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Wataire all wet, says board
By Dana Childs
Published 2007-01-16 07:57

Finding it perhaps not quite as clever as first thought, the board of Wataire International Inc., an air-to-water (read "dehumidifier") vendor announced today that it's changing the company's name.

The company says that it hopes a corporate name change will "more accurately reflect the world wide market potential for its atmospheric water generator products."

A number of names are being considered, it says. When a final choice is made, it will be announced along with a new CUSIP number and trading symbol. Hopefully not in the running are similarly cutesy names like, oh say:

  • AirFreshe
  • AquaOxy, or, our favorite for the Afghan market,
  • "Humid Karzai" (yup, we're experts here at the Cleantech Group on what NOT to do.)

While interesting technology with applicability in fresh water-challenged areas and disaster zones, critics cite high power requirements and relatively low tech of these types of systems.


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