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Newterra expands its footprint and capability with StormwateRx

Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, StormwateRx designs, manufactures, installs, and maintains stormwater treatment systems for a growing number of customers worldwide. With its Clara®, Aquip®, Purus®, and Zinc-B-Gone® products StormwateRx helps customers comply with strict discharge requirements by offering innovative, passive, modular solutions to keep site water discharge quality within prescribed limits. Especially adept at retrofitting existing sites, the talented team of engineers at StormwateRx are experts at designing solutions for stormwater and infiltration challenges. Every day they earn their reputation for helping in “Reclaiming the World’s Water®.”

Calvin Noling, President and Founder of StormwateRx, explains, “Joining Newterra will allow StormwateRx customers access to a broader range of new treatment technologies, and allow our products to be sold through their expansive and growing sales network. By combining the two companies, we will be able to penetrate new vertical industry sectors and geographies. Our philosophy of packaging equipment in a prefabricated, modular solution complements Newterra’s vision. Stormwater treatment offers a new water treatment application to the Newterra portfolio. Together, we believe we will become the leading global provider of high quality, water, and wastewater treatment solutions.”

Tom Vossman, CEO of Newterra stated, “Since we first visited StormwateRx, it seemed like a perfect match for both companies. Stormwater treatment is becoming increasingly necessary to keep our streams, rivers, and lakes clean. We were impressed by the company’s simple, modular focus on solving tough problems for its customers. The market is expanding beyond just the industrial sector and we believe by combining our two companies we can take advantage of numerous growth opportunities. We see a bright future for StormwateRx and welcome them to the family.”

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