Sembcorp today opens its first industrial water reclamation plant in China capable of producing 20,000 cubic metres per day of industrial water and up to 4,000 cubic metres per day of demineralised water for supply to customers in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Port Zone.

Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) achieved a healthy 5% increase in net profit (Net Profit) attributable to shareholders of the Company before exceptional items for the first nine months of 2011 (9M2011).

Sembcorp is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Sembcorp China Holding and Sembcorp Industrial Parks, will be signing agreements with the Qidong LVSI Coastal Economic Development Zone (Qidong EDZ) Administration Committee and the New District Administrative Committee of Wuxi Municipal People's Government respectively, to explore further business opportunities in Jiangsu province, China.

Sembcorp is pleased to announce that it will be signing three memoranda of understanding (MOU) to explore further collaboration on utilities projects in the Liaoning province, China, at the Singapore-Liaoning Economic and Trade Council meeting later this morning.

The Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park Joint Venture Co (VSIP JV) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the People’s Committee of Quang Ngai Province to conduct the comprehensive feasibility study of a 1,020-hectare integrated township and industrial park in central Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province.

Sembcorp’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Industrial Parks, is co-developing a 1,000-hectare innovation park. The Singapore-Sichuan Hi-tech Innovation Park is located in the Chengdu Hi-tech Zone’s south park within the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone.

Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) achieved a solid 9% increase in net profit attributable to shareholders of the Company (Net Profit) for the second quarter of 2011 (2Q2011).

Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp) is pleased to announce that the Sembcorp Salalah Power and Water Company, a joint venture company between Sembcorp’s fully-owned subsidiary Sembcorp Utilities and the Oman Investment Corporation, has successfully completed the first phase of its US$1.0 billion Salalah Independent Water and Power Plant (IWPP) in Oman.

Sembcorp is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sembcorp Utilities, will be signing three memoranda of understanding (MOU) to explore further expanding its water business in China during the Singapore International Water Week’s (SIWW) China Business Forum to be held later this afternoon.

Vietnam Minister for Planning and Investment Mr Vo Hong Phuc and Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Mr Lim Hng Kiang visited the VSIP Hai Phong Integrated Township and Industrial Park today.

The winners of the Sembcorp Water Technology Prize 2010/2011, an inaugural national competition sponsored by Sembcorp Industries and co-organised by PUB – Singapore’s national water agency, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)’s Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP), were announced today at the Young Water Professionals Networking Reception cum Award Presentation held as part of the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW).