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2011-02-25
NOAQ Boxwalls to protect buildings in central Tokyo

Mitsubishi Estate in Tokyo has placed an order of 650 meters of boxwall with NOAQ's Japanese reseller Gadelius. The barriers shall protect 19 of the company's buildings in central Tokyo from flooding.

2010-10-20
NOAQ in Hungary

With vast floodplains surrounded by mountainous areas Hungary is one the most flood prone countries in Europe. Earlier this year the country was struck by flooding and defended itself in a massive effort with more than 5 million sandbags. Now the tubewall and the boxwall are introduced in the country as Budapest company Stilbos has been appointed a NOAQ reseller. For contact data, see the list of reseller.

2010-07-30
New resellers – Japan and France

The network of NOAQ representatives grows. For the Japanese market we have now signed an agreement with business house Gadelius, a company with Swedish roots that has been active in Japan for more than 100 years.

In Europe France has been added. Here it is company ESTHI who has become NOAQ’s representative.

ESTHI is one of few companies that has specialized entirely on flood protection. They have already delivered a number of NOAQ Tubewalls to a supermarket in Nîmes. Visit the companies at:

www.gadelius.com/index_e.html
www.esthifrance.com

2010-04-06
A Rainy Story with a Happy Ending

Homeowner Steve Earle from the state of Rhode Island was in 2005 affected by a flood when the creek which runs along the edge of his garden plot overflowed its banks. He started searching the internet for a solution and came across the Tubewall from NOAQ. He contacted NOAQ which led to him taking over a tubewall which had recently been exhibited in the US. Since then, the tubewall has been stacked up in his storage shed.

Steve's wife however, felt that the tubewall took up too much space, so last Monday Steve finally made a decision to donate it to the city's fire department. But the weather had other plans. On that Monday night, the worst rainy weather of the century struck the area of Rhode Island.

Steve quickly cancelled his donation plans and built up the tubewall between his house and the creek, which by now had been transformed into a gushing torrent. A large number of properties in the area were flooded out. Steve's house however was left completely undamaged.

2009-10-06
A boxwall for SKF in Jakarta

Bearing manufacturer SKF's Jakarta factory has become NOAQ's first boxwall customer in Asia. The wall will be used to protect a building on the factory area from flooding due to heavy rainfall.

2009-07-01
See the Tubewall and the Boxwall in Poland and Japan

"Design 4 Elements", an exhibition of Swedish design, has previously been set up in Brazil and Germany. Now it comes to Poland, and NOAQ tubewall is one of the products shown. The exhibition opens on July 9 in Gdynia, as a part of "Gdynia Design Days" (http://gdyniadesigndays.eu/calendar/event/cztery-elmenty.html), and will move on to Warsaw in September.

At the same time both the Tubewall and the Boxwall will be introduced to the Japanese market, at "Local Government Fair 2009" in Tokyo (July 15 - 17) by Japanese trade company Gadelius. See www.gadelius.com/index.cfm?category=68&newsid=335.

2009-04-30
Here comes the Boxwall!

NOAQ now launches another mobile flood barrier - the Boxwall. The NOAQ Boxwall consists of a number of ”boxes” that are simply snapped together to form a continuous flood barrier. Like the tubewall it is automatically anchored by the own weight of the flood water. But while the tubewall is an all-round product for all kinds of environments and ground conditions, the boxwall is a special product for hard and even surfaces like asphalt streets and concrete floors. This means it is particularly well suited for urban use; around blocks, along residential streets, in front of shopping centers, at industrial estates, on quays etc. Read more in our presentation leaflet, that you’ll find here.

2009-02-20
NOAQ expands to South Korea

Global warming is already causing increased damage in many countries in Asia, because of a wetter weather. In Korea Seoul based company Gladvia (www.gladvia.com) has been chosen as NOAQ's distributor, the first one in Asia. As NOAQ products have shown to be effective against water damage in Europe, Gladvia is expecting the same for Korea.

2008-11-30
Fishway in Örebro

An 18 meter long NOAQ tubewall has been used for some months in the Swedish city of Örebro,in river Svartån, close to the castle. The city is constructing a fishway and they are using the tubewall to keep water away from the construction site.

"Although we didn't place it optimally, it seems to be the only thing that remained in place during flood peaks", says project leader Jan Strömberg. "It works great, in opposite to other material that was washed away".

