Mr Kallenberg, has business in the region recovered from the global economic downturn?
The crisis is not over yet, that’s for sure. But it has bottomed out, and we are starting to see some green shoots. Even the UAE is showing signs of recovery, with very large RO projects coming up. Saudi Arabia is going strong, the infrastructure projects there were never stopped. Qatar, Kuwait, Oman are all investing in infrastructure, and we are of course getting business from the oil industry. In which Middle Eastern markets do you see further growth? We are very well positioned in Saudi Arabia, and expect to benefit from future growth there. Besides seawater reverse osmosis, there is a huge market for purifying brackish water, and a lot of potential in the wastewater sector. In a country like Saudi Arabia, which relies one hundred percent on desalination, there is naturally a huge interest in reusing wastewater. We can offer the whole spectrum of products for this process, and are already engaged in big projects in Saudi Arabia where we make use of the membrane bioreactor technolog
