Xylem To Open New Visitor Center In Sweden

New facility will showcase Flygt branded products and offer an immersive customer experience

Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the most challenging water issues, will open a newly expanded visitor center adjacent to its global manufacturing facility in Emmaboda, Sweden today (1st September). The enhanced 400 square meter visitor center will feature a new showroom, double the amount of conference space, a café and office space.

“Approximately 1,500 visitors from all over the world come to our factory at Emmaboda each year,” said Magnus Jonsson, Managing Director Xylem Manufacturing and Plant Director. “Close collaboration with our customers enables us to create solutions that meet their needs and helps us to drive innovation in water and wastewater technology design.”

“Our new visitor center will allow us to showcase our technologies and solutions to more of our customers and support this collaborative approach,” continued Magnus Jonsson. “It will give our clients a very clear insight into the advanced techniques involved in developing solutions that will solve their particular water challenges.”

Xylem’s Flygt branded water and wastewater solutions for wastewater pumping, dewatering, water treatment, monitoring and control, as well as aftermarket services, will be showcased in the new center. The facility will also be used for training sessions for customers and Xylem partners.

“Information, training and education are an integral part of our business; it is essential for the constant innovation process we thrive in,” said Veronica Jergelind, Communications Director of Xylem’s Transport Business. “With this new center we aim to take training beyond a standard classroom experience by having our expert manufacturing team on hand to share insights and expertise, and the production plant next door where visitors can witness product manufacturing first-hand.”

The new visitor center will also feature an interactive case story portal with touchscreen interface to show visitors examples of how Xylem successfully solves customers’ water challenges in tens of thousands of installation all around the globe. The facility also will showcase the work of Xylem Watermark, the company’s corporate citizenship program, which aims to provide and protect safe water resources for communities in need around the world and educate people about water issues. A new product area will display newly developed innovations, such as Xylem’s Flygt Concertor wastewater pumping system – the first system worldwide to feature integrated intelligence and just recently launched on the market at IFAT 2016 in Munich.

Xylem’s museum is situated close to the new visitor center. It provides an historical journey through the various landmark moments in the history of the Flygt brand, including the development of the world’s first submersible drainage pump in 1947, the world’s first submersible sewage pump in 1956 and the non-clog N-impeller in 1997.

About Xylem

Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Xylem is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York, with 2015 revenue of $3.7B and approximately 12,500 employees worldwide. Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, North America for the last four years for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions worldwide, and the Company has satisfied the requirements to be a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series each year since 2013.

The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more information, visit www.xylem.com.