2008-08-01
New NOAQ distributor for Canada
Sherbrooke based company Pro AQ has become NOAQ’s new distributor for Canada. The previous distributor, Nautic & Art, was also NOAQ’s subcontractor for the North American market, and wanted to concentrate on this role. Behind Pro AQ stand two energetic entrepreneurs, Josée Lamoureux and Alain Tahan.

"We are very enthusiastic about the challenge facing us. Market conditions in Canada are right on the money. We are very proud to be part of the NOAQ family" says Alain Tahan, president of Pro AQ.

2008-07-16
Tubewalls are spreading to the south
NOAQ has got a major tubewall order from Protezione Civile in Campania in southern Italy. Previously the Civil Defence in northern Italy has stockpiled tubewalls, and now their colleagues in the south are doing the same.

2008-05-31
NOAQ’s products to fight the expansive floods in Australia
SWETEK Pty-Ltd based in Adelaide has recently been appointed NOAQ distributors for Australia. SWETEK specializes with innovative products made from PVC based fabrics and as such the NOAQ tubewall is a nice comliment to the existing product range.

”Most people associate Australia only with warm and dry conditions but reality is that it is a continent with extreme variations in climate and weather patterns. Flash flooding and swollen rivers is a fact of life. With such massive land areas and distances, the rapid deployment capability of NOAQ Flood Fighting System offers an attractive alternative in the marketplace” says Kimon Lycos, Director of SWETEK.

2007-11-21
New NOAQ Distributor to the U.K.

Clan Tools & Plant Ltd in Glasgow has become a new distributor to the U.K. after NOAQ cancelled its agreement with the previous distributor. Clan Tools & Plant Ltd specializes in the sale of equipment for rescue services and represents a number of well-known manufacturers like Lukas, Vetter, Airshore and Öko-Tec. And now also NOAQ! Visit Clan Tools’ web site at www.clantools.com.

2007-10-18
NOAQ receives new orders from Italy and Austria

The Civil Protection Authorities of Piemonte, Italy, has placed an additional order of 400 metres of NOAQ tubewall. The state of Lower Austria also placed a large order for the NOAQ Tubewall recently, ordering 250 meters to better prepare for potential flooding.

2007-03-16
Time for Denmark

NOAQ has signed an agreement with the Danish company Dansk Fugtstop ApS in Køge as its reseller for Denmark. The company´s main activity is protecting houses from moist that comes through the ground, but now they will also be handling the bigger amounts of water that comes with a flood. Dansk Fugtstop presents themselves at www.danskfugtstop.dk

2006-12-21
NOAQ Tubewall in Slovakia

NOAQ tubewall is now also available in Slovakia. The Slovakian Ministry of the Interior have recently approved the "Tubový val NOAQ" for the use by the national Fire and Rescue Corps. The product will be marketed in Slovakia by NOAQ´s German reseller Öko-Tec, together with their partner Kilian Fire & Safety. A presentation leaflet in Slovak is added to our website as a downloadable PDF file. See www.noaq.com/lng-sk/documents.html. There is also a User Instructions and a Checklist in Slovak.

2006-05-02
Innsbruck and Garmisch-Partenkirchen purchase NOAQ tubewalls

During the last weeks the countries along the Elbe and Danube rivers have had great problems with flooding, but not more than half a year ago parts of Germany, Switzerland and Austria were submerged after heavy rains. In order to be better prepared for potential flooding in the future, Innsbruck and Garmisch-Partenkirchen have now decided to purchase tubewalls from NOAQ.

2005-12-05
More Tubewalls to Italy

The Civil Protection Authorities (Protezione Civile) in Piedmont in Northern Italy have ordered a further 300 metres of Tubewall. A NOAQ Tubewall was used to protect the Town Hall in the Northern Italian city of Verbania one year ago, flood protection walls from NOAQ have since begun to proliferate in Italy. A consignment was recently sent to the Civil Protection Authorities in Campania in the southern part of the country, and the city of Cremona in the Po valley has also equipped itself with a Tube Wall in anticipation of flooding of the River Po.

