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Top Chinese award for Wetend Technologies Ltd
(May 06, 2008)





Golden bridge award presented to Wetend Technologies Ltd

Wetend Technologies Ltd has received a Golden Bridge Award for its TrumpJet technology from the China Technology Market Association (CTMA) of the Ministry of the Science & Technology, People's republic of China. TrumpJet has demonstrated remarkable savings in energy and fresh water consumption as well as reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in paper mills.

The significance of Wetend Technologies' patented TrumpJet technology that injects and mixes additives and chemicals into high-volume process flows easily, quickly and efficiently without the need for water. Thus the use of fresh or circulated process water and associated heating energy are eliminated, along with associated CO2 emissions. Wetend Technologies is supplying TrumpJet installations to China for the largest coated fine paper machine in the world. After start up in 2009, these systems will eliminate approx. 2.3 Million cubic meters of water per annum with considerable energy and CO2 emission reductions. 

Ceremony in Beijing

The Golden Bridge Award was presented by Mr. Han De Qian, Director of the Science & Technology Committee and received by CEO, Mr. Jouni Matula together with Director, Mr. Pekka Kotila of Wetend Technologies Ltd and Ms Zhang Ming, the General Manager of Wetend Technologies Ltd Beijing Representative Office, at a ceremony in the Great Hall of the People on March 28, 2008. Wetend Technologies was the first foreign company to receive a prestigious Golden Bridge Award.

"We feel particularly honoured to receive the Golden Bridge Award from the Government of China", said Mr. Jouni Matula, CEO of Wetend Technologies. "We have striven to develop new technologies that offer real benefits to our customers."



Environmental benefits

Golden Bridge awards, presented biennially since 2003 across a wide range of industries, aim to recognize and support new technologies, research and development, the introduction of advanced innovations in China, and development of an innovative , technically advanced and harmonious environment in China. 70 awards were made this year.

To date, Wetend Technologies Ltd has supplied 220 TrumpJet systems to 20 European countries, the USA, Canada, Japan, Korea, Indonesia and China. Altogether these installations save approximately 33 million cubic meters of water annually. The corresponding energy saving is 1.3 Million MWh, which in turn reduces CO2 emissions by 1 Million tpa. TrumpJet technology also reduces the consumption of the chemicals and improves the quality of the end product.

For further information, please contact:


CEO, Jouni Matula
Mobile tel. +358 500 340 909
jouni.matula(at)wetend.com

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