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Niklas, production technician at PWS, inspecting the CUBO for Ljungby lasarett.

Renews sterile central - choses a CUBO 300

2020-06-16

In 2016, PWS delivered a CUBO to Ljungby lasarett. And now Region Skaraborg is ordering another one for the growing business in Småland. In the same time that the sterilization center is installing new autoclaves, an investment is made in a CUBO 300 with EDI to ensure continuous production of the highest quality pure water.

- The CUBO will be manufactured at the beginning of June at our new production facility in Falun. Installation and commissioning are done on site by a PWS technician the week after midsummer. The job involves only a minor pipe job, as the sterile center is wall to wall with our clean water plant, says Lars Wiklund, PWS founder and CEO.

The upgrade of the sterile center is part of a long-term extension of the Ljungby lasarett. Since CUBO is designed to work alone or paired, it is extremely easy to get larger volumes of pure water in the future. All it takes is one more CUBO.

- The fact that we received this order is largely due to the fact that the staff at Ljungby lasarett are very satisfied with their first CUBO. It's a little extra fun with repeat customers. We will ensure that they are just as satisfied with the results this time around, Lars Wiklund notes.

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Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore opened as early as 1844.
Two CUBO / Getinge WPT will be installed here.

Singapore chooses CUBO - again

2020-04-28

PWS has sold two more advanced water treatment plants to Singapore. This time it is one of Singapore's oldest and largest hospitals that chooses CUBO / Getinge WPT.

- The order comes through our global partner Getinge. The machines will be delivered and commissioned in August and this will be done by a service technician from PWS, provided that the ongoing covid-19 pandemic rings - which we all really hope for, says Lars Wiklund, PWS CEO and founder.

In December 2019, a CUBO was launched at Private Raffles Hospital in Singapore. It has served as a reference object in this context. The most recent customer in the Asian metropolis is Tan Tock Seng Hospital with 1,700 care sites, also called "People's Hospital". They order two CUBO / Getinge WPT 500 EDI.

- We have also been given the confidence to design and assemble the loops for the purified water. Eight dish disinfectants signed Getinge are to be supplied with our ultra clean water. We know that the customer looked at solutions other than ours and that they looked at our machine at Raffles Hospital before making their decision. Lars Wiklund notes that this always feels extra fun.

At the time of writing, PWS has very good inventory levels of critical components. Deliveries from the US, Asia and Europe to the fast-growing company are running as usual. The machines for Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and others ordered by Swedish customers at the beginning of the year, are being built as planned at PWS's head office and production facility in Falun.

- Since our products are used in hospitals and we have been running since 2001, we are prioritized by our partners and suppliers. In fact, our order intake is very good even now, which we are very grateful for, says Lars Wiklund and concludes:

- The world has not stopped, even though it sometimes feels and looks like it. The pandemic has hardly affected our company at all, if we talk numbers. On a human level, no one can say how frightening and sad this is for everyone affected.

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A new CUBO 500 is now to be found on an installation floor, plan 13, at Linköping University Hospital.

Higher performance in Linköping

2020-03-10

- Linköping University Hospital needs the best water available. At the same time, more and more ultra-pure water is used in hospital processes. Therefore, we are now installing a CUBO 500 that specifically supplies operating rooms, thoracic clinics and clinical chemistry, thereby reducing the pressure on the sterile center's clean water production, says PWS project manager and production technician Janke Wiklund.

Since 2007, a clean water plant signed by PWS has supplied the hospital's sterile center with pure water. The dishwashers and autoclaves are now replaced and therefore the purified water is no longer sufficient for both the sterilization center and other departments. The solution is the above mentioned CUBO, which produces 500 liters of ultra-pure water per hour.

- The change also means a lot of pipe work to optimize the flow of pure water in the sterile center. For example, we change from simple to double loops. There will be about 500 meters of pure water pipes when everything is ready in 2021. What complicates the matter somewhat is that the sterile center is in operation when the work is carried out, but we have long experience of this as well, says Janke Wiklund.

The CUBO, which supplies operating rooms, thoracic clinics and clinical chemistry, was commissioned at the end of February. PWS's partner Getinge delivers the new machines to the sterile center. Janke Wiklund summarizes:

- With this investment in a new CUBO and new pure water loops, Linköping University Hospital further increases the performance and safety of its pure water production, which in turn increases the reliability of the new dishwashers and autoclaves.

