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- VA Tech Wabag Limited, an Indian multinational water technology company headquartered in Chennai and founded in 1995 with roots tracing back to 1924, specializes in the design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment solutions for municipal and industrial clients across more than 25 countries. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of services including drinking water treatment plants; sewage and municipal wastewater treatment plants; industrial effluent treatment and zero liquid discharge systems; seawater and brackish water desalination plants; sludge treatment and energy recovery facilities; water recycling and reuse solutions; as well as consulting, advanced technologies such as membrane filtration and aerobic granulation, and long-term operations and maintenance contracts, serving sectors like oil and gas, power, steel, food and beverage, and renewable energy. Geographically, VA Tech Wabag operates primarily in India while maintaining a global footprint with projects benefiting over 88 million people through more than 6,500 executed initiatives. In recent developments, the company secured a non-binding USD 100 million equity partnership in March 2025 with an investor consortium including Norfund to establish a municipal water project platform over 3-5 years, where it acts as technical partner for EPC and O&M services; committed its first investment under the BLUE SEED initiative in November 2025 to Bengaluru-based Nimble Vision for water conservation DeepTech solutions; won a Rs 46.5 crore contract in August 2025 from RenewSys for industrial water treatment at its Hyderabad solar cell facility; and obtained an ADB-funded 255 MLD design-build-operate order in Nepal in November 2025 valued at USD 30-75 million.