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Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane-Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), for salt-free and chemical-free water softening and desalination, announced today the addition of Richard Bastar IV, West Coast U.S. Sales Manager, effective November 28, 2016. Richard joins Voltea’s global sales team, reporting to Carlos Camero, Sr. VP of Global Sales.

Due to Voltea’s rapidly growing installation base in the U.S., and the addition of the automated robotic manufacturing facility in Dallas, TX, our sales and production teams are expanding to accommodate the success.

The West Coast of the U.S. is a pertinent location for water reuse such as CapDI, with stricter guidelines and restrictions being imposed on water usage. Drought and shortages in water supply have mandated critical changes in salt and other minerals being released back into municipal water systems, and CapDI abides by such new regulations.

“I am fired up about joining the strong, dynamic team here at Voltea. The water treatment industry has shown the need for this exciting technology through Voltea’s attractive growth to date, and CapDI offers a fresh new opportunity for the market. Industry leaders in all spaces are constantly looking at ways to reduce their footprint by reusing and recycling their resources. CapDI will have a great impact on the West Coast and I am glad to be part of this journey,” noted Bastar.

Carlos Camero notes, ”Our Sales team welcomes Richard to lead and manage business opportunities for Voltea in the West Coast of North America. Richard is a great addition to our team bringing years of experience in chemicals/water treatment sales for a variety of applications in heavy industry, power and chemical plants. I’m confident that Richard’s skills and relentless commitment to succeed will make an immediate contribution to our bottom line and aggressive sales growth.”

Richard comes from a water treatment background, spending several years in power generation, primary metals, and industrial manufacturing facilities. He brings a wide variety of industry knowledge to the team from his career as an engineer, as well as serving eight years as an Army Officer in the Infantry and Logistics Corps for the National Guard. Richard earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and attended Marion Military Institute.

AquaRecycle (www.aquarecycle.com) provides cost-effective water recycling solutions in key laundry markets such as healthcare, hospitality, military and correctional facilities, and commercial laundries. Voltea’s CapDI technology compliments AquaRecycle’s systems by significantly expanding the performance window. Over the last year and a half, AquaRecycle has taken a leadership position in deploying Voltea’s CapDI technology in numerous laundry facilities, including the hospitality sector for customers like Hilton Worldwide, Marriot International, Starwood and Hyatt Hotels, as well as the US Navy and Healthcare sector, among others.

“There are many applications for Voltea’s CapDI technology within laundries, including no-salt, chemical-free softening of feed water, and removing dissolved salts from high temperature recycled water to improve quality. We wanted a forward-thinking partner with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions to the laundry industry. AquaRecycle is an innovative force in the industry, and the perfect partner for Voltea,” noted Voltea CEO, L. Bryan Brister.

“AquaRecycle is very excited about the opportunity to add CapDI technology to our Purify product line. As laundry operations continue to become more efficient, our ability to effectively and economically purify our recycled and reuse water is revolutionary,” quotes Jeff Lebedin, President of the company. “Our multi-million dollar long term exclusive distributorship with Voltea will give us the opportunity to continue to rapidly grow our business model.”

Carlos Camero, Sr. VP of Global Sales for Voltea mentioned, “We are thrilled to be working with AquaRecycle, a leading supplier of water treatment solutions and technology. We believe CapDI offers AquaRecycle a competitive advantage over traditional technologies and the immediate benefit of increasing water recovery while improving the water quality being recycled in the closed-loop process. This high efficiency operation offers end-users significant OpEx savings that are sustainable and provide the lowest total cost of ownership.”

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane-Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), announced today the addition of Timothy Cavitt as the new Chief Operations Officer (COO), effective November 21, 2016. Timothy joins Voltea’s executive management team, reporting to CEO Bryan Brister.

In his new role as COO, Timothy will be responsible for execution of Voltea’s product development, engineering, and operations strategy, which includes manufacturing facilities in Dallas, TX, USA and Sassenheim, The Netherlands. The addition of Timothy marks a notable high point in Voltea’s global expansion.

“Timothy brings great breadth and depth of international operations experience to Voltea. I am fully confident he is the right leader for our operations team as we continue to grow commercially and need scalable operations processes and quality systems to ensure fulfilment capability. His history of success developing and implementing strategy, building and leading operations teams, and driving growth will be transformative for Voltea,” said Brister.

Regarding his new role at Voltea, Timothy noted, “I am excited to join Voltea’s growing team and energetic culture. Clearly, Voltea’s commercial traction dictates the need for scalable operational processes and the implementation of a world-class quality system. I look forward to working with the team to drive the company forward.”

Timothy has more than 24 years of experience leading and managing complex operations organizations. He has developed, launched and lead successful manufacturing turn-arounds in multiple business sectors from automotive to health care. Timothy has extensive experience as a global operations leader working in both Fortune 500 Companies as well as in Private Equity Portfolio Companies as a Global Vice President of Operations. Timothy earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, a Masters Degree in Environmental Engineering and a Masters Degree in Business Administration.

Voltea, the world’s leader in electro-desalination with its Membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©) solution, is expanding its global footprint by opening an advanced manufacturing, robotic production facility in Dallas, TX. In addition to automated, robotic manufacturing of its patented CapDI modules, Voltea will use this facility to further expand its physical presence in North America by growing the global field services and sales teams in the region.

Voltea has acquired an automated production robot for the purpose of manufacturing our patented CapDI module stacks. This robot enables a faster, more efficient way of building the internal components of our modules with improved quality and faster production throughput. “Voltea’s global commercial growth has outpaced our ability to manufacture CapDI modules using traditional manual assembly methods. We acquired a custom-built robotic assembly asset which increases our production capacity while also improving product quality,” said Voltea’s CEO, L. Bryan Brister.

Due to commercial growth of our CapDI technology in the North American market, opening a US-based facility has been a crucial need for sales, service, and training purposes. Voltea’s Global Field Services Leader, Josh Summers, commented, “The Dallas facility will expand the capabilities of the service team on the American continent, in addition to being a valuable resource for the local training and support of resellers. The technology demonstration and FAT of equipment for customers will be an important feature of this new facility as well.”

Sr. Vice President for Global Business Development, Carlos Camero, also noted, “The pipeline of existing and potential customers in North America is growing fast, which demands that we expand our sales team in the region to support that commercial growth.”

While robotic manufacturing increases throughput and improves quality, regionally based sales and service teams benefit customers by providing fast response times. Voltea continues to remain focused on making our technology more accessible and robust on a global level.

Voltea, the world’s leader in electro-desalination with its Membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©) solution, has completed a €6M capitalization round following commercialization success in multiple global sectors. In addition to the existing consortium of investors supporting the round, Voltea is excited to announce a new investor joined the syndicate – Anterra Capital.

This investment will allow Voltea to accelerate commercialization of its disruptive CapDI deionization technology in the global industrial and commercial water treatment markets, as well as the residential water softener market. The capital will be used to hire key engineering and sales talent, and to bring online an automated, robotic module assembly facility.

Voltea’s CEO, L. Bryan Brister explained, “Voltea is extremely excited by this investment and the expertise of our investor syndicate. The industry has been transitioning from validating whether CapDI works, to accepting and implementing it in a broad array of applications. As a result, Voltea has entered an exciting time of commercial expansion where our manual production capacity has been outstripped by market demand. We will use this capital to further expand and strengthen our global sales team, extend engineering depth and increase production capacity.”

A key customer for Voltea, system integrator Tim Fitzgerald of PAPSCO was among the pioneering leaders driving commercialization of Voltea’s technology in North America and he commented, “CapDI has proven to be a competitive alternative solution to traditional desalination technologies in a wide range of applications. Keeping up with the growth in sales and commercialization has become a welcomed challenge.”

“We are excited to support the further growth of Voltea investing alongside Rabobank, ETF and Unilever. We have known Voltea for many years and are impressed by the accelerated commercial progress they’ve made over the past 18 months. Water scarcity is a huge issue for the agricultural sector, with agriculture accounting for more than 70% of fresh water withdrawals. Voltea’s CapDI systems have been proven in multiple applications to be the lowest cost and most sustainable water treatment solution. That combination is great for the world, and a great investment for Anterra Capital,” added Adam Anders, Managing Partner at Anterra Capital.

Voltea’s Chairman, Oliver Gosemann, added, “The water industry is quite conservative and slow to adopt innovative technologies, which is surprising given the pressure on water resources worldwide. However, Voltea has been able to transition very quickly from an R&D culture to driving commercialization of CapDI and has an impressive list of blue-chip global brands in late stage evaluation of the technology in many markets. The future is very bright.”

Voltea’s CapDI devices remove salts and other dissolved solids from water simply by applying electric fields across the water flow. This lowers maintenance, energy, and CapEx compared to traditional approaches, which depend on high pressure or heat. Voltea’s technology recovers up to 90% of treated water, which is a big step forward in efficient water use. The devices are highly modular and have been miniaturized to the size of a coffee cup.

Voltea achieved key advances that have resulted in robust performance, lifetime, and reliability while attaining a cost structure superior to traditional deionization technologies. Large-scale commercial and industrial CapDI systems are now operating on five continents with continued expansion opportunities globally. Key industries that are adopting Voltea’s solution include food and beverage, automotive, commercial laundry, and horticulture.

