Veolia to Provide Utilities for DuPont’s Manufacturing Site in Virginia, USA

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Veolia announced that it has entered, through its subsidiary Veolia
Energy Operating Services, LLC, into an agreement to upgrade, operate
and maintain the utilities infrastructure at the DuPont Spruance
manufacturing facility in Virginia, United States. Utility best
practices and efficiencies will help reduce costs and improve
reliability for DuPont manufacturing site.

Located in Richmond, Va., DuPont Spruance site is a major manufacturing
facility for the company and its largest plant.

Under a multi-year agreement, Veolia will operate and maintain the
site’s utilities. In addition, Veolia plans to upgrade the utilities to
be more efficient, and enhance performance and reliability, ultimately
helping DuPont reduce utility costs. Included in Veolia’s scope is the
operation and maintenance of the cogeneration facility that supplies the
Spruance powerhouse on the manufacturing campus.

Veolia also will continue performing waste collection services for 20
different locations across the site, and is responsible for packaging,
labeling and manifestation of all waste containers from the storage pad.

The partnership is part of Veolia North America’s growing Central
Utility Service program, providing Veolia’s expertise to the site’s
utility infrastructure. Veolia’s technology and innovation will help
drive improvements, including an in-house ability to design/build
enhanced and improved systems, which will result in reduced fixed costs
and improved performance guarantees.

“Together DuPont and Veolia have established a long-term partnership and
commitment to the Spruance facility. This is a strong example of
Veolia’s capabilities to serve as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for customers
seeking Central Utility Services. They’re able to focus on what they do
best, let us focus on our expertise in managing and maintaining
utilities infrastructure, and help them reduce their production costs,”
said Veolia North America CEO Bill DiCroce. “In this exciting
partnership, we’ll be working with DuPont to ensure more efficient,
reliable and sustainable utilities at the Spruance manufacturing site.”

Veolia group is the global leader in optimized resource
management. With nearly 169 000 employees worldwide, the Group designs
and provides water, waste and energy management solutions that
contribute to the sustainable development of communities and industries.
Through its three complementary business activities, Veolia helps to
develop access to resources, preserve available resources, and to
replenish them.
In 2017, the Veolia group supplied 96 million
people with drinking water and 62 million people with wastewater
service, produced nearly 55 million megawatt hours of energy and
converted 47 million metric tons of waste into new materials and energy.
Veolia Environnement (listed on Paris Euronext: VIE) recorded
consolidated revenue of €25.12 billion in 2017(USD 30.1 billion). www.veolia.com

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