Suez, acquires Aria Technologies and raises know-how on air quality

The Suez Group announces the acquisition of Aria Technologies – a leading European company in the field of numerical modeling of air quality and climate change, the operation also includes its subsidiaries including Arianet in Milan. This operation, explains the Suez Group, “will allow the development of cutting-edge solutions for the integrated monitoring and treatment of pollutants, odors and greenhouse gases and to respond to the growing health needs of customers, public bodies and industries. and climate urgency “. Aria Technologies and Arianet, pioneering companies dedicated to the study of the atmospheric environment and in particular to the numerical simulation of the dispersion of atmospheric pollutants, support their users with meteorological analysis solutions, atmospheric dispersion calculations of industrial, urban and regional emissions and evaluation of associated health risks. The decades-long know-how of the companies, underlines the Group again, will contribute to enrich the range of Suez AirAdvanced solutions thanks to a pole of competence in fluid mechanics, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, applied information technology, databases and geographic information systems in Italy and abroad. “The main environmental risk to health in Europe is represented by air pollution responsible for over 400,000 deaths per year and also has direct negative consequences on the environment. In Italy, the air quality in the Po Valley, for example, requires interventions urgent and innovative to protect the health of the inhabitants “observes Aurélia Carrère, managing director of Suez in Italy and head of the Air and Climate Hub of the Suez Group. “This acquisition – he adds – will allow us to accelerate cutting-edge solutions in this field in Italy. I am pleased to welcome the Aria Technologies and Arianet teams who, with their high professionalism, will complete Suez’s know-how in Italy”. Arianet already assists various regional environmental agencies in Italy, including Arpa Lazio, Lombardy, Friuli, Puglia, Piedmont, Marche, collaborates with various universities and research bodies, including Enea, Cnr and Inail, and has carried out numerical simulations related to air pollutants for different cities, including modeling of urban developments in the city of Milan. “By founding Arianet in 2000, after experiences in research centers and in the world of freelance, we were convinced – says Giuseppe Brusasca on behalf of all the co-founders and technicians of Arianet – that ‘the air was a resource’ to be protected. Today, after an exciting human and intellectual journey, we have chosen to join the Suez Group, which will give us the strength and solidity to continue the path we have taken, broaden our horizons and take better and better actions with a positive impact on the future of our planet “. “We are happy and proud to have brought our company to this level of maturity and we are eager to continue the adventure that began more than 20 years ago. Suez – underlines the manager – will offer us the opportunity to accelerate our growth in Italy and abroad and will allow the joint teams of Arianet and Aria Technologies to develop through involvement in ambitious international projects “.