HEALTH & SAFETY
TWO ECO-FRIENDLY
INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATIONS
FORM ALLIANCE OF
LEAK & DRAINAGE
SERVICES & SOLUTIONS
Environmental Biotech and American Leak Detection Form Partnership to
Expand Products & Services Opportunities
S
outh Woodham Ferrers, Essex - 23rd solutions for difficult collateral problems stemming “When we started exploring the alliance, I
October - Environmental Biotech, a from decaying residential and commercial water immediately thought of the revolution that has
UK leader in sewer, grease and odour and sewer infrastructure,” says Stan Berenbaum, already occurred in deploying environmentally-
solutions, and American Leak President and CEO of American Leak Detection. friendly bacteria to break-up oil slicks in the
Detection (ALD), the leading US brand Environmental Biotech has a range of oceans,” noted Dr. Patrick DeSouza, CEO of Plain
in non-invasive leak detection services, environmentally friendly products and services that Sight Systems, an ALD technology and equity
are pleased to announce the first stage of a eliminate fats from drains and solve other partner based at Yale University.
comprehensive long-term business alliance. Their wastewater and odor problems. Many of its “Non-invasive scientific solutions in support of
joint vision will build a “one-stop-shop” for products and services are based on microbes that the world-wide green movement are valued by the
environmentally friendly products and services eat noxious substances, typically leaving behind marketplace at a premium,” DeSouza says. “And
related to water management, water conservation nothing more than carbon dioxide and water. The our Yale-trained technologists are fully committed
and water recycling. Under the terms of the process is called bio remediation and it is both to supporting the ALD and Environmental Biotech
alliance, Environmental Biotech will distribute its more environmentally friendly than conventional product roadmap, especially in engineering a pro-
products through ALD’s US franchise network, solutions (harsh chemicals and drain company active monitoring approach with the use of smart
while in turn Environmental Biotech will open ALD call-outs) and more cost effective too - so much so sensors.”
franchise locations throughout the that companies such as McDonald’s are now
United Kingdom. regular users.
Aziz Tejpar, managing director of
Environmental Biotech, will lead the international
expansion of both companies, capitalizing on his
twenty years of experience in international
business development and franchising. He says:
“With the two businesses combined, there is a
much better franchise proposition than either on
its own because there is more in the portfolio and
the offerings fit together naturally under the
infrastructure and environmental banner.
“We look forward to providing business
leadership around the world, especially in
developing countries where water management
issues abound and a burgeoning middle class is
demanding environmental leadership,” adds
Tejpar. “One unfortunate by-product of food
processing is the reality that waste composites
corrode pipes and sewer lines. It really is the
equivalent of heart disease for our collective
infrastructure body.”
“The strategic opportunity is to enable our
company-owned locations and 120 franchisees
around the world to sell to our millions of
customers not only non-invasive leak detection
services but also a broad range of non-invasive
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