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From Annual Report 2023
Aquarius Spectrum’s great leak detection record
Aquarius Spectrum’s advanced leak detection technology has saved some 26 billion litres of water – equivalent to 10,500 Olympic pools. Its new portable device, the IQ100B, takes just seconds of audio recording to create a heat map to detect network leaks.
From Annual Report 2023
Joining forces with key strategic partners
Our belief in the power of open innovation is helping us build an ecosystem of key partners.
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Fostering collaborative research and co-creation
Our Research hubs are leading our efforts to collaborate openly with customers and key partners.
Read moreFrom Annual Report 2024
Engineering software: Models of success
Developed in-house, the Akasison® AutoPlanner software is a true example of technical service innovation used for evacuation of rainwater in a fast and efficient way. It is used to design and engineer siphonic roof drainage systems for evacuation of rainwater from large roof areas in a fast and efficient way. AutoPlanner automates difficult and time-consuming hydraulic calculations. It allows our technical teams to quickly provide safe, precise and constructible design options to customers. Additionally, we are now ready to meet specific project requirements resulting from industry’s adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM). In 2024 alone, AutoPlanner helped us win key projects across the world.
Read moreFrom Annual Report 2022
The science and engineering at our core
Our three main Research hubs work closely with customers to create the solutions they want, and society needs.
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Innovating in modular building
Our new modular dry riser solution is aimed at the fast-growing modular building market, currently worth €65 billion
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“At our Elancourt research centre we act for water, humanity and nature. Our customer engagement strategy helps define innovation from ideation to industrialisation, and in every innovation, we make sustainability a key criterion.” Pascal Chapon, Director of Paris Research Hub
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A 100% recyclable wastewater disposal system
Working closely with customers and our Paris Research Hub, our French brand Nicoll has launched the first eco products using bio-resins made from salt and bio-ethylene instead of being derived from fossil fuels. The HOMETECH® silent wastewater disposal system is 80% bio-attributable PVC resin and 20% recycled plastic, making it 100% recyclable.
Additional sales
€260m
To enhance customers’ experience we’ll triple R&D spending between 2020 and 2025. Last year, sales of products fewer than five years old rose from 4.3% to 6.2%, representing €260 million in additional sales. The 2025 target is 10%.
From Annual Report 2022
From concrete to slim
Inspired by Lego bricks, an innovative team in India has developed a durable and hygienic alternative to traditional concrete water tanks. The 2,000 litre slim tanks are made of carefully selected plastic materials and can be linked together in sequence (like those famous bricks) to meet local demand.
From Annual Report 2022
Hot water – at less cost
A new system to heat water could help households to make savings on energy bills.
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Aliaxis BIM – a digital modelling system with a difference
Find out how one customer describes using our Building Information Management system to model a residential development in Colombia.