Voltea is pleased to announce that it has completed a €4.5m funding round to support the commercial roll-out of its Capacitive Deionization(CapDI) technology. The funding came from its existing shareholders, Pentair Inc, Rabo Ventures and Unilever Ventures as well as from the management team.

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“Save costs on your cooling system”. The Rotterdam Climate Initiative and Voltea invite you for a one hour breakfast or coffee meeting to show you how to save on your cooling tower’s operational costs. The meetings will be held on the 15th of February in the Maastoren in Rotterdam and will be in Dutch.

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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — November 1, 2011 — Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR), a global leader in water treatment solutions, today unveiled its new Hybrid Deionization (Hybrid DI) system with Pentair’s CrossCharge technology, the first electronic water purification system that is practical for residential applications. Hybrid DI systems using CrossCharge technology will be the first to offer consumers the benefits of a reverse osmosis (RO) system and those of a water softener without requiring salt.

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List Recognizes the Top Private Companies in the Clean Technology Industry

“We are proud to be named in the Global Cleantech 100 list. We believe that CapDI, our desalination technology, has the potential to change the landscape of desalination” said Michiel Lensink, Voltea’s CEO.

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The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment (MIE) has awarded a €1.2M order to Voltea for the development of CapDI for wastewater recycling, specifically for agricultural use. The funding comes from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which issued a call for entrepreneurs to develop new solutions to help the Netherlands adapt to changes in climate and water.

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Voltea has won a much coveted place on The Artemis Project’s 2011 list of the Top 50 water technology companies. Voltea was chosen based on a strict set of criteria including technology, business strategy, and potential applications.

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Voltea is happy to announce that in February 2011, Mr. Dean Spatz, Founder, former Chairman and CEO of Osmonics Inc., will be joining Voltea’s Board as Chairman. Mr. Spatz has an extensive and established track record in the water treatment industry. Prior to its acquisition by General Electric in 2003, Osmonics was a publicly owned company listed on the NYSE with over $200M in sales and 1.400 employees.

“We are proud to have Dean on board and feel that his experience and knowledge will be of great value in accelerating Voltea’s growth”, says Michiel Lensink, CEO of Voltea.

Mr. Spatz is a Registered Professional Chemical Engineer and past or present member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Membrane Technology Association, American Water Works Association, North American Membrane Society, International Desalting Association and American Society for Testing and Materials and is listed in "Who's Who in Engineering." He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Sigma-Aldrich Corporation, a Fortune 1000 Company, NASDAQ-listed. He was on the board of directors of the Water Quality Association, is active in the World Presidents' Organization and was on the Corporate Advisory Board for Thayer School of Engineering. He is an investor and board member of private high technology and environmentally oriented companies.

As a Chairman of the Board Mr. Spatz’s knowledge of the industry, technologies and markets will guide the board in developing and refining its strategy for Voltea. As a founder of his own venture, Osmonics, his experience in starting and growing a successful business will be invaluable.

Quote from Mr. Spatz: ”I have spent many years in the water industry and it is rare to come across a company like Voltea that has a unique proprietary technology, a strong and supportive shareholder base as well as a motivated and skilled group of employees. All of these signs point to a bright future for Voltea and I am very pleased to be part of the team.”

On February 1st Voltea moved to a new location in Sassenheim. The new location combines offices, laboratories and production space all under one roof.

The company is growing rapidly and we are about to begin full scale production. This means we need a new working environment that combines production, product development, research and development, sales and marketing and back office support. Our new location building provides this and offers room for growth as well.

Quote Michiel Lensink (CEO): “The move to Sassenheim is a key stage in the development of the company. It is not only a relocation of activities, but the transformation of Voltea into a full service company, offering our clients the required products and services”

You can now find us at:

Wasbeekerlaan 24
2171 AE Sassenheim
The Netherlands

Michiel Lensink, CEO of Voltea was interviewed for Business News Radio’s Think-tank programme on 5 January 2011. BNR’s Think-tank is a weekly special broadcast focusing on innovation and inspiration in business.

As part of the think-tank panel Mr. Lensink discussed the importance of purifying and monitoring drinking water together with Jan Erik van Deijnen, Industrial Researcher at INCAS3, and Harmke Pijpers of BNR.

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In August 2010 the Volkskrant, a respected Dutch newspaper, featured Voltea as part of a series of reports on the future of the Dutch economy. The theme of the series was “How will the Netherlands be making its money in 30 years time?”

n December 2010 the series ended with two innovation experts listing their top-five of most promising new ventures of the series. Voltea was voted as the number one most promising new technology venture by the Stichting Nederland Kennisland a prominent Dutch think-tank focusing on innovation and knowledge in Dutch Society.

