Keppel Seghers

Keppel Seghers, a member of the Keppel Integrated Engineering (KIE) group, is the environmental technology arm of Keppel Corporation, a multinational conglomerate listed in Singapore. Keppel Corporation focuses on three key business activities - Offshore & Marine, Infrastructure and Property.

As a leading player in environmental technology and services, Keppel Seghers offers a broad portfolio of comprehensive environmental solutions under its parent company (KIE), and its scope of activities includes consultancy, design, engineering, technology development, construction, operations and maintenance of plants and facilities as well as investments in large environmental projects.

The company's advanced technology solutions address a wide spectrum of environmental issues such as solid waste, wastewater, drinking & process water, biosolids, sludge and the cleaning of metal parts.

With a strong track record of successful projects completed in Europe, North and South America, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East, Keppel Seghers is well-positioned to meet the challenges of protecting the environment and enriching the lives of communities in a cleaner world, both now and in the future.

Our Vision

To grow our portfolio of environmental investments while making a significant contribution to preserving a sustainable environment and investing in a cleaner future.

Our Mission

• To be a valued partner for our customers in:
• Developing turnkey contracts and selling environmental technology packages;
• Designing and building water, biosolids and waste treatment plants and
• DBOO (Design, Build, Own & Operate), BOT (Build, Operate & Transfer), BOOT (Build, Own, Operate & Transfer), and PPP (Public Private Partnership) projects.
• To strengthen our technology leadership through continuous research and development.
• To leverage our extensive engineering experience.
• To utilise our global network and strong financial resources.

Motivated to create a zero-incident workplace, Keppel Seghers is constantly improving and innovating to eliminate risks to its people, property and the environment. Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) is the top priority for the company.

A safe workplace for everyone
Safety is a core value of the Keppel Group. Keppel is focussed on ensuring a safe and healthy environment for everyone, from employees to subcontractors and customers.

The Group believes that safety is both a collective and individual responsibility. Thus, it continually refines its systems so as to improve on safety performance.

Keppel engages its workforce, contractors, customers and other stakeholders, such as industry organisations and government agencies to collaboratively address safety issues.

In addition to looking for ways to integrate safety considerations into processes and improve the workforce's safety consciousness through training and cultivation of mindsets, Keppel also rewards and recognises behaviour and leadership to encourage proactiveness and innovation for safer processes.

Strengthening occupational health
In addition to a safe environment, Keppel Seghers also looks to protect and promote the health of its workforce.

Newly hired staff undergo a health screening before commencing work. The company also ensures that the work they undertake is suitable for their age. Before they can take on strenuous work, workers have to be certified fit through regular health checks.

Protecting the environment
The mitigation of environmental impact is a fundamental backbone of Keppel Seghers' business.

In addition to offering advanced technology solutions to address a wide spectrum of environmental issues such as solid waste, wastewater, drinking and process water, biosolids and sludge, the company is continually seeking ways to use less energy, reduce wastage and emissions, and to recycle more.

Keppel Seghers also aims to cultivate green mindsets to ensure that resource consciousness, efficiency and conservation is second nature.

To help address sustainability issues, resources are committed to motivate employee action, support community efforts and collaborate with industry and government stakeholders.

In Singapore and overseas, employees proactively participate in environmental campaigns to promote awareness of global warming.

Keppel Seghers also sponsored the publication 'Water, Agriculture and Environment in Arid Lands (Water and Agricultural Vision for Qatar by 2020)'.

Keppel Seghers is recognised for high quality products and services, and is committed towards excellence. The company also places great importance on customers' health and safety in the provision and use of its products and services.

Product and technology excellence as well as innovation are key to Keppel Seghers' core competencies and development of new growth drivers.

Customers' health and safety impacts are constantly assessed over the products life cycle stages for improvement. Policies, procedures, guidelines on environment, health and safety are implemented to ensure that customers' health and safety are not compromised.

The company has obtained accreditation since 2009 covering ISO 9001, the internationally recognised standard for the quality management of businesses, ISO 14001 for Environmental Management and OHSAS 18001 for Occupational Health and Safety.

Keppel Seghers has broad international experience in the design, engineering, procurement and construction of waste-to-energy plants, sludge, hazardous waste, wastewater and water treatment facilities, providing all the technical and management skills needed to complete a project successfully.

The Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) concept, also known as ‘design-build' or ‘turnkey' contract, offers a complete range of services for the completion of the client's project. With such contracts, Keppel Seghers takes on full responsibility with regards to performance, deadlines and cost. The client only has to deal with one contractual relationship and is consequently relieved from all co-ordination, technical and financial burden.

Keppel Seghers delivers professional services to its customers in the fields of:

• Project management
• Basic engineering
• Detailed engineering
• Contract management, cost control and time scheduling
• Worldwide sourcing of quality equipment and materials
• Purchase of goods and services
• Quality inspections in the factory or on site
• Supervision and control of construction and erection
• Construction management
• Commissioning and start-up of installations
• Operator training

Keppel Seghers provides multiple levels of Operations & Maintenance (O&M) services, ranging from process assistance and operator training to full-scale O&M contracts.

The objectives of O&M services are to:

• Maximise plant availability
• Achieve better plant performances
• Comply with environmental and safety requirements
• Maximise throughput of the plant
• Maximise energy output
• Minimise maintenance costs
• Minimise consumption of chemicals and utilities
• Organise or assist with major overhauls or plant upgrades

Depending on the client's requirements, the different schemes of O&M services offered include:

• Operations & Maintenance: Full performance and operational responsibility for the plant or equipment against a well identified fixed and variable cost structure.
• Process assistance: On-site and off-site support through remote control; advice and assistance with respect to process optimisation; fault analysis and debugging; feasibility studies with respect to plant improvement and plant upgrades; technical support during major overhauls, including inspection of parts; maintenance report and recommendations.
• Maintenance support: Overhauls at regular intervals for specific equipment.
• Operator training: Additional training programmes for operators.

At Keppel Seghers, a key engine to sustaining growth and creating value is our focus on Research & Development (R&D) and commitment towards technology innovation.

Intellectual property and quality solutions hold the key to Keppel Seghers' competitive advantage. Keppel Seghers will therefore continue to develop its proprietary technologies and engineering capabilities.
Research & Development Approach

Collaborate with qualified universities and institutions ensures direct access to the latest research programmes
Work closely with business partners and customers to keep research efforts in tune with market needs
Reap strategic counsel by Keppel's Technology Advisory Panel (KTAP), comprising eminent members of the international business and academic community

Driving Environmental Technology Solutions

In September 2005, Keppel Seghers inaugurated its Environmental Technology Research Center in Belgium, comprising a modern laboratory and fully equipped hall for small-scale trials and pilot testing.

In March 2007, a second research centre was opened at the Keppel Seghers Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant in Singapore.

Furthering its commitment to innovation, parent company Keppel Integrated Engineering will be the first anchor tenant of the Tianjin Eco-City Sustainable Development Innovation Centre in the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City.

Keppel Environmental Technology Centre (KETC)

KETC underscores parent company Keppel Integrated Engineering's (KIE) dedication to long-term innovation in environmental solutions. KETC initiates, manages, and conducts R&D within KIE, and also collaborates with leading academic and research institutions worldwide.

Research partners include research institutes of Singapore's A*STAR, universities and polytechnics, UK's Cranfield University and Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.

KETC works closely with Keppel Seghers Belgium on technologies in wastewater treatment and waste-to-energy systems that translate into innovative yet value-enhancing solutions. For Example, our Spacer and Turbo-Charger projects have resulted in significant cost savings for the Keppel Seghers Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant in Singapore.

In 2010, KETC was successful in a National Research Foundation call for Competitive Research Funding for a Co-Digestion project with one of our research partners. The same year, KETC achieved two US provisional patents (PCTs) on anaerobic wastewater treatment technology.

The patented improved digestor is envisaged to be highly efficient in producing green biogas, while achieving cost savings. It might also address the need for higher strength wastewater derived from both municipal and industrial sectors.

Currently, KETC is working on a number of projects, including the treatment of biosolids waste with energy recovery and seawater desalination.

In January 2011, KIE took the lead in developing the Tianjin Sustainable Development Innovation Centre (TSDIC) in Tianjin Eco-City's Eco-Business Park (EBP).

The TSDIC will be a place where international educational institutions, government agencies, and leading international companies are brought under one roof to create an environment that is conducive for an active R&D and innovation community to take root in the Eco-City. As the first anchor tenant of Landmark Building 2 in EBP, KIE will join the ranks of other eco-technology stalwarts such as Philips, Hitachi and ST Engineering to develop the EBP as a vibrant R&D centre for eco-technology and sustainable urban solutions for the Tianjin Eco-City and beyond.