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Since 2017, a CUBO has been operating here at Hospital General Plaza de la Salud.

The latest clean water plants for the Dominican Republic are installed in the new Ciudad Sanitaria Dr. Luis E. Aybar.

CUBO for prestigeful project in the Caribbean

2020-01-30

Two more CUBO are exported to the Dominican Republic, one CUBO 500 and one CUBO 150. Since they are delivered to, and specially adapted for, Getinge they carry the name Getinge WPT.

- They will being installed in a new medical center, "Nueva Ciudad Sanitaria Dr. Luis E. Aybar", in buildings specially built for cardiology, general surgery and maternal care. It is a very large project for the Dominican Republic, states Marisol Escudero Gómez, Business Area Manager Latin America at PWS's partner Getinge.
- The order follows the delivery of a unit to the "Hospital General Plaza de la Salud" 2017. That customer has provided very positive feedback, has had no problems with their clean water drainage and is very satisfied, says Marisol Escudero Gómez, who is based in Mexico.

Lars Wiklund, PWS CEO and founder and engineer of CUBO, was in Mexico City and visited Getinge's staff in connection with previous delivery. He notes that the two Dominican Republic facilities are the first to be manufactured according to the ETL certification recently obtained by CUBO / Getinge WPT.

- This means that they contain a number of special components and meet the electricity standard for the USA and Canada. Our water treatment plants for the Dominican Republic are part of a larger solution where they produce the clean water needed for Getingen's dishwashers and autoclaves to function optimally and clean and sterilize surgical equipment, Lars Wiklund says.

The facilities are being built at PWS head office and production facility in Falun. They are delivered at the end of February / March.

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2019

Expansive Norrlands University Hospital in Umeå is very careful about its water quality

" The machines works like a charm "

2019-12-05

UMEÅ
Two large CUBO originals.
Two CUBO Compact.
Two CUBO Mini.
- The machines works like a charm. They basically have no down time and are easy to maintain, says Jon Lycksell, a technician at Norrlands University Hospital in Umeå, which has the world's highest concentration of various CUBO units.

The latest pure water plant was delivered on week 45. It replaces two old central plants that supplied water to the research and education business. The pipe system that connects to the current sterile center is also updated. Service technicians from PWS monitor the commissioning of the plant.

- We supply two CUBO 500 EDI in which provides a total capacity of a full 1,000 liters of pure water per hour. Two pumps that express the water in five and six loops are also included in the latest we deliver to Umeå, states Lars Wiklund, PWS CEO and founder.

Norrlands University Hospital, with Region Västerbotten as its principal, has a number of different properties. In the sterile center from 2011 there are two CUBO Compact. Two CUBO Mini are installed at dish centers in other properties, where they supply the autoclaves right there with clean water.

- We have different needs for pure water in the business, so it is natural to procure pure water facilities with different performance, it is a matter of the right logistics. PWS solutions meet the different needs and have the reliability we need. Their staff also knows what they're doing, Jon Lycksell says.

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PWS technician Martin Lund serves the plant in the basement floor at Biomedicum.

A custom-built CUBO rig produces clean water that is constantly pumped around in the 14 loops.

Biomedicum is one of Europe's newest, largest and most advanced research lab with room for 1,600 researchers and other staff. The business requires plenty of pure water.

Biomedicum is the Karolinska Institute’s largest construction project ever. Architectural firm CF Möller designed the house.

Largest project rewarded

2019-11-11

SOLNA
- This spring, Biomedicum was named The Building of the Year in 2019. Since then, interest in our efforts, to design, produce and distribute all pure water, has also increased. We are on the verge of similar projects, says Lars Wiklund, PWS CEO and founder.

Biomedicum was built by Akademiska Hus on behalf of the Karolinska Institutet. The cost of the eleven-storey house was just over SEK 2 billion, well below budget. In addition, the highly advanced research laboratory was completed faster than expected. The Building of the Year is the most prestigious nomination in the community building sector.

- It was well organized and the atmosphere was always good on the building. People finished theirs tasks on time and did what they were supposed to. On our part, the spaces we needed in the basement and on the floor level were ready when our pure water system and the water pipes were to be installed, says technician Martin Lund, who is now responsible for servicing the plant.

