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WAbAG SECUrES OrDEr IN MALAYSIA FOr PETrONAS and in South East Asian market.
rEFINErY AND PETrOCHEMICAL COrPOrATION Wabag shall be the technology vendor and provide design,
Indian water technology Multinational group, Va Tech Wabag engineering, procurement and supervision activities for the
recently announced that it had secured an order worth $11.45 proposed ETP. Wabag shall design the ETP comprising of two-
million from Dialog E&C Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia towards establishing stage biological treatment, advance oxidation process,
a new Effluent Treatment Plant (‘ETP’) for Pengerang Integrated ammonia stripper and drier facility for sludge treatment. Wabag
Complex in Johor, Malaysia. was amongst the few technology partners approved by PRPC
The company said it will be constructed for PRPC utilities and for this project, based on its global reference in the oil and gas
Facilities Sdn Bhd (‘PRPC uF’), a subsidiary of Petronas Refinery & segment.
Petrochemical Corporation (PRPC). This order has been secured Wabag has previously executed a $200 million state-of-the-
based on the company’s technological pre-qualifications with art integrated ETP for Pengerang Integrated Complex which
PETROnAS. This order further consolidates the companys position ensures reduction of contaminants below regulatory discharge
as a pure-play water technology player in the Oil & Gas segment requirements.

ANArOCK LAUNCHES SMArT COMMUNITY Apart from its unique features of managing visitors, community
MANAGEMENT PrOPTECH PLATFOrM ANACITY FOr finance and ERP, complaint redressal, facility bookings,
MIDDLE EAST AND AFrICA communications, etc., the application also provides very
Launching from Dubai, AnACITY will expand to Abu Dhabi, differentiated Covid -19 management features such as tracking
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kenya, nigeria infection and quarantine cases, vaccination status of residents,
& South Africa. Having acquired society and apartment recording temperature checks and much more, thereby helping
management PropTech platform ApnaComplex in January 2021, communities keep track.
India’s leading tech-led real estate services firm AnAROCK has Gated communities in the uAE are managed by the Owners
launched AnACITY - a Smart Community Automation PropTech Association Management Companies (OAM). The AnACITY
solution for managing gated communities, apartments and villas application allows OAMs to manage multiple residential
globally. A SaaS (software-as-a-service) product, AnACITY helps communities simultaneously via a highly intuitive platform and
apartment management companies to significantly reduce mobile app. AnACITY has been developed on the back of
costs and boost the scope and efficiency of their services. 17,000 community management interactions. It covers every
Initially conceived for the Middle East market, AnACITY will also possible scenario, while simultaneously ensuring complete data
address the global market. The uAE currently leads in tech protection and regulatory compliance. Its currently available
adoption, and real estate and PropTech are central concepts through a smart mobile app as well as back-end web portal for
against the backdrop of Dubai Expo 2020. According to the OAM service providers.
Dubai Statistics Centre, there were around 690K+ units in Dubai Currently, AnACITY has a team of 15 skilled technology and
as of 2020. AnACITY aims to onboard 30,000 units in the first operations specialists with extensive experience in community
year itself. management proptech and will scale up its strength, in tandem
Launching from its dedicated office in Dubai, AnACITY will expand with its international expansion. As the international arm of
across all major GCC and African markets such as Abu Dhabi, ApnaComplex, AnACITY builds on a successful track record
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kenya, nigeria, and legacy of 11+ years in India. ApnaComplex currently caters to
South Africa. After that, it will become available in other African over 6,000 gated communities and 6,00,000 apartments across
markets, uK, Europe, and South-East Asia. over 80 Indian cities.

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