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BIOGLOBE
Country: Sweden
Foundation year: 2007
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Cleantech Segment: Water and wastewater
Business area / produc offering: Biological system for treatment of toilet waste water
Short company history: BioGlobe AB in its present form is started in 2007. The owner, Astrid Lofs, has however worked with the concept of biological treatment of house hold sewage for more then 20 years. As a researcher at the Swedish University of Agriculture she started to treat waste water using vermiculture technique. The method that she developed was scaled down to be suitable for a household. The invention of a box in which the composting process could occur was notice with the SKAPA award in Uppsala 1996. The product, a biological system for treatment of toilet waste water, has been developed further during about 10 years with testing in households. The system is based on a vacuum toilet, vermicompost and a dry root zone for absorbing plant nutrients. This system has several advantages both for economy and environment: It is cheaper to buy, install and run compared to conventional systems. It is a recycling system which means that waste water cleaned on the spot and need not be transported to sewage plants. Moreover it brings a feeling of a modern water toilet.
Website: www.bioglobe.se |
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CANATU
Country: Finland
Foundation Year: 2004 |
Cleantech segment: Advanced materials
Business area / product offering: Carbon nanomaterials for environmentally friendly electronics
Short company history: Canatu, a spin-off of the Helsinki University of Technology, was founded in 2004 to commercialize a novel carbon nanomaterial production and deposition technology for direct production of key thin film components in the electronics (flexible display) and energy (flexible solar cell and supercacitor) sectors. Canatu is already able to produce samples of conductive, transparent and flexible thick and thin films for industrial evaluation and is currently scaling the production process for industrial use. Canatu is now seeking financing and industrial partners to accelerate the uptake of the technology. Canatu has patent applications on the novel material and all elements of the synthesis, characterization and component manufacturing processes .
Website: www.canatu.com |
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ENFUCELL
Country: Finland
Foundation Year: 2002 |
Cleantech segment: Energy Storage / Materials
Business area / product offering: Environmental friendly and flexible 1.5 V power source for disposable applications
Short company history: Enfucell is an innovative start-up company founded in 2002 by a group of scientists and professionals from Helsinki University of Technology. The core product of Enfucell is thin, flexible, disposable and environmentally friendly power sources - award-winning SoftBattery(tm). The success of the company is based on revolutionary cost competitive product, green values, seasoned executives and professional team, and customer focus. The company has received several international recognitions for the SoftBattery and Enfucell is now walking steadily on the process of globalization by expanding into global market and setting up its branch offices in the US and China.
Website: www.enfucell.com |
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ENVISTONE
Country: Finland
Foundation Year: 2004 |
| Cleantech segment: Water and wastewater
Business area / product offering: Nitrogen removal from municipal and industrial wastewaters
Short company history: Envistone Oy is established in 2004 to market, sell, construct and maintain nitrogen treatment plants developed by Envitop Oy for municipal and industrial customers. Envistone’s process is based on reactive filtering of ammonia from wastewater. Unlike traditional processes Envistone’s process is not dependent on water temperature, and cuts down investment costs since there is practically no need for large concrete basins. The end product in Envistone’s process is nitrate concentrate which can be used as a nutrient in low-
nutrient treatment plants, like in forest industry or to improve treatment processes in municipal treatment plants. According to an extensive study, the market potential in Finland is about 350 million Euros, including municipal treatment plants but excluding industrial plants. Market studies will be carried out in Sweden and Norway in 2008.but the market is estimated in Norway as about the same then in Finland, and 1,5 times higher in Sweden.
Website:
www.envitop.com |
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NORSTEL
Country: Sweden
Foundation year: 2005
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Cleantech segment: Materials
Business area / product offering: Wide bandgap semiconductor materials, including silicon carbide (SiC) wafers and epitaxial layers
Short company history: Founded in February 2005 Norstel broke ground on its facility in Norrköping in April 2006. The facility was completed in just over one year and hand over from the contractor was officially completed in May 2006 followed by installation of first crystal growth reactors in the summer of 2006. Norstel shipped first gemstone products in December 2006 and first wafer in January 2007 and is currently ramping production whilst continuing to advance R&D on new product innovation.
Website: www.norstel.com |
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TOXISPOT
Country: Denmark
Foundation year: 2006 |
Cleantech segment: Water and wastewater
Business area / product offering: Inexpensive, quick and easy quantification of pathogenic micro-organism
Short company history: Toxispot was founded by two former staff of DHI Water Environment Health and is financially supported by DHI Water Environment Health (major shareholder) and NOVI Innovation a/s. The Toxispot technology offers compact portable workstations combined with disposable cartridges ensuring quick analyses (< 1 hour) of waterborne human threats. Each cartridge encompasses all reagents needed for multiple analyses – and all analyses are performed in one process. Simplicity is a key goal; to support as well easy and inexpensive manufacturing as easy and rapid analyses with high sensitivity. Unskilled personnel can use it – in the lab and in the field. Imagine: at the point of pollution you deposit a drop of liquid on a small disposable cartridge and insert the cartridge into a handheld workstation and shortly after you learn the concentration of multiple contaminants. Our primary market is water utilities but the technology is easily adapted to e.g. food production industries and for in vitro diagnostics.
Website: www.toxispot.com |
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WATRECO
Country: Sweden
Foundation year:2004
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Business area / product offering: Energy efficient aeration/mixing and degassing solutions
Cleantech segment: Water and wastewater
Short company history: Established in 2004 by five private founders, Watreco develops, sells and implements energy efficient and sustainable water treatment solutions, based on the self developed and patented Vortex Generator. The Vortex Process Technology™ (VPT) is in it self very energy efficient and uses liquids and gasses own ability to move simultaneously in three dimensions. The spectra of application areas for the technology are quite extensive. Currently, Watreco is focusing on energy efficient aeration in ponds (municipal, private gardens and golf courses) but sees the big global potential in solutions for fish breeding (Aquaculture) and Waste Water treatment, where aeration is directly linked to production output. If the conditions are right, the solutions can be implemented based on solar- and wind driven pumps. In parallel, degassing opens up for a big potential within irrigation due to the lowered viscosity effect that enables water to better penetrate the soil and increase water uptake in plants. A same effect is used in the offspring system - REALice™ - that is saving energy and increases ice quality for ice rinks.
Website: www.watreco.com |
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XYLOPHANE
Country: Sweden
Foundation Year: 2004
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Cleantech segment: Materials
Business area / product offering: Biodegradable barrier material for packaging
Short company history: Xylophane has developed a new barrier material for packaging. The material is based on natural raw material and is renewable and biodegradable. It is an efficient barrier to oxygen, grease and aroma and can thus prolong the shelf life of sensitive food stuffs or be a sustainable alternative to the barrier materials at the market today. The development of the product is made in cooperation with customers within packaging industry. The technology has been verified in laboratory scale as well as under industrial conditions in pilot scale.
Website: www.xylophane.com
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