Mr J. van den Steenhoven from the Stichting Nederland Kennisland was quoted in the article: “Clean water is getting scarcer, and Voltea’s purification method looks to be superior to existing technologies”

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In his introduction to Milieu2011 (the Dutch Environmental Trade Fair 2011), Secretary of State for the Environment Mr. Atsma refers to Voltea as a prime example of sustainable innovation originating from the Netherlands. The Secretary of State stresses how important innovative companies and technologies are in contributing to a more sustainable society.

Milieu2011 is the largest trade fair in the Netherlands focussing on sustainable solutions in waste, recycling, (waste-) water, air, soil and noise and will be held from the 4th to the 6th October 2011 in ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

For the complete introduction “Samen inspelen op milieu uitdaging” (“responding to the environmental challenge together”) please follow this   >> link

Voltea, together with a consortium consisting of representatives of the Ecological Management Foundation (EMF), the Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), the Proportion Foundation, Micro Water Facility (MWF) and Akvo, has been awarded a substantial grant by the Dutch government to start an ambitious project to provide safe drinking water to the population of Bangladesh. Voltea’s responsibility will be to provide its CapDI system as a key part of transforming highly toxic arsenic contaminated water to clean and safe drinking water.

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Voltea was featured in the December issue of Safe Magazine, in an article entitled “Zuiver Water, Schone Winst” (“Pure Water, Pure Profit”). The article gives details on the origins of Voltea, our technology, the team and the potential value of Voltea’s business.

Robeco’s Safe Magazine provides financial background information on a range of topics aimed towards investors. Robeco has over EUR 150bn in assets under management.

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Voltea announced today that it has completed a €3.6m financing round to support the commercial roll-out of its breakthrough Capacitive Deionization (CapDI) technology.

The funding was led by Rabo Ventures and included existing investor Pentair Inc.

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Michiel Lensink, CEO of Voltea was interviewed for Business News Radio’s Think-tank programme on 8th of August 2010. BNR’s Think-tank is a weekly special broadcast focusing on innovation and inspiration in business.

As part of the think-tank panel Mr. Lensink discussed the importance of purifying and monitoring drinking water together with Jan Erik van Deijnen, Industrial Researcher at INCAS3, and Harmke Pijpers of BNR.

Listen to the complete interview:

The Volkskrant, a prominent newspaper in the Netherlands, is running a reporting series on the future of the Dutch economy. The key question being: “how will the Netherlands be making its money in 30 years time?”

As one of the most promising new ventures in the Netherlands Voltea featured in this series on the 30th August 2010.

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CNBC Business ranked Voltea as the 3rd most creative company in Europe.

CNBC European Business is a monthly magazine devoted to financial and business news and addresses business leaders and entrepreneurs.

According to CNBC Business it is the 23 million entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs that exist in Europe that will be the driving force behind the region‘s economic recovery. In their yearly ranking of the most creative companies in Europe, CNBC has ranked Voltea in the top 3 of companies that will be able to make the most disruptive changes

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Voltea successfully showcased its revolutionary water desalination technology at the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) held from June 28th to July 2nd

Voltea presented its innovative desalination technology called Capacitive Deionisation (CapDi) at the Netherlands Water Pavilion. The Pavilion presented all the new and relevant innovative developments from the Dutch Water Sector. The amount of interest and feedback from the market was overwhelming, according to Voltea‘s Sales Director Maarten van Raemdonck.

Voltea successfully contributed to SIWW‘s theme of “Sustainable Water Solutions for Cities”. With its new technology, Voltea is able to decrease the water consumption of cooling towers by 25% and is able to desalinate water re-use streams with a much higher recovery rate then traditional desalination technologies. Representatives from regions where water scarcity and inland salination are an increasing concern, such as the Middle East, Asia and Australia, were especially keen to talk to Voltea about its widely applicable technology.

Voltea‘s presence at the SIWW 2010 has already resulted in valuable business opportunities and we expect many more to follow in the coming period.

For subscribers: please also see the article on Voltea at the SIWW in Global Water Intelligence‘s Water Desalination Report   >> link

This April Voltea finished its design of its first standardised industrial system. The first commercial system rolled of the production line at the beginning of May.

The SIS-12 produces a flow rate of 5 to 10 cubic metres per hour and is capable of treating water for a range of commercial and industrial applications. The system is set up so that multiple systems can be combined to produce larger flows if required whilst still being controlled by one PLC (programmable logic controller).

Key features of the design include:

Modular design: single system can be outfitted for multiple flow rates and conditions
Easy access: modules and electronics are easily accessible
State of the art power boards: Custom designed and patented power boards allow for energy efficient control and have an energy recovery feature
PLC control: allows the user to set parameters such as flow rate, conductivity of produced water, operating parameters etc.

Systems to follow are SIS-2, SIS-6 and SIS-24 which will be able to produce, depending on salt levels, 1 m3/h, 5 m3/h and 20 m3/h respectively.