Water Cogent hosts Korean Delegation Fact Finding Mission to the UK

The new Cogent (UK) offices in Cambridge were visited by a party of 12 Korean visitors recently, representing The Ministry of the Environment, National Institute of Environmental research, Youngsan River Basin Authority, Daegu Provincial Environmental Office, Korean Environmental Corporation, Inchon City River Department, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, and Sangji University.

The purpose of the visit was to gain knowledge of the British water industry’s approach to the handling of pollution, particularly related to surface ground water. The delegation was also interested in discussing current legislation and future developments for the British water industry including technologies for monitoring and analysing pollutants in water.

The delegation was headed by Mr Ja Kwan Hu, Deputy Director of the Water Environment Management Bureau of the Ministry of Environment. After a brief introduction about the mission by Mr Hu, Neil Townend the General Manager of new Modern Water division MW Monitoring, welcomed the visitors and introduced speakers from various sectors of the industry who included Mrs Lila Thompson, International Director of British Water, Mr Andrew Chappell of the Environment Agency and Dr Adam Brookes of Anglian Water.

After an informative session, Neil Townend presented MW Monitoring and introduced the Cogent range of heavy metal analysers and the Cymtox range of toxicity monitors. This was followed by a practical demonstration of the Cogent equipment and a guided tour of the Anglian Water Cambridge WWTW.

03.05.11 · Cogent have moved!

Please check our new address and phone number.

03.02.11 · Modern Water Buys Cogent Environmental

Modern Water announce today the purchase of Cogent Environmental, a global provider of state-of-the-art environmental and process monitoring products, technologies and services. The acquisition represents an important strategic step for Modern Water’s existing water monitoring business, Cymtox, and significantly increases our offering in this developing market segment. As a result, Modern Water has established a new dedicated division, MW Monitoring, to consolidate our activities in the instrumentation and monitoring industry

For more information, please see our Press Release above.

4.09.11 – 11.09.11 · 11th IMWA Mine Water Congress, Aachen, Germany

Modern Water and Cogent are exhibiting at this prestigious conference throughout the week.

For further details, click here

03.05.11 · Cogent have moved!

Please check our new address and phone number.

03.02.11 · Modern Water Buys Cogent Environmental

Modern Water announce today the purchase of Cogent Environmental, a global provider of state-of-the-art environmental and process monitoring products, technologies and services. The acquisition represents an important strategic step for Modern Water’s existing water monitoring business, Cymtox, and significantly increases our offering in this developing market segment. As a result, Modern Water has established a new dedicated division, MW Monitoring, to consolidate our activities in the instrumentation and monitoring industry

15–17.03.11 · Aqua Netherlands Vakbeurs

Aqua Netherlands Vakbeurs, Evenementenhal, Gorinchem, Holland
Our Netherlands distributor BEST Instruments will be available on stand 206 at the Evenementenhal, Franklinweg 2, in Goringchem, showing off both the PDV and the newly launched OVA7000 online monitor.

For further details see:
www.evenementenhal.nl

For BEST Instruments, see:
www.bestinstruments.nl

Cogent to launch new online trace metals analyser at WWEM

Instrumentation specialist Cogent Environmental has chosen the WWEM 2010 event to launch a new advanced trace metals analyser that has been designed to provide highly accurate continuous monitoring in a low cost package that is ideal for both industrial and remote locations.

The new OVA7000 reduces monitoring costs and offers high levels of flexibility because it can be configured to meet customer requirements for both accuracy and speed.

Providing continuous unattended monitoring for a wide range of analytes (total As, Au, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Tl, U, Zn), the OVA7000 is suitable for applications including surface water, industrial wastewater and process water.

The analyser is ideal for remote sites because it can operate from DC power and offers both wired and wireless communications. A key feature of the instrument is the automatic pre-treatment that has been incorporated into the design to ensure accuracy and reliability.

New online Arsenic Monitor
The Cogent stand at WWEM (No 64) will also feature the 'OVA7000As' which has been specifically designed for the measurement of Arsenic in drinking water and incorporates a novel Copper reduction system which ensures the highest levels of performance.

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For further information, please contact:

Radha Menon
Cogent Environmental Ltd
184 Cambridge Science Park
Cambridge CB4 0GA
Tel + 44 (0) 1223 395450
www.cogentenvironmental.co.uk

Note to editors:
Cogent Environmental specialises in instrumentation for the testing and monitoring of heavy metals. The company has established R&D resources and technical personnel specifically devoted to solving the particular heavy metal challenges that exist; this is a focus that is unique to the market.

For further information, visit www.cogentenvironmental.co.uk

2009 · New lab application for cost-efficient metals analysis

COGENT Environmental has developed a new test cell, the 'SV Labcell', for use with company's market leading portable metals analyser, the PDV 6000plus.

The SV Labcell provides lower levels of detection and greater flexibility in analytical methodology, effectively turning the PDV 6000plus into a precise analytical laboratory instrument.

The PDV 6000plus is a portable metals analyser that provides fast, cost-effective analysis of solid or liquid samples for a range of metals including Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Mercury, Chromium and Nickel. The SV Labcell adds molybdenum, uranium and other metals to this list and permits the use of bismuth film techniques  removing the need for mercury film electrodes.

