Newsletter Issue 4

OUR VISION - 2012

Dr. Sami Kassem General Manager & Board Member The year 2011 has been both a challenging and exciting year for PROTEC. To make us even more responsive, relevant, and cutting-edge, we conducted an extensive review of our existing programs and strategies. In that light, we reorganized our management and the overall organizational structure to suit our new plans. We believe this will make us relevant in todays world and to the commitment we made to make PROTECs business a strategic solution provider to the emerging needs of this region. For all that have been accomplished in this difficult year, we thank you our member companies and partners for your ready response. Mr. Yarrob Rayyan Managing Director & Board Member We faced the challenge of redesigning our approaches to better response to the needs of the times. We also stretched our efforts, extending to establish platforms of collective giving and strategic investment, and brought to life our goal of establishing collective impact.

IN THIS ISSUE :

In 2011, we pursued with our vision to lead the business sectors efforts where concrete core business solutions are actually utilized to address societal as well as environmental problems. In the last fiscal year, we have achieved substantial results. To truly effect collective impact, we saw the need to ensure that every project must have a common goal, a cohesive strategy, and a uniform parameter that synchronizes all the efforts of the business sector and other development stakeholders. Certainly, the sum is greater than the parts. Together, let's build the big solutions to the big challenges.

VISION 2012 (P1)

OUR NEWS HERE AND THERE (P2,P3)

PROJECTS STATUS (P4) INTERNAL NEWS (P5)

TECHNICAL ARTICLE (P6)

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OUR NEWS HERE & THERE

PROTEC Opens New Branches
Protec opened new branches and started its operations in Egypt, Oman, Iraq and Lebanon. participated in two of the sessions which are the Ultra iltration Hollow Fiber System Designs and the other one focusing on the GE Filtration and Membrane Solutions with advance Win low design Training. Third day, irst half was dedicated to complete all the remaining technical sessions, while the other half was to culminate the event with words coming from GEs Eric Hanson. The event inished with good friends and new business opportunities from all over the MENA region from Algeria to Saudi Arabia.

They are making small units of Ro and iltering skids with different capacities. Abamet Environmental Tech. Ltd. Date: 15th - 16th November 2011 We discussed about Liberty Mill Project, we also get some shipping infor mation (no. of containers, size, weight and timing). We agreed to have a complete installation and commissioning documents for this pro ject

BUSINESS TRIP GE Channel Partner Training, Turkey

The event was held last 1416 November , 2011 at Pendik, Istanbul, and a city in the Asian side Turkey. The training was stretched in 3days inside the beautiful Divan Asia Hotel

First day, was a general session with agenda about the business overview, GE support and etools, brief commercial training and an inspiring Spirit and Life talk from Mr. The information and knowledge shared by Todd Smith GE Compliance Leader. A nice GE was something to work on forward. Its group picture was also arranged at the hotel something that could start another leg in lobby, and was distributed with the our careers in Water and Waste Water, and certi icate and soft copies of the we wish that everyone in PROTEC team would be able to experience the same in the presentation. future. Protecs Team also had important Meengs with our acve Business Partners Second day, was divided into four simultaneous sessions. PROTECs team

PROTEC team who attended the training includes Mohamed Badran, Mostafa Esmail, and Allan Demape. The whole experience was really memorable for all of us, as it took us to new places, gave us experience dealing with new people from another part of the world, nice cool weather we seldom experience in Qatar, and to value time as much as we could.

During our visit to the workshops we give them some remarks for the piping assembly and the welding; also we tried the operation of some units and checked the parts.

Kumsan

Date:17th November 2011

We discussed about our business in Qatar and how can we increase the selling of cranes. We spoke about the competition of the crane manufacturers and suppliers in Qatar so we have to discuss case by case for each order to know how we can get it.

Serranda, automatic doors and shutter systems.

Date:17th November 2011 We discussed the situation of Almira order, and the difference in the dimensions and measurements. We had a indepth discussion on easy ways for increase the business and productivity together.

VEGASTAR Co. (filternox)

The discussion was about the business in Qatar and how can we improve our sales. And we conclude in some notes: Date:15th November 2011

All our inquiry to them should be revised and investigated. They can support us with competitive prices in Ro units and system

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OUR NEWS HERE & THERE

Annual Civil Defense Exhibition

Egypt Delegates Visit Protec

The annual Civil Defense Exhibition and

Conference is the one of the biggest and most specialized events of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa region. The event showcases many facets of public safety and security.

The exhibition provided the opportunity to

contact the exhibitors face to face and discuss regarding the business relationships and development. It gave us a big opportunity to know the new suppliers and clients. The exhibition also unveiled the latest equipment that launched for the irst time in the exhibition. Our Business Partner MAS DASF from Turkey participated with us in the Civil Defense Exhibition. Delegates from Egypt visited Protec. They were given a warm welcome and a presentation about Protecs current pro jects.

LEED Green Associate Exam Workshop by 'Qatar Green Leaders

Qatar Green Leaders organized a LEED Green Associate exam preparation workshop for The participation of PROTEC in CIVIL the Technical Staff at DEFENSE Exhibition was bene icial to dis PROTEC in October 2011. cover and take deep knowledge of the latest LEED Green Associate exam is the irst level equipment's and services currently in the of professional credentialing available from market. the Green Building Certi ication Institute, the certifying body under the U.S. Green Fire ighting and protection Building Council. Emergency and hospital equipment Prevention of environmental contami nation Safety technology, including vehicles, The delegates visited the Project sites along electronic devices and building with Dr. Sami Kassem , Mr. Hossam Radwan, materials. Mr. Mohammed Zaki and appreciated Injury transportation, mobile hospitals Protec's work on the projects. The visit and health quarantines. proved to hold good relation between the Private safety and ire. two.

