{"id":7041,"date":"2020-09-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/global-water-treatment-company-gradiant-acquires-sigma-water-malaysia-as-part-of-south-east-asia-growth-strategy\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:01:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:01:52","slug":"global-water-treatment-company-gradiant-acquires-sigma-water-malaysia-as-part-of-south-east-asia-growth-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/ko\/press-release\/global-water-treatment-company-gradiant-acquires-sigma-water-malaysia-as-part-of-south-east-asia-growth-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Water Treatment Company Gradiant Acquires Sigma Water (Malaysia) as Part of South East Asia Growth Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7041\" class=\"elementor elementor-7041\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-739d84ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"739d84ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c44f67b\" data-id=\"c44f67b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-647173dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"647173dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Singapore\u2013 September 20, 2020 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Gradiant, an international end-to-end water solutions provider, has acquired Malaysia-based Sigma Water Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd to expand its regional operations throughout Southeast Asia and provide support to its project achievements in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sigma Water Engineering, based in Selangor, Malaysia, is an industrial water and wastewater treatment company with repeated success in delivering industrial water treatment systems in Food and Beverage, Oil and Gas, Glove Manufacturing, and other various water intensive industries. Additionally, Sigma Water has a strong manufacturing front with a fabrication and chemical storage facility also based in Malaysia along with established relationships with both global and local customers, contractors, and other resources supplying Gradiant with further reach and experience throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Gradiant\u2019s award-winning technologies and strong financing capabilities alongside Sigma Water\u2019s project delivery and O&amp;M expertise presents the Southeast Asian water market with a new and significantly improved suite of sustainable and cost-effective solutions to water treatment. Gradiant will integrate its brine concentration product suite utilizing its proprietary Carrier Gas Extraction CGE\u2122 and RO Infinity ROi\u2122 systems with Sigma Water\u2019s engineering and execution abilities to better serve regional customers across different sectors. These customers will also benefit from the new asset performance management services that will manage plants remotely and on-site.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis acquisition solidifies Gradiant as the premier choice for complex wastewater treatment in the Southeast Asian water market. Sigma Water has the experience, the manufacturing scale, and the reputable network bolstering Gradiant\u2019s presence throughout the region and improving upon our customer offerings. Our collective approach will increase freshwater recovery, reduce harmful wastewater volumes to Zero or Minimum Liquid Discharge (ZLD\/MLD), improve asset performance and improve overall lifecycle costs for our customers. This means better for our environment and better for our customers\u2013 a true win-win,\u201d said Prakash Govindan, co-founder and COO of Gradiant.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited to work together with Gradiant and deliver their award-winning water technology portfolio to our growing list of customers. We can\u2019t wait to see the impact it will have here,\u201d said Swaminathan Tanjore, founder and Managing Director of Sigma Water.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes off the back of a strong year for Gradiant, which recently announced that it won\u00a012 projects in H1 2020\u00a0across Asia Pacific, ranging from the production of domestic water from rivers to treatment of high-contamination industrial effluent for reuse, including Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) applications.|<strong>\uc2f1\uac00\ud3ec\ub974<\/strong>, Gradiant, an international end-to-end water solutions provider, has acquired Malaysia-based Sigma Water Engineering (M) Sdn Bhd to expand its regional operations throughout Southeast Asia and provide support to its project achievements in Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sigma Water Engineering, based in Selangor, Malaysia, is an industrial water and wastewater treatment company with repeated success in delivering industrial water treatment systems in Food and Beverage, Oil and Gas, Glove Manufacturing, and other various water intensive industries. Additionally, Sigma Water has a strong manufacturing front with a fabrication and chemical storage facility also based in Malaysia along with established relationships with both global and local customers, contractors, and other resources supplying Gradiant with further reach and experience throughout the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Gradiant\u2019s award-winning technologies and strong financing capabilities alongside Sigma Water\u2019s project delivery and O&amp;M expertise presents the Southeast Asian water market with a new and significantly improved suite of sustainable and cost-effective solutions to water treatment. Gradiant will integrate its brine concentration product suite utilizing its proprietary Carrier Gas Extraction CGE\u2122 and RO Infinity ROi\u2122 systems with Sigma Water\u2019s engineering and execution abilities to better serve regional customers across different sectors. These customers will also benefit from the new asset performance management services that will manage plants remotely and on-site.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis acquisition solidifies Gradiant as the premier choice for complex wastewater treatment in the Southeast Asian water market. Sigma Water has the experience, the manufacturing scale, and the reputable network bolstering Gradiant\u2019s presence throughout the region and improving upon our customer offerings. Our collective approach will increase freshwater recovery, reduce harmful wastewater volumes to Zero or Minimum Liquid Discharge (ZLD\/MLD), improve asset performance and improve overall lifecycle costs for our customers. This means better for our environment and better for our customers\u2013 a true win-win,\u201d said Prakash Govindan, co-founder and COO of Gradiant.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very excited to work together with Gradiant and deliver their award-winning water technology portfolio to our growing list of customers. We can\u2019t wait to see the impact it will have here,\u201d said Swaminathan Tanjore, founder and Managing Director of Sigma Water.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This announcement comes off the back of a strong year for Gradiant, which recently announced that it won\u00a012 projects in H1 2020\u00a0across Asia Pacific, ranging from the production of domestic water from rivers to treatment of high-contamination industrial effluent for reuse, including Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gradiant \uc18c\uac1c<\/strong><br \/>Gradiant is a Different Kind of Water Company. With a full suite of differentiated and proprietary end-to-end solutions for advanced water and wastewater treatment powered by the top minds in water, the company serves its clients&#8217; mission-critical operations in the world&#8217;s essential industries, including semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, food &amp; beverage, lithium and critical minerals, and renewable energy. Gradiant&#8217;s innovative solutions reduce water used and wastewater discharged, reclaim valuable resources, and renew wastewater into freshwater. The Boston-headquartered company was founded at MIT and has over 1,300 employees worldwide. Discover us at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/ko\/\"><span class=\"s1\">gradiant.com.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gradiant has acquired Malaysia-based Sigma Water Engineering to strengthen its presence across Southeast Asia. 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