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Saltworks Awarded NASA Contract
Thursday, April 5, 2012Company Profile | Follow Company
Vancouver, BC, April 5, 2012--(T-Net)--Saltworks Technologies, a company founded by two Simon Fraser University Beedie School graduates, has been awarded a contract to deliver a pilot water recovery unit to NASA.
The company - named #2 on BC Business Magazine's list of British Columbia's 20 Most Innovative Companies - will develop the unit to test the water recovery systems and processes at NASA Ames Research Center, with the intent for future use on board the International Space Station.
Founded by Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi, who met in SFU's Management of Technology MBA program, Saltworks develops and delivers solutions for solving complex water treatment challenges. A former BC New Ventures winner (2008), the company's product portfolio includes several platforms, including reverse osmosis, ion exchange, and evaporation technologies.
Saltworks won the contract after a recent public tender for solutions held by NASA and will now deliver the unit, which is a proof of concept pilot unit.
“The NASA project is an example of how Saltworks' innovative technology could be used in diverse applications, both on - and off - the planet,” said Zoshi, Saltworks' president.
Saltworks' technology, described by the Economist Magazine as “ingenious,” utilizes an innovative solar process for desalinating seawater. The process can reduce electricity requirements by up to 80 per cent and has the potential to cut the cost of desalinated water in half.
The company's solution is expected to allow the desalination sector to build projects that provide sustainable water for agriculture, industry and municipal use worldwide, and is scalable to large applications.
About Saltworks Technologies:
Saltworks Technologies provides sustainable and economic solutions for desalination and brine treatment. Our breakthrough Thermo-Ionic™ technology harnesses renewable heat from the sun or waste heat from industrial processes to provide energy efficient, low cost desalinated water and treat waste salt water with minimal environmental impact.
Photo credit: SFU Public Affairs and Media Relations
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