Many hundreds of these instruments are in use world-wide because operators have a need to be able to produce fast results without having to incur the cost and time delays of laboratory analysis. However, laboratory analysis is often required when lower levels of detection are required, for regulatory purposes, in research or in circumstances which demand a broader range of measurands.

Traditional laboratory equipment for the analysis of metals, such as ICP or GFAA, can be expensive to purchase and operate, requiring a high level of expertise. In contrast, the PDV 6000plus with an SV Labcell is relatively low cost, simple to operate and capable of producing high quality data.

Explaining the appeal of the new system, Cogent's Martin Butterfield says, "The development of the SV Labcell will enable our customers to produce data with much greater precision and resolution  easily meeting the requirements of the majority of practical applications and turning the PDV6000plus into a powerful research tool - all at a much lower cost."

For further details, see here.

For further information, please contact: Chris Welsh

09.09.10

After a successful trial in Izmir, Turkey, an OVA5000 has now been installed there to monitor arsenic levels in industrial effluent.

13.05.10

Three new OVA5000s are being installed in Holland this month. They will monitor incoming treatment water, to help identify levels of treatment required that will satisfy environmental discharge limits.

11.05.10

The training courses in Chile and Mexico were well attended by a mixture of customers from Bolivia and Peru, and local sales people.

22.04.10

Our UK Operations Manager will be holding a training course in Chile, where we have representatives coming from Brazil, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, to be trained on all aspects of ASV and how to use the PDV6000plus.

This could be potentially useful for civil emergencies such as earthquakes, where quick access to reliable water supplies are critical. He may also continue to Mexico afterwards to hold another training course.

01.02.10

An OVA5000 was successfully installed in Greece at the end of January. It will be part of an environmental project to monitor metals in a river which leads to a wildlife reserve in Central Greece.

28.09–01.10.10 · HET Instrument 2010

HET Instrument 2010, Amsterdam, Holland
Netherlands distributor BEST Instruments will be available at stand 1D087 in Hall 1, showing off both the PDV and the OVA5000. In the Live Lab area , they will demonstrate the PDV6000+ with the SV Labcell.

Visitors can get a free entrance ticket at:
www.hetinstrument.org

For further details on HET see:
http://www.hetinstrument.nl

For BEST Instruments, see:
www.bestinstruments.nl

05–09.09.10 · IMWA 2010

IMWA 2010, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cogent Environmental will be exhibiting both the PDV and the new version of the OVA at this mine water conference in Canada.

For further details, see:
www.imwa.info/imwa2010

09–11.06.10 · WIM 2010

WIM 2010, Santiago, Chile
Cogent will be exhibiting at WIM 2010 in Chile. CEO Chris Welsh will be doing a tour of Brazil and Argentina and then travelling to Santiago, Chile to attend the exhibition. He will be available for discussion and demonstrations.

For more information, go to: www.wim2010.com

17–21.05.10 · Arsenic Taiwan 2010

Arsenic Taiwan 2010, International Conference Hall of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan
The stand will be manned by Paul Lewtas, Asia Technical Manager, and Sam Hong, Regional Sales Manager. Paul will present a paper on arsenic measurement using Cogent instruments.

For more information on the exhibition, see here www.as2010tainan.com.tw

16–18.03.10 · Aqua Nederland Vakbeurs

Aqua Nederland Vakbeurs, Gorinchem
Our Netherlands distributor, BEST Instruments, will be exhibiting Cogent instruments at this fair. See them at stand 199.

24–25.03.10 · easyFairs

easyFairs, Antwerpen
Our Netherlands distributor, BEST Instruments, will also be exhibiting Cogent instruments at easyFairs. Visit them at stand 1117.

For more information, see www.bestinstruments.nl

21.11.09

Cogent are pleased to confirm that the PDV6000plus, and its VAS software, will run successfully in the latest version of Windows. This means that our customers can deploy the PDV using practically any version of Windows from 98 up to "7", without worrying about having to upgrade.

21.11.09

The Beijing Expo was very well attended by interested potential customers for its three-day run. Our new online monitor, the OVA7000, attracted much interest, and we hope to have an order confirmed by early next year.

07.11.09

Cogent CEO Chris Welsh reports that the FIMAI Expo in Brazil was very busy, with a lot of international interest. Visitor volume to the UK stand was high every day; enquiries ranged from geochemists working for mining companies, through to industrial companies monitoring discharge limits.

One other happy outcome was the signing of a new Brazilian distributor for Cogent instruments.

29.10.09

CEO Chris Welsh was delighted to accept an invitation to be the Team Leader for the British T&I contingent at FIMAI E SIMAI in Sao Paulo, Brazil, next week. This means he will be covering a broader remit than purely that of his own company. He will then travel to Chile to visit various sites at the invitation of our Chilean distributor.

23.10.09

CEO Chris Welsh reports that in South Africa, conference delegates flocked to see the two Cogent instruments displayed on the stand of our SA distributor, Geowater. He held useful conversations with many of the interested attendees, and gathered some useful insights into the environmental challenges facing South African mining operations.

