In 2000, Aqua-Chem purchased from Osmonics the Vaponics brand product lines of stills and steam generators, to enhance and expand the Company's service to pharmaceutical/biotech industry customers. Since 2001, Aqua-Chem has launched more than two dozen new products, including increasingly large vapor compression systems, reverse-osmosis water purifiers, pretreatment and sanitary process distribution systems, waste heat plate type evaporators, vacuum vapor compression units and titanium and copper-nickel heat exchangers. The Company continues to develop and introduce innovative products and applications to support its customers' needs.