The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Daily Yomiuri,
OSAKA--Sanyo Electric Co. announced a newly developed water filtration device for individual households and housing complexes will go on sale in Indonesia at the end of this month.
The device, which was developed in cooperation with Bandon Institute of Technology (BIT) in Indonesia, will be manufactured in Indonesia and will be priced at 700 dollars, or 83,000 yen, less than half the price of the existing models, according to Sanyo.
Sanyo intends to expand exports of the device eventually to other developing nations with inadequate waterworks, including India, China and Central American nations within fiscal 2007, hoping to boost its sales of eco-business-related products, the main theme of its business reconstruction plan.
The device, Aquaoasis, comprises a filter and ozone generator that creates ozone from oxygen in the air. It first removes fine debris by filtering well water and rain water, and then sterilizes the water by spraying ozone, making it clean enough to be used for washing dishes and vegetables.
BIT has contributed to the development by providing water quality data in various places in Indonesia and examining the effects of the device's sterilization.
Sanyo aims to sell 20,000 units mainly to middle- to high-income earners in fiscal 2007 and a total of 100,000 units by the end of fiscal 2009.
Sanyo also has developed a model equipped with solar battery system that is usable in places without electricity. The solar-powered device will go on sale from fiscal 2008. According to Sanyo, waterworks cover only 34 percent of Indonesia, and only 15 percent of households have waterworks in rural districts. Even when water is available, securing pure water is difficult due to deteriorated water pipes and other reasons.
The Indonesian government aims to supply purified water to 80 percent of the nation's population by 2015. However, it is difficult to construct a large-scale waterworks since the nation comprises many islands. Therefore, a smaller filtering system is expected to be widely used.
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