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has created and published a new brochure that focuses on how CapDI benefits the horticulture industry.

CapDI tunably removes and controls sodium and electrical conductivity (EC) levels arrising from total dissolved solids (TDS) without removing all minerals, allowing users to select the optimal level of sodium and minerals for each crop’s irrigation water. Excessive levels of sodium in irrigation water prevents reuse, and CapDI effectively removes the sodium to acceptable levels (< 1 mMol/L) in the presence of high silica content (> 80 mg/L) while maintaining high recovery (> 80%) at flexible removal rates (50 – 90%).

Horticulture businesses benefit from using CapDI by its low energy consumption, no required chemicals, minimal maintenance, as well as overall reduced water and fertilizer consumption. CapDI provides optimal water quality that enables higher quality products at better yields, all while dramatically lowering operational costs!

Carlos Camero, Sr. VP of Global Sales at Voltea mentions, “CapDI technology has proven to be an effective solution for horticulture water reuse, allowing growers to recycle up to 35% of water and fertilizers, which translates into quantifiable OpEx savings. Voltea’s tunable desalination technology significantly increases our customers’ water-cycle efficiency and enables our mutual commitment to reduce consumption in a highly intensive water market.”

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has performed a detailed technical analysis supported by field data from various installation sites that compares CapDI technology to that of Reverse Osmosis (RO), now at 2,000 ppm TDS. In the desalination/water purification technology field, CapDI has often competed with RO in all aspects of the business, from capital and operating expenses (including energy consumption and consumables costs), to operational efficiency and water recovery rates. Voltea’s CapDI technology costs have now reached parity with that of RO, and this document details all aforementioned aspects of measure with CapDI consistently at the advantage. We recently released this data at a 500 ppm TDS level, and due to client feedback are able to provide the same data at this higher salinity level.
See Attached Document:
CapDI vs RO 2000 ppm
If your business uses RO, or if you are considering the purchase of an RO unit, ask yourself if you are satisfied with the expected costs, energy consumption, and predicted water recovery to fully understand the true cost of ownership. By evaluating the attached document, you can see how CapDI dwarfs RO in savings, performance and sustainability, and we would like to challenge you to find a situation where RO is a more desirable and sustainable option subject to similar process conditions. Contact our sales team at info@voltea.com or +31(0)252.200.100 to take advantage of this challenge!

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), recently installed a system on location in Canada, where new governmental regulations on manganese levels in municipal water are being enforced.

Currently, Toronto ground water contains manganese levels in the 150 – 200 parts per billion (ppb) range. These new regulations will enforce that waste water going into municipal water treatment plants cannot have manganese present above 50 ppb. Consequently, ground water removed from construction sites during de-watering for foundation construction must be treated to reduce the manganese levels to below 50 ppb before the water can be sent to municipal sanitary or storm drains.

CapDI was tested to evaluate its efficacy as a chemical-free way to remove manganese below the regulatory requirement level of 50 ppb. The results were a smashing success! Testing that was performed included 3 conditions: 40, 70, and 95% electrical conductivity removal, with the manganese removal as noted:

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has entered into two recent partnerships, both in new territories for the technology.

PROXA (www.proxawater.com), a South African-based leader in total water management, has become a new system integrator for Voltea on the African continent. PROXA also covers areas in the Middle East, Australia, and Europe.

Mavi Teknoloji Ltd – OSMO (www.osmo.com.tr), a Turkish-based leader in water treatment services, has become a new distributor of CapDI throughout the Eastern European region.

Voltea’s CEO, Dr. Bryan Brister offers, “We are proud to have PROXA and Osmo join the family of global system integrators using Voltea’s CapDI. The performance of the technology in commercial applications across the globe continues to drive momentum and attract new integrators, distributors and resellers.”

Voltea, the world’s leader in membrane Capacitive Deionization (CapDI©), has performed a detailed technical analysis supported by field data from various installation sites that compares CapDI technology to that of Reverse Osmosis (RO) – see attached document. In the desalination/water purification technology field, CapDI has often competed with RO in all aspects of the business, from capital and operating expenses (including energy consumption and consumables costs), to operational efficiency and water recovery rates. Voltea’s CapDI technology costs have now reached parity with that of RO, and this document details all aforementioned aspects of measure with CapDI consistently at the advantage.

If your business uses RO, or if you are considering the purchase of an RO unit, ask yourself if you are satisfied with the expected costs, energy consumption, and predicted water recovery to fully understand the true cost of ownership. By evaluating the attached document, you can see how CapDI dwarfs RO in savings, performance and sustainability, and we would like to challenge you to find a situation where RO is a more desirable and sustainable option subject to similar process conditions. Contact our sales team at info@voltea.com or +31(0)252 200100 to take advantage of this challenge!