Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOIT20240701018
- Term of Validity
- 1 July 2024 - 1 July 2025
- Company's Country
- Italy
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- An innovative Italian firm, specializes in developing natural solutions using nanomaterials for soil and water remediation. It uses natural zeolites to engineer products for agriculture, water treatment, biogas production, environmental remediation, and animal nutrition. It's been operating in the zeolite market for over 20 years across countries like Brazil, Colombia, and Portugal, now it wants to expand to other markets.
- Full Description
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The Italian firm promotes the technical development and marketing of natural and
modified zeolite products. Initially, the company focused on the development of the agricultural sector, with products based on natural zeolites for soil health and foliar treatments. Once the presence of the company was consolidated in this market, the focus moved on the water treatment, biogas production, environmental remediation, and animal
feed sectors.
It has 15 products in the catalogue, for the following applications:
- Wastewater treatment in the civil sector (well water, drinking water, aqueducts, swimming pools)
- Industrial wastewater treatment (agro-food, chemical, metal-mechanical, textile industries)
- Groundwater treatment,
- Drinking water treatment,
- Environmental remediation and biodegradation
- Increase biogas production and reduction of ammonium peaks in anaerobic digestion plants
- Agriculture (fertilisers, soil conditioners, plant strengtheners, substrates)
- Animal feed and technological additives for PET food
It offers three natural zeolite-based products for water purification, which are typically used to remove suspended solids, protect reverse osmosis membranes, and eliminate iron and
manganese. These products are also employed in wastewater treatment in the agro-food and textile industries. Additionally, the company has three modified zeolite products in its portfolio, designed for specific uses in industrial wastewater treatment in the chemical,
petrochemical, metal-mechanical, and textile sectors, such as chromium removal from tannery wastewater, and for purifying water, including arsenic removal from groundwater.
The company provides the option to conduct preliminary laboratory tests on contaminated samples to determine the most effective zeolite type and operating conditions for specific water filtration needs. The company's multidisciplinary team, including chemists, biologists,
biotechnologists, agronomists, and environmental engineers, evaluates product performance against various contaminants like ammonium, iron, manganese, heavy metals, arsenic, chromium, and emerging pollutants such as PFAS and microplastics. They employ various test methods—batch, column, and dynamic batch tests—to gauge the adsorptive capabilities of zeolite filters and their overall efficacy.
It also offers prototypes and pilot filtration systems, scaling from grams to hundreds of kilograms, to facilitate scale-up experiments.
Additionally, the lab develops new zeolite-based formulations tailored to customer needs and tests both synthetic and actual water samples.
The company also focuses on creating predictive models to simulate zeolite-contaminant interactions.
The company is actively seeking to expand his worldwide operations and is therefore looking for partners, mainly in the form of distributors or resellers, but also engineering firms or industrial clients. - Advantages and Innovations
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The company has developed several patented innovations, including:
• A biological formulation for decontaminating solid matrices with stubborn organic contaminants.
• A process and facility for cleaning soil and groundwater contaminated with organic and inorganic substances.
• A zeolite-based compound for controlled calcium release and its production method.
Additionally, he company owns several proprietary brands:
• A line of zeolite-based products for water treatment.
• A zeolite-based solution for treating ammonium in biogas facilities.
• A zeolite-based agricultural product classified as an EC fertilizer.
• Zeolite-based products used as soil conditioners in agriculture.
• A zeolite-based product for agricultural use as a soft soap corroborant.
• A kaolin-based product for agricultural use as a corroborant.
• A pilot plant designed for conducting ex situ soil biodegradation tests. - Stage of Development
- Already on the market
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
- Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- Goal 15: Life on Land
- IPR status
- IPR granted
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- Ideal partner should be a distribution company, with a portfolio of products for water and waste water treatment and for filtration in general. Other interesting partnerships to be exploited are with engineering firms active in the water and biogas segment. Ultimately the company is also targeting industrial clients
- Type and Size of Partner
- R&D Institution
- SME 50 - 249
- University
- Big company
- SME 11-49
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 010002002 - Biodiversity
- 10002005 - Biodiversity / Natural Heritage
- 10002007 - Environmental Engineering / Technology
- 010002009 - Water Pollution / Treatment
- 10002006 - Ecology
- Market keywords
- 08001022 - Agricultural chemicals
- 08004003 - Water treatment equipment and waste disposal systems
- 08004002 - Chemical and solid material recycling
- Targeted countries
- All countries