In addition to a specially designed water purification plant with several purification steps and a huge capacity of four cubic meters of purified water per day, PWS also designed and drawn 14 different loops for several tapping points in the house. In total, there are about a mile of loops in which the water constantly circulates, to eliminate bacterial growth.

- Overall, this is our most advanced and largest project ever. The demands on the water are extreme and at the same time there are many loops with different pressures depending on floor. We have good knowledge in water chemistry and also great know-how when it comes to pipe drawing and pressure calculation. The rumour about it is spread in the industry through this and similar projects, states Lars Wiklund.

Wiklund refers to the fact that Biomedicum has the country's largest clean water plant in the laboratory world. And that PWS also built the second largest, at the Biocentrum in Uppsala. As well as the fact that plants and pipelines designed by PWS, with head office and production facility in Falun, supplies all clean water to Karolinska Hospital and Karolinska Institute. To name just a few examples from the company's 18-year history.

- No one involved is surprised that Biomedicum became the Building of the Year. It is impressive to be this organized in terms of such an advanced property, both architecturally and functionally. I understand that others with similar projects are following it in the tracks, says Lars Wiklund and concludes:
- Even if you build on a smaller scale, there is much to be learned from the construction process around Biomedicum. We contribute our input to interested parties, but exactly what projects will come out of these discussions is too early to say.

Biomedicum
Client / project manager: Akademiska Hus.
Entrepreneur: Skanska.
Construction time: Five years.
Gross area: 65 000 m2.
Cost: SEK 2,050 million.
Clean water system: CUBO, 4 m3 water / day.
Pure water distribution: 14 loops in eleven floors.

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PWS Senior Application Specialist Jim Wisser, on the right, led the training of technicians in the United States.

The last training opportunity for Getinge's service managers in the US is also the starting point for the sale of CUBO there, which in Getinge's versions is called Getinge WPT.

- The entry into the US market is a real milestone for us, states Lars Wiklund, PWS CEO and founder.

Historical order to the United States

2019-09-26

PWS has taken a first order to the USA. Two CUBO Compact 500 with EDI leave the head office and production facility in Falun last week in September.
- It is historic and very, very big for us. You have to be careful about adding such big words, but in this case it is justified, says Lars Wiklund, PWS CEO and founder.

Jenny Jansson, operational manager, is responsible for the installation and delivery of the advanced water treatment plants. One thing is that in the PWS assembly hall there are also machines destined for Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and Sweden at the same time.

- Through our partner Getinge, we already manufacture for export, but the market forecasts for the United States beat everything we have encountered so far. Now we want to make it a reality too. The plans we are now drawing up for the future include expansion and larger premises, but nothing has been decided at present, states Jenny Jansson.

Orders to the US follow five years of market processing. At Getinge's base in the city of Rochester, New York, a CUBO Compact has been run and demonstrated.
- We came to the conclusion that the best way into the US market was to show technicians, operators and end users the benefits of the CUBO. And then the first order came immediately, Lars Wiklund says.

One machine is going to AtlantiCare Center for Orthopedic Surgery in New Jersey, exactly where the other one is installed has not been communicated. But it is clear that both will primarily supply Getinge's dishwashers and autoclaves in place with clean water, to ensure optimal operation and spot-free cleaning of surgical goods and surgical tools. In October, a PWS technician will travel to USA for support during installation and start-up.

- Since we have trained Getinge's staff on site, operations and ongoing service are then performed by them. It is the same procedure that we have elsewhere in the world. Because our facilities log key parameters, have automatic alarm functions and can also be monitored over the network, it is easy for customers to control, analyze and adjust operations, Jenny Jansson concludes.

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PWS compact clean water system was installed in the new sterile center.

Another CUBO to a hospital in the north

2019-09-12

The hospital in Örnsköldsvik also installs a CUBO when they rebuild and modernize their sterile center. This happened in August, and in this case too the assignment is a result of PWS's collaboration with Getinge who among other things, manufactures autoclaves and dishwashers to clean and sterilize surgical equipment. PWS also drew a loop of pure water pipes, which of course was done by PWS's own staff.

- Our machine, which bears the name Getinge PWT when adapted to Getinge's product family, complements their range. It is natural for them to secure the operation of their machines and the quality of their cleaning process by using pure water, free of substances that can adversely affect the end result and machine wear. In Örnsköldsvik we installed a CUBO 150.

