MOSCOW, RUSSIA — Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, today announced that it has opened a new distribution and customer service base in Moscow, Russia. Part of a long-term growth strategy, Xylem’s expanded presence in Russia will focus on boosting sales and distribution in the country, enhancing relationships with Russian customers and creating the capability to deliver local customer service, after-sales support, application engineering and training. The team in Moscow will concentrate on its core markets, including wastewater transport and treatment, energy-efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and related solutions for residential and commercial buildings, and water solutions for light industry, agriculture and irrigation. The new base will help to drive faster delivery of Xylem products and enhance local customers’ experience. The company has been doing business in Russia since 2005 through two independent local distributors for its Lowara, Vogel, Leopold, Flygt, WEDECO, Godwin and Sanitaire brands.

“This new base in Moscow enables Xylem to offer wastewater and clean water pumping products and systems to the Russian market. The channels to our customers are becoming considerably shorter, and we can now personally accompany our customers on-site throughout the development of projects, offering applications solutions and systems expertise,” said André Dhawan, vice president and general manager of Xylem’s Residential and Commercial Water business in Europe. “Only Xylem can now offer a wide range of treatment and transport solutions through an integrated set of leading global brands. The establishment of the Russian subsidiary is an important event for both our company and the marketplace, and underscores our commitment to growing Xylem’s presence in emerging markets.”

The Moscow team will be led by Oleg Fedorov. Fedorov holds an engineering degree from Moscow State University and an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management. With deep experience in strategy, marketing, business development and project management, Fedorov previously worked for General Electric, Holter Group and Lufthansa Service Group.