2005-11-14
Appreciated design

It is not only in New York that the NOAQ Tubewall is appreciated for its design. An exhibition of Swedish design, "Elementos Suecos", which includes a NOAQ Tubewall, is being held in São Paulo in Brazil until 11 December. The same exhibition will be held in Germany later in the winter, in conjunction with the "Ambiente" trade fair in Frankfurt on 10 - 14 February. There are also plans to take the exhibition on tour to Los Angeles in March 2006.

2005-10-31
Canada starts to manufacture Tubewalls

NOAQ has signed an agreement with Nautic & Art Ltd in Canada for the manufacture of Tubewalls. The company already manufactures other air-filled products, including RIBs for the US Coast Guard, and was named as "Entrepreneur of the Year" in Canada in 2003. The first tube from Nautic & Art is already being exhibited in a museum, at the MoMA in New York. Nautic & Art is also the distributor for Canada. The company is based in Sherbrooke in the French-speaking part of the country, and all documentation for NOAQ Tubewall will shortly also be available in French.

2005-06-03
Distributor in Germany

NOAQ recently concluded a retail agreement with Öko-Tec in Frankfurt am Main. As Germany has recurrent problems with flooding, particularly along the great rivers of Rhine, Elbe and Danube, here is much to be done. Öko-Tec manufactures and markets products for environmental protection, e.g. an oil-boom of their own design.

2005-03-21
NOAQ Tubewall to New York

This autumn, the Museum of Modern Art in New York will be arranging a design exhibition for security-related products called ”SAFE - Design Takes on Risk”. One of the products selected for the exhibition is the NOAQ Tubewall.

- We didn’t count on the tubewall ending up in a museum this soon, quips Sigurd Melin at NOAQ. But on the other hand, MoMA isn’t any ordinary museum, but rather a vital institution with over 3 million visitors per year. This mean an exposure of the product that money can´t buy, and a jumpstart for the planned launch of the tubewall onto the American market.

The exhibition will take place between 16 October 2005 - 2 January 2006.

2004-12-20
Protezione Civile buys NOAQ tubewalls

In late October 2004, Northern Italy experienced unusually heavy rains, and the largest lake in the area, Lago Maggiore, flooded its banks. In the city of Verbania, on the western side of the lake, the town hall itself was threatened by the flood waters. By erecting a 100 metre tubewall, NOAQ’s Italian reseller, Falzoni, was able to protect the building.

This event consequently led to the purchase of tubewalls for use in future similar situations by Protezione Civile, the organization responsible for flood protection in Italy.

2004-07-12
NOAQ tube wall now available in Italy and New Zealand.

NOAQ has recently signed an agreement with distributors in an additional two countries - Italy and New Zealand.

Italy’s flooding problems are well-known far outside its borders. Florence and Venice may be most famous in this respect, but there are other flood-prone areas as well, especially across the vast plain of the river Po. Now the tube wall and ”Il Sistema Antiinondazioni NOAQ” are being launched on the Italian market by Falzoni s.a.s., a well-reputed geotechnical company in Torino.

New Zealand also has problems with flooding, and last winter the middle part of the country experienced the worst floods of the century after unusually heavy downpours. At that time, the Ministry of Civil Defence had already begun looking into upgrading the country’s ability to combat floods and contacted NOAQ. Now, NOAQ has appointed Auckland-based Hynds Environmental Ltd as its NZ representative, and in April 2004 a first practical demonstration was carried out for the ministry.

2003-10-31
Ende November wird in München eine große internationaleÜberschwemmungskonferenz angeordnet - die Erste dieser Art. Deutschland wurde in den vergangenen Jahren von mehreren großen Überschwemmungen
betroffen; und bedeutende Gelder werden in Überschwemmungsschutz investiert werden. Es ist daher natürlich, dass Deutschland jetzt die Initiative ergriffen hat, dass diese neue „Überschwemmungsbranche“ ein eigenes Forum bekommt.

Die Konferenz, die den Namen „Acqua Alta 03“ bekommen hat, wird vom 24. bis 27. November stattfinden. Wir werden mit unseren österreichischen und englischen Wiederverkäufern teilnehmen; und auf der dazugehörigen Messe einen „Schlauchwall“ ausstellen.

Wenn Sie daran interessiert sind, uns auf der Messe zu besuchen, nehmen
Sie bitte Kontakt mit uns auf - wir werden Ihnen dann eine
Eintrittskarte zusenden.