Says Lars Wiklund, CEO and founder of PWS and who is also the man behind CUBO / WPT. Örnsköldsvik is just one of several hospitals and lasers in northern Sweden that have recently chosen CUBO / Getinge WPT for their modernized and rebuilt sterile centers. Similar solutions are found in Sollefteå, Sundsvall and Härnösand, among others.

- It's always fun when one job leads to another, within a network or group that obviously has contact with each other and tips each other if they are happy with it. It is the trust that commits and which we are happy and proud to manage, concludes Lars Wiklund.

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Niklas, one of PWS's technicians, was responsible for installation and commissioning in Bollnäs.

Aleris invests in CUBO

2019-08-15

BOLLNÄS.
A CUBO Compact 500 has been installed in Bollnäs hospital. It produces pure water for the sterile center and washroom. The department is run by Aleris on behalf of Region Gävleborg and the patients come from all over Gävleborg. Here are planned surgeries in orthopaedics and urology.

- Our plant has been in operation since the month of May when our technician Niklas installed it. Aleris chose to supplement the CUBO with two sterile filters and one MB filter. In addition to this, drawing of pure water pipes was also included in the assignment, says Lars Wiklund, PWS CEO and founder and continues:

- We have performed assignments for the Gävleborg region before, but this is the first time we are delivering to the private healthcare group Aleris. It's always fun with new customers and given their size and spread in the country this first time should not be the last.

As always, the CUBO was installed in less than a day. All plants are mounted and tested at PWS headquarters and production facility in Falun before being delivered and commissioned by the company's technicians on site. In operation, the CUBO can then be monitored via intranet, internet and a touch screen in the front.

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Compact and reliable Getinge WPT 150, from PWS, in place in the new sterilization center at Sollefteå Hospital.

Modern sterile center in Sollefteå

2019-06-12

Sollefteå Hospital chooses CUBO when they modernize their sterilization center; the machinery for washing and sterilizing operating instruments and operating equipment. The order is a collaboration with Getinge. The CUBO is adapted to their and the customer's wishes and carries the model name Getinge WPT 150.

- Previously, ordinary municipal water has been used in the dishwashers and autoclaves in Sollefteå. With our compact pure water system, the machines get, simply expressed, twice as long a lifetime and need half as much service and maintenance. This is because the water is purified from minerals, salts, lime and other things that can interfere with the operation and affect the purity of the goods, says Lars Wiklund, PWS CEO and founder.

The machine was manufactured at PWS headquarters and manufacturing plant in Falun and is now installed and commissioned at Sollefteå Hospital. PWS technicians have also drawn a shorter clean water loop.

- Double sterile filters were also mounted on outgoing water to remove any microorganisms. In total, our efforts took about a week, concludes Lars Wiklund.

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Karolinska Institutet, KI, has a clean water facility similar to the one that is being installed at the Livsmedelsverket.

Livsmedelsverket chooses CUBO

2019-05-07

UPPSALA.
PWS secures another prestigeous assignment in Uppsala. After winning a procurement, PWS will deliver a CUBO 500 EDI to Livsmedelsverket.
- The highest concentration of CUBO's in Sweden will be in the advanced research environment at Livsmedelsverket, Veterinary and Animal Center, Biomedical Center and Hubben / Uppsala Science Park. It is both honorable and fun, says Lars Wiklund, PWS founder and CEO.

The new house where Livsmedelsverket will be seated is named after Anders Celsius, who named the temperature unit. The construction has started. PWS will start with the piping system during the early summer.

- It was decisive that we could show good references from similar projects and in this case these were found a few hundred meters away. It was appreciated by the developer, the contractor and the end user. Even at VHC, Biocentrum and Hubben the requirements were high, both on the water treatment plants themselves and on the piping and the implementation of the contract, says Lars Wiklund.

Livsmedelsverket’s laboratory requires a large amount of pure water. Therefore, the CUBO is supplemented with a rig where a larger tank, extra pumps and filter housing are placed. A similar solution is already in operation at Karolinska Institutet, KI, for example.

- Our CUBO and the rig are constructed at the head office and production facility in Falun. Then everything is mounted smoothly in place. What takes time in the Celsius property in Uppsala is the extensive piping in several floors, therefore we will start the mounting as soon as possible, concludes Lars Wiklund.

