LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4, 2016 -- Water Planet, Inc. and Applied Membranes, Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to jointly market, sell and service nanofiltration and reverse osmosis based water treatment systems relying on Applied Membrane's standard designs and Water Planet's IntelliFlux® self-adaptive flux management controls.
As one of the first collaborations under this agreement, Water Planet has sold a multi-stage reverse osmosis-based integrated membrane system for the Kuwait Oil Company to purify brackish groundwater for use in oil production and steam generation.
"This collaboration leverages the strengths of Applied Membranes and Water Planet to deliver a robust water treatment solution to an important customer. Applied Membranes is recognized worldwide for its technical expertise, high quality products, and excellent service, and is an ideal partner for us," said Eric Hoek, founder and CEO of Water Planet.
"I am very excited about the opportunity to work with the talented team at Water Planet. Our companies complement each other, and I've enjoyed working with the Water Planet team to combine their membrane technology innovations with our 32 years of experience designing, manufacturing and delivering membrane based water treatment systems," said Dr. Gil Dhawan, founder and CEO of Applied Membranes.
Applied Membranes is a manufacturer and distributor of reverse osmosis membranes, systems and components, with more than 10,000 commercial and industrial systems in operation across the globe over the past 32 years.
Water Planet designs and sells ultrafiltration, nanofiltration and reverse osmosis systems. Water Planet developed its proprietary IntelliFlux self-adaptive flux management controls technology to improve the reliability and affordability of membrane filtration systems in challenging applications. The company's latest breakthrough innovation, PolyCera® membrane technology, offers ceramic membrane hydrophilicity and robustness with polymer membrane form factors and affordability.
About Water Planet
Based in Los Angeles, California, Water Planet (http://waterplanet.com/) develops and markets breakthrough water treatment technologies to solve the world's most challenging water reuse and desalination applications. Water Planet's product lines include IntelliFlux membrane systems and PolyCera membrane products. Since 2011, Water Planet has served dozens of customers on six continents.
About Applied Membranes
Based in Vista, California, Applied Membranes designs, engineers Reverse Osmosis, Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration systems for potable water, desalination, boiler feed water, high purity water, water for reuse and many other applications. Our systems are operating in 80 countries worldwide. We provide a total treatment solution from pre-treatment to membrane technology to post-treatment.
