Post by IAMCAPER on Nov 15, 2005 8:24:51 GMT -4
A Cape Breton company called Wataire Industries Inc. has today’s date circled on its calendar.
Company spokesman Scott Boyd said Wataire plans to ship out the first two of its U.S. $80,000 atmospheric water generators — machines that make water from air.
“This is a huge day for the company,” he said. “We are really really ecstatic that these are going to be on the way.”
“We are really excited.”
British Columbia-based Wataire has developed machines that make drinking water out of air, working on the same principle as dehumidifiers but with a sophisticated purification system. The company had produced sample models but just started to manufacture the machines on a large scale at its plant at Sydney Airport.
Boyd said a machine that makes water out of air can leave people somewhat nonplused at first.
“It’s one of these products that people say, “You are going to do what?’”
Wataire plans to ship out two of the larger, 2,500-litre a day, atmospheric water generators to a company called AWC Blue Lagoon in Belize. The large machines, which weigh three tonnes, will travel by truck to Halifax and then by ship to Belize.
Boyd thought the company would be acting as a distributor in Belize for the atmospheric water generators.
Wataire will eventually shoot for production of five to seven machines a week, he said. The company has eight in various stages of assembly on the floor of its Cape Breton plant now for sale to possible customers in Yemen, Indonesia and Nigeria, he said.
Five employees are working full time in the plant, he said.
Wataire also sells smaller, seven-litre a day versions.
Customers for the larger machines would include towns, villages and businesses, said Boyd.
Company president Phil Fraser is from St. Peter’s, Richmond County.
Company spokesman Scott Boyd said Wataire plans to ship out the first two of its U.S. $80,000 atmospheric water generators — machines that make water from air.
“This is a huge day for the company,” he said. “We are really really ecstatic that these are going to be on the way.”
“We are really excited.”
British Columbia-based Wataire has developed machines that make drinking water out of air, working on the same principle as dehumidifiers but with a sophisticated purification system. The company had produced sample models but just started to manufacture the machines on a large scale at its plant at Sydney Airport.
Boyd said a machine that makes water out of air can leave people somewhat nonplused at first.
“It’s one of these products that people say, “You are going to do what?’”
Wataire plans to ship out two of the larger, 2,500-litre a day, atmospheric water generators to a company called AWC Blue Lagoon in Belize. The large machines, which weigh three tonnes, will travel by truck to Halifax and then by ship to Belize.
Boyd thought the company would be acting as a distributor in Belize for the atmospheric water generators.
Wataire will eventually shoot for production of five to seven machines a week, he said. The company has eight in various stages of assembly on the floor of its Cape Breton plant now for sale to possible customers in Yemen, Indonesia and Nigeria, he said.
Five employees are working full time in the plant, he said.
Wataire also sells smaller, seven-litre a day versions.
Customers for the larger machines would include towns, villages and businesses, said Boyd.
Company president Phil Fraser is from St. Peter’s, Richmond County.