CUBO TO LIVSMEDELSVERKET
Plant: CUBO 500 EDI.
Extra: External tank of 1 000 liters.
Four pumps. Eight filter housings.
Pure water pipes: 1.5 km in four loops on several floors.
Capacity: 500 liters of pure water / hour.
Project time: Summer 2019 - summer 2020.
Client: Vasakronan.
End user: Livsmedelsverket

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Educating in South Korea

2019-04-05

Our Senior Application Specialist Jim Visser has arrived back home from South Korea. During his stay he educated employees at the Samsung Medical Centre, Gagnam/Seoul (SMC) in operation administration and maintenance. SMC opened in 1994 and has 1979 beds and has the last 20 years received multiple awards for their high-quality care.

With us partnering with Getinge Group we managed to assemble a Cubo Compact 500 RO (WPT 500) to SMC's cancer department.

Cubo 1200 is on its way

2019-03-29

It takes some logistics support to get a facility such as the one we sent to Huddinge New Sterile Central. "Riggen" that weighs about 600 kilos and is 2,8 metres long, will be able to produce 1200 litres pure water per hour.

New sector customer

2019-02-26

– We have delivered our first CUBO/Getinge WPT that will be used in a laundry. I tested and installed it in the middle of January and everything went as planned. It now produces pure water that is being used in an autoclave where operation gowns are sterilised.

Those are the words of Gustav Andersson, service technician at PWS, after his mission at Uudenmaan Sairaalapesula in Järvenpää, 38 kilometres north of Helsinki. Yearly the laundry washes nine million kilo of textiles and the company's revenue is 20 million euros.

– Beside the installation, with customer specific programming, I also held a short education for employees. Now that they have basic knowledge as to how the machine works, they can easily do smaller tasks such as change filter, Andersson continues.

It was delivered via our partner Getinge whose CUBO is called Getinge WPT, Water Pre-treatment. The delivery to the laundry also means that PWS now can add a customer to their books. Previous deliveries to finish hospitals in the region made the new order possible.

– It is great to see that our machines can be used in multiple ways, in many different surroundings. In this case it was installed on a existing line, where an older water-cleaning had previously been. Which made things run very smooth.

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Håkan Edvardsson

Kullbergska Hospital has a CUBO 300 that is tested on sight after being installed.

CUBO increases life span in Katrineholm

2019-02-13

Our latest customer to invest in an advanced pure water facility from Pure Water Scandinavia is Kullbergska Hospital in Katrineholm. The hospital choose a CUBO 400 that was connected to the existing piping.

The pure water facility, with a capacity of 400 litres pure water per hour, was installed by the new year. It was recently commissioned by a technician from PWS together with employees from the Hospital.

– Considering that the hospital is not familiar with the kind of water cleaning that we produce we wanted to make sure that the maintenance staff was fully informed about the function and construction of the CUBO. Since it can be monitored and controlled via a touch screen online it is very easy to keep the machine going without any issues, says Lars Wiklund who is the founder and CEO of PWS.

The pure water from CUBO will go to dish machines and autoclaves in the hospital. Since the water is super clean the units won't wear down as fast and the equipment will be even cleaner.
– With right pure water the life span of these units will increase, which will save the hospital money over time. It is great that we could help yet another customer achieve this, Lars Wiklund says.

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PWS is breaking new ground. A hospital in Hong Kong gets their pure water from a WPT 500 E.

Historical CUBO/WPT to Hong Kong

2019-01-21

A CUBO/WPT 500 E has written a new chapter in Pure Water Scandinavia's history. It is the first clean water facility that has been exported to China, through a delivery to a hospital in Hong Kong. The capacity is 500 litres of purely clean water per hour and E also tells that EDI, electrodeionization, is installed in the compact machine.

–The order came through our partner Getinge and the machines that are adjusted to them is called WPT, which stands for Water Pre-Treatment. This machine was assembled here at the main office and production facility in Falun, says Lars Wiklund who is the founder and CEO of PWS.

In Hong Kong it was installed and put to practice by a Getinge-technician who has been trained by PWS Senior Application Specialist Jim Visser. The training took place in connection with a machine transport to Australia in the spring of 2017. In Brisbane multiple technicians was gathered.

– It was a drill that had great results for everyone involved. It favoured our and Getinges entrence to the very special chinese market, with the CUBO/WPT. We are also very happy about the fact that there is a intent to deliver two more machines to Hong Kong during 2019, Lars Wiklund says.

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