LG Chem to Supply RO Membranes to Egypt’s Largest Seawater Desalination Plant

SEOUL, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#DesalinationLG
Chem
(KRX: 051910) is stepping up a drive to lead the global water
treatment market after winning Egyptโ€™s largest project to turn sea water
into fresh water.


LG Chem announced today it has been chosen as the sole supplier of
Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes to a seawater desalination plant with
300,000-ton capacity which Metito, a global water treatment company,
will build in El Galalah and Port Said in Egypt.

It is the largest desalination plant in the country which can provide
fresh water to about 2 million people a day. LG Chem is scheduled to
supply RO membranes from the second half of this year.

Last year, LG Chem won an order from a plant in Oman with 250,000-ton
capacity. The two contracts brought LG Chem closer to the global market
leadership.

Salt concentration and water temperature in the Red Sea area including
El Galalah are the highest in the world, requiring RO membranes to
satisfy difficult conditions. But LG
Chemโ€™s RO membranes
are 25 percent superior to competitors in terms
of filtered water quality. They also save much energy.

LG Chem has supplied its products to Coca Cola, Panasonic and other
world renowned companies in the industrial RO membrane market, raising
its global competitiveness. It also has expanded its customer base to
various industrial fields at home and abroad. LG Chem has provided its
products to KEPCO in Korea, Shoaiba power plant in Saudi Arabia,
Petrobras, a Brazilian petroleum corporation, and the waste water
treatment plant of the city of Scottsdale in Arizona, the United States.

The sales of its residential RO membranes are increasing noticeably in
the fast growing region including China, India and Mideast countries. LG
Chem unveiled new products at Aquatech China 2017, the largest trade
show in Asia, in early June.

โ€œWe will provide our global customers with differentiated values by
utilizing our worldwide sales and technical support network of more than
16 countries. We will also take the initiative in the global market
leadership with bold and proactive investments,โ€ Cheoldong Jeong,
President of IT&E Materials Co., LG Chem, said.

For more information on LG Water Solutions and Reverse Osmosis (RO)
membranes, visit www.LGwatersolutions.com.

Contacts

LG Chem
Chang Seon Park, +82-2-3773-1114
[email protected]