Eco Solids to set up water treatment agency in China

Clive Rigden, executive chairman of Eco-Solids International, is setting up an agency arrangement in Shenyang, north east of Beijing, after being approached by a Chinese company.

By Richard Tyler Published: 4:01PM BST 08 Jun 2009
Using patented technologies first pioneered in the US, Eco-Solids has developed cutting edge systems for treating waste water and sewage – services in huge demand in China.
"We have been contacted by a company in China that wants to manufacture and market one of our technologies. We have been talking to them since November and done a lot of due diligence," he said.

While Eco-Solids has made progress in China and also the Philippines – its first export market – Mr Rigden would like the Government to do more to support small businesses trying to export. "For a small business, two of you need to go over to China and that's a third of your workforce gone. It's time and resources, but you have to go. I think the whole grant thing should be looked at more carefully."
He added: "The UKTI [UK Trade and Investment] talks a good talk but they are a little short on action. Some of the OMIS [Overseas Market Introduction Service] reports we have bought from them vary in quality."
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