302017 INTEGRATED REPORTAXIS 04

SUEZ WTS, NEW WORLD LEADER IN INDUSTRIAL WATER Behind agriculture, but well ahead of human consumption, industry represents nearly 22% of global water consumption. This is the context in which the Group strengthened and expanded its global expertise with the acquisition of GE Water & Process Technologies in September 2017. Combined with the SUEZ Group's industrial water activities, the company's assets have enabled the emergence of a new Business Unit: Water Technologies & Solutions. With an international network of 45 production and service centres, 10,000 employees meeting the needs of 50,000 customers and R&D centres on four continents, WTS offers a unique

and unprecedented range of solutions in a market of over 10,000 products and services, covering the whole water value chain: design and construction of treatment infrastructure, specialist services for conditioning products, water treatment equipment and systems, digital solutions for resource optimisation, equipment monitoring and maintenance and data analysis, such as the Insight platform. WTS puts the Group in a world- leading position in the industrial water market, with a revenue target of 3.1 billion dollars by 2020.

CHRISTOPHE CROS CHAIRMAN OF WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS

HEINER MARKHOFF CEO OF WATER TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS

With an operational model balanced between the fields of treatment and infrastructure, and sites in all the main regions of the world, WTS is the only global player present throughout the value chain. In addition, this new Business Unit considerably expands our industrial customer base and creates significant cross-selling opportunities within the Group. It rebalances our geographical presence and improves our R&D and digital skills.

With this Business Unit, we have created a world leader offering solutions that have no equivalent in the competitive landscape. Our sustained R&D policy gives us a head start over our competitors in areas such as water reuse and energy efficiency, whether in terms of optimising plant performance or using sewage sludge to produce renewable energy.