PROTEC has been a member of USGBC since 2009 and the training was given as an initia tive to reinforce our sustainable green building principles and to prepare our staff with skills needed for the greenbuilding industry.

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OUR PROJECTS STATUS UPDATE

PTP Project
We were awarded the PTP Project by ASHGHAL. The Projects are located at 2 sites ( Al Karana & Umm Barkah) and both sites are running on fast track with effective progress. Al Karanaa The Concreting of 2 TSE tanks, 3 aeration tank and 100% of Septage receiving tank foundations have been completed. Erection of 1 GLS tank was completed and erection of Aeration tank and Clari ier tank are going on. Blinding was carried out in anoxic and clari ier tank . RASGAS COMPANY LIMITED (RasGas) a Qatari joint stock company established in 2001 by Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil that is one of the Global Energy suppliers and manufacturers in the world has awarded to PROTEC Technical Services the contract for the Maintenance of Industrial Elevators at RasGas, Ras Laffan, State of Qatar. The contract effective date is 27th November 2011 which will be completed in 2 years (i.e. 27th November 2013). This is the irst project ever we got from RASGAS and hopefully in the near future, PROTEC will be awarded again of new contracts.

Newly Awarded Contract

Oman Project
Plant Locations: Sohar Industrial Estate & Raysut Industrial Estate. The Project was awarded to Protec by the Ministry of Oman on the 20th December

New Agency Agreement

Agency Agreement with ISTANBUL ENERGY , manufacturer of Transform ers from Turkey

2011. Protec started the operation and maintenance on both the plants from 1st Jan 2012. Protecs 2 process Engineers for the operations and maintenance and 4 well experienced Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) operators are currently working on each plant.

Agency Agreement with SCAM TPE, manufacturer of Water Cooling Towers from Italy

Umm Birkah The excavation works are being progressed. Blinding, waterproo ing and screed concret ing of Septage receiving tank foundation and three aeration tank were completed. Blinding concrete from 2 balancing tanks was removed due to revised level by 1 meter. Rebar works for the main structures are still going on. Blinding works for receiving pit/inside chamber and treated storage tank are nearly completed

Agency Agreement with FILTRAN, manufacturer of Compact Pre Treatment Products from Italy

Renewal of Agency Agreements

GLS Tanks International GmbH , manufactur er of glass lined Steel Tanks from Austria renewed for 7 Years (31st December 2009 31st December 2016)

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TECHNICAL ARTICLE
E-Cell* Electro De-ionization System from GE Water & Process Technologies
Electro deionization (EDI) is used in the production of deionized and ultrapure water required in industrial applications like boiler feed, pharmaceuticals, semiconductor manufacturing etc. EDI is being widely preferred over the conventional ion exchange systems as they provide continuous operation, higher levels of demineralization, constant stable product quality and do not require any regeneration chemicals. Depending on the feed water characteristics, the EDI is used as shown in igure, following an initial pretreatment step to remove suspended solids and organics and an initial demineralization with reverse osmosis to remove ionic impurities, particles and high molecular weight organics. The EDI will be the inal demineralization step to remove residual ionic and ionizable impurities (like sulfates, nitrates, carbonates or Ca and Magnesium ions). The feed water characteristics to the EDI must be absolute. Physical contamination (metal shavings, dust, pollen, debris) and chemical contamination (oxidizers like chlorine, iron, manganese etc) must be prevented. Feed water hardness and CO2 content is also to be monitored. A proper projection on the feed water to EDI system is thus required.

Typical EDI systems can produce product water of >16 MOhmcm resistivity and offer recovery of about 95% depending on feed water quality. EDI systems generally achieve major cost reductions by eliminating regeneration chemicals, neutralization systems and hazardous waste streams. They also help achieve signi icant space savings. There are currently more than 100,000 gpm installed capacity of EDI systems by GEWPT.

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OUR INTERNAL NEWS

Protecs new Office

Location: Salwa Road The transfer to the new Of ice will be soon.

New Recruits
We are glad to announce few new recruits to our growing PROTEC family, and hope that their experience will add more value/assets to the company.

Mr. Mohamed Zaki Mohamed Nasr

Operation and Maintenance ManagerO & M Department A graduate of Civil Engineering having 35 years of experience in ield of Waste Water Treatment Plants. Skilled in all aspects of Engineering including Master Planning, Design, Pre & Post Tender Management, Project Cost Estimation, Finance Control, Contracts Administration and Site Management for major specialty construction projects. He has been employed in various sectors such as Water and Sanitary Drainage Department, Hydraulic Design Department and Waste Water Treatment Plants.

Mr. Benoommen
ChemistQuality Control Department A Post graduate in Analytical Chemistry from India having 4 years of expe rience as a Chemist in Quality Testing and Complete Analysis of Water and ef luent Parameters, Food Analysis, Aggre gate, Soil and Concrete analysis. He has secured well equipped knowledge in Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, HACH Spectrometry and UV Spectrophotometer

Mrs. Ola Moustafa Ahmad Al Tanboly

Quantity SurveyorProposal Division of Technical Department A Civil Engineering Graduate from Egypt having 5 years of experience as Quantity Surveyor Engineer who is specialized in quantity surveying for infrastructure and construction projects. She is experienced; having hands on packages such as Auto Cad, Archicad 9 and ICDL. Managing Editor : Dr. Sami Kassem Editing Team : Eng. Eman Sami
Eng. Vincent Palma Eng. Revathy Mr. Nelson Nicholas Supported By : Eng. Allan Demape Designed By : Eng. Nedal Harb

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