폐쇄회로 담수 (CCD™) 역삼투(Reverse Osmosis) 담수 기술 제공자 Desalitech는 지난 6월 11일 Liberation Capital과 그 기관 투자자들에게서 추가적인 500만 달러의 자산 투자를 확보하였다고 발표하였다.

이 투자는 회사의 투자 총액을 9백 5십만 달러로, 전체 규모를 천 3백만 달러로 증대하였다. 투자 펀드는 Desalitech의 성장을 가속화하는데 쓰일 예정이며 저비용 고복원 수자원 관리 시스템의 최고 제공자로서의 자리를 견고히 할 것으로 관측된다.

 

 

 

Desalitech, provider of Closed Circuit Desalination (CCD™) reverse-osmosis (RO) desalination

technology, announced on 11 June 2013 that it secured an additional US$ 5 million equity funding from Liberation Capital and its institutional investors.

This increases the private equity firm's total investment to US$ 9.5 million and brings the total amount raised by the company to over US$ 13 million. The funds will be used to accelerate Desalitech's growth and strengthen its position as a leading supplier of high-recovery low-cost industrial water treatment solutions.

CCD systems have achieved over 97% recovery whereas traditional RO systems typically operate at only 75% recovery. CCD systems are desalinating seawater with 1.5 kWh/m³ energy, compared with 2-3 kWh/m³ with state-of-the-art conventional RO. Similar savings percentages have been achieved with CCD systems in industrial water and effluent treatment applications.

"Desalitech has developed a superior and differentiated technology to meet the growing and irreversible market demand for high efficiency and high recovery," said Jeff Garwood, managing director of Liberation Capital. "Their solutions are ideal for industrial and agricultural water treatment, where fresh water supply and effluent disposal costs have become a burden, or even a limiting factor in many cases."