NEWS 2004
Archive 2004 2003

October, 10th 2004
MERIS - The General Sponsor of the International Waterworks Conference

During the International Waterworks conference "Modern Equipment and Management of the Waterworks Systems" in Vrnjacka Banja, Meris Company presented the equipment of its principals Endress+Hauser, Erhard and Flygt.

MERIS was, together with its principals, the general sponsor of this conference which was held from October, 6th to 8th 2004. Representatives of the principals Dr Kirsten Mueller (Endress+Hauser product manager), Yves Houwermeiren (Erhard Export Director) and Per-Ake Lindstrom (Flyght Export Director) greatly contributed to the professional success of the MERIS company on the conference.

As the general sponsor MERIS organized a lottery for all of the participants. Valuable prizes which were awarded on that occasion were Ready drainage pump (Flyght), pressure transmitter (E+H) and butterfly valve (Erhard).

Conference and the exposition booth were visited by a great number of representatives from waterworks, engineering firms, government institutions and equipment producers. The organizers were "Society of Water Technology, Society of waterworks and waste water treatment Serbia and Montenegro", Institute for water economics "Jaroslav Černi" and Economic Chamber of Serbia.



September, 17th 2004
MERIS - STRATEGIC PARTNER OF FLYGT, WORLD LEADER OF SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS AND AGITATORS


As of September 18th, company MERIS represents in Serbia and Montenegro ITT Flygt, world leader of submersible pumps and agitators.

ITT FLYGT has chosen MERIS for its strategic partner on the market of Serbia and Montenegro. Contract has been signed in June by Mr. Per-Inge Birgersson, managing director of Flygt and Mr. Zoran Dželatovic, director and owner of Meris. It is expected that, besides its leaders position, Flygt will be present on the market more intensively in the area of marketing, technical support and better services.

"We chose Meris with an eye to their considerable experience as suppliers in the field of water and waste water management. The company has a modern structure with an organization that covers all of Serbia and Montenegro" - said Per-Ake Lindstrom, acting export manager in Flygt.

With this partnership, MERIS completed its offer in water systems. Besides equipment of the represented companies Endress+Hauser and Erhard Armaturen, world's manufacturers of measurement and armatures, Meris now offers Flygts equipment. With this, Meris made the unique offer of the complete, top quality equipment.

ITT Flygt was founded in 1901, and from 1940 manufactures submersible pumps. The company has grow and developed quickly, and became multinational corporation which operates in over 130 countries all over the world. Today, Flygt is still the innovator on the market with the product such as N-pump, which promises to revolutionize submersible pumping.

Corporate headquarters is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Company has over 4000 employees, of which 2500 are employed outside of Sweden. 44 companies represent Flygt in over 130 countries. ITT FLYGT is certified with ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. At year-end 2003 ITT Flygt had a turnover of approximately USD 736 million.

Flygt News

May, 10th 2004
MERIS presentation on the Technical Fair


As in the last few years, company MERIS was presented again on the 45th International Technical Fair in Belgrade, from 10th to 14th May. Meris exhibition was one of the most visited. The exhibition and the whole concept of the MERIS fair presentation were highly evaluated. Meris presented the complete product program of its principals and among these, Endress+Hauser was on central place.

The visitor's attention was mostly concentrated on the new serial of processing meters for flow, pressure, levels, chemical analysis and flow measurement in flumes and half-filled pipes.

On this Fair, more than 700 companies had presentations, and about 200 of them were from abroad. It seems that this year about 100.000 people visited Belgrade Technical Fair.

05.04.2004.
EXIBITION ON THE WHEELS - "DEMOCAR"


In cooperation with its principal Endress+Hauser the MERIS company organized the exhibition of measurement instruments - on the wheels called "Democar" from April 5th through April 9th 2004. The exhibition was held in three cities: Novi Sad on 5th, in front of the Technical Faculty and on 6th in TE -TO Novi Sad; in Belgrade on 7th and 8th, at the Technical Faculty in front of the "Vuk" monument and in Krusevac on 9th of April on the FAM new location.

The exhibition consisted of the equipment of processing meters of the flow levels (liquid, steam and gases), pressure, temperature, analyses (pH, Redox, O2, murkiness, etc.), recording devices, indication instruments etc.

The exhibition was placed in the truck, size 16x6m and many of the state-of-art instruments were connected with the voltage, so that the visitors were able to learn its functions at the spot.

19.01.2004.
MERIS GOT THE QUALITY MARK FROM THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
OF
SERBIA


The Quality mark of Electric Power Industry of Serbia was awarded to the company MERIS on January 19 th 2004.

Based on the decision of its Management Board, Electric Power Industry of Serbia finished the process of identification all conditions so that MERIS could put the quality mark on its products and services.

Quality system

Declaration of the Electric Power Industry of Serbia has been published in October 1993. according to the Quality Improvement Program of the Government of the Republic of Serbia . In this Declaration, EPS commits to the excellent quality in all domains of management. EPS also commits to introduce quality system based on the standard series JUS ISO 9000, in purpose of ensuring enough quantity of electric power to all customers; rational management and improving environment protection.

Quality Mark


Management Board of EPS made the decision about improving quality system in the domain of acquisition products and services in EPS. With this Decision they established the Quality Mark of EPS as one of the criteria on which Electric Power Industry of Serbia and other public enterprises within EPS do the selection process of products and services. By this Decision, in the period before getting the certificate for introduced quality system based on ISO 9000, as transition period, the conditions and procedures for improvement quality system in acquisition of products and services have been defined.