01.10.09

Cogent Environmental is delighted to announce the appointment of Mr Sam Hong as our Regional Sales Manager for Asia. Sam will initially be responsible for sales into China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

01.10.09

Linux and VAS. We have established that VAS software is WINE-compliant in Linux Ubuntu 9.04. This means that VAS can be run in Linux, via WINE. Unfortunately, there is as yet no Linux driver for the PDV 6000plus, so this restricts the use of VAS to calculation and demonstration of VAS files only. Please let us know if a Linux driver is something that would be useful to you!

01.09.09

Cogent Environmental Ltd had their first-ever ISO9001 audit over 2 days in July 2009, at their Cambridge centre, which comprises both offices and laboratory space. The review dealt mainly with the Quality Management System for the manufacture of reagents, as well as the installation of the OVA500, its maintenance and repair. About 13 relatively minor inconsistencies were highlighted for review by the auditor. These have now been successfully dealt with, and an ISO 9001 certificate was issued on the 24th of August. Cogent Environmental is now officially ISO 9001-compliant in its manufacturing processes.

01.09.09

A detachable magnetic stirrer option for the PDV6000plus is now available to order. The original stirrer has a metal link to the stirrer motor which can be attacked by acid or alkaline solutions, making checking and maintenance a continual priority. The new stirrer is sealed inside plastic, solving the problem of solution contamination and attack at the same time.

07.08.09

Cogent are adding the LabCell as an option for the PDV6000plus instrument. It will help to extend the instrument's use in laboratories.

For further details, see here.

07.08.09

Cogent Environmental Ltd had their initial ISO9000 audit at their Cambridge centre in July. It went well, and we hope shortly to announce the issue of a preliminary certification.

18.06.09

Application Notes have been extended to include new metals.

18.06.09

New bismuth co-plating methods are now being finalised prior to being launched on this web-site!

18–20.11.09 · Water Expo China

Water Expo China
Beijing Exhibition Center, Beijing, China

The stand will be manned by Paul Lewtas, Asia Technical Manager, and Sam Hong, our new Regional Sales Manager. At this exhibition we will be demonstrating the SV LabCell, as well as launching our new ‘end of pipe’ on-line monitoring system.

For more information on the SV Labcell, see here.

For more information on the exhibition, see here.

12.11.09 · PSE Water Sewerage & Waste Exhibition

PSE Water Sewerage & Waste Exhibition
Bradford, UK

Martin Butterfield, European Sales Manager, will be attending the Water Sewerage & Waste Exhibition in England on 12 November. Our products & services will be available for viewing and discussion.

04–06.11.09 · FIMAI E SIMA

International Industrial Environment and Sustainability Fair
Expo Center Norte, Trav. Casalbuono, 120, Vila Guilherme, 04329-900 Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cogent Environmental CEO Chris Welsh will be attending the International Industrial Environment and Sustainability Fair in Brazil from 4–6 November, where he will be giving a presentation to a specially invited group of the top environmental companies in Brazil entitled Heavy Metal issues in Rivers and Lakes. He will be available for discussion and to share information on all Cogent Environmental products and services.

For more details of the conference, and to contact the organisers, please see here.

19–23.10.09 · International Mine Water Conference

CSIR International Convention Centre
Pretoria, South Africa

Chris Welsh, CEO Cogent Environmental, will be attending the International Mine Water Conference in South Africa later this year. He will be delivering a paper on the value and use of Cogent instruments to provide real-time online monitoring for heavy metals in mine waters.

For more details of the conference, and to contact the organisers, please see here.

31.8–01.09.09 · International Secondary Lead Conference

International Secondary Lead Conference
Venetian-Macau Resort Hotel, Macau, China

Paul Lewtas, Asia-Pacific Technical Manager for Cogent Environmental, will be attending the International Secondary Lead Conference in Macau at the end of August. He will be delivering a paper on the value and use of the Cogent OVA5000 in providing real-time online monitoring for lead and cadmium monitoring in effluent produced from process washes.

For more details of the conference, and to contact the organisers, please see here.

19–22.05.09 · Sustainability Live – Birmingham, UK

Sustainability Live – Birmingham

The OVA 5000 was shown at the Sustainability Live show in Birmingham 19–22 May on the Water Monitoring Association stand.

A consortium of employees of Lab21 Environmental backed by private equity investor, Sultan Scientific Ltd have acquired the business assets and commercial rights to the MTI range of products into a new company “Cogent Environmental Limited”.

Cogent Environmental has ambitions to build itself into a broadly-based integrated provider of environmental and process monitoring technologies and services including soil, water and atmospheric systems, working with it’s established network of distributors and partners in over 26 countries worldwide.

We remain totally committed to deliver accurate environmental and process information which enables our clients in the industrial manufacturing, mining, agriculture and public services sectors to take cost effective and timely actions based on reliable information, good judgment and evidence, said Chris Welsh, Managing Director of the new company.

Cogent Environmental will continue to operate it’s UK office in Cambridge, where it’s technical development and service centre is based, and a regional technical support office in Japan.

Cogent: “being based on good judgment, reasoning, or evidence”