2014년 한국 거래소 기록에 따르면 LG화학에서 담수 막 회사 NanoH20을 2억 달러에 인수 하려고 제안하고 있다.

LG는 2010년 2월 수처리 산업을 시작했고 다음 10년 동안 발전소를 목표로 하는 물 공급 산업에 4억 달러 이상을 2020년까지 투자할 것으로 발표했다.

회사는 자가 수처리 막 개발에 집중했고 해외로부터 수처리 기술을 도입하기로 결정했다. LG화학은 물 여과 산업 개발은 새로운 성장 엔진이라고 인수 이유를 밝혔다.

 

 

LG Chem, part of Korea's LG electronics group, is proposing a takeover of desalination membrane maker NanoH2O for US$ 200 million, according to a filing made to the Korea Exchange on 14 March 2014.

LG entered the water treatment industry in February 2010, announcing that it would be investing more than US$ 400 million over the next decade in building a water treatment business with the goal of generating US$ 7 billion in revenue by 2020, in the process becoming a top 10 global water treatment company.

At that time, the company appeared to be concentrating on developing its own water treatment membranes, but seems now to have decided to buy membrane technology from outside. NanoH2O, based in El Segundo, California, was a start-up in 2005 from University of California Los Angeles and has become a very successful manufacturer of thin-film nanocomposite reverse-osmosis membranes.

LG Chem's reasoning for the takeover in its listing is "water filter business development as new growth engine".

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 3월 25일]