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Madrid Based Company Wins Top Award at the Global Forum on Human Settlements and Solidifies Its Commitment to the Environment and the Chinese Market

MADRID–(BUSINESS WIRE)– The Global Forum on Human Settlement was recently held in Wuxi, China to broach several environmental issues such as pollution generated as a side effect of economic growth. Dignitaries such as Mr Noel Brown (Chairman of Friends of the United Nations), Mr David Garman (Chairman of the International Water Association), Mr David Anderson (Former Canadian Minister of the Environment), the mayor of Wuxi Mr. Mao Xiaoping as well as 2 key members of the Central Committee Mr Li Jinhua and Mrs Gu Xiulian were all on hand to personally give their views on these critical topics.

In addition to the above, many multinational and national companies such as General Electric and Suez Environment exhibited their solutions to the highly educated attendees. However, Staraqua (http://www.staraqua.com), as an innovative and highly dynamic company walked away with the first prize for its ABOT technology which ensures the eradication of bacteria in water without the use of chemical products such as chlorine.

Staraqua is part of the Hestiun group (http://www.hestiun.com), a multinational diversified group of companies, and as a show of the importance of its environmental incentives to the group, Mr Richard Granier, CEO of Hestiun Group travelled to Wuxi to support Staraqua and another of its subsidiaries Bionetix. He comments “I have now seen with my own eyes the importance of what we are doing here, and Hestiun Environment has already opened an office here in Wuxi reporting to Hestiun Asia in Hong Kong. I am also proud to announce that we have appointed Dr Ye who will become the Head of Research & Development for Hestiun Enviroment based in Beijing but reporting to our main Research & Development team presently in Madrid led by Mr. Sergio Capettini, the main driving force behind these technologies”.