we are 'Green Leader'!
The 'Global Innovation Summit' named fluvicon 'Best Green Start-Up 2021'!
the challenge
Freshwater and Wastewater
Water is the topic of the 21st century!
You need freshwater to produce or ensure drinking water supply? For cooling tower applications or irrigation in agriculture? Do you have wastewater that needs to be disposed of? Does it still contain valuable materials that need to be recovered? Then you probably know – like the majority of Fortune 500 companies – that you are facing a challenging problem. And it grows every day: dwindling resources, increasing regulations. Please allow us to present the future of water treatment!
our technology
Forward Osmosis
Basics
Our award-winning technology is based on the principle of Forward Osmosis (FO) – not Reverse Osmosis (RO)! This is the fundamental principle of every living cell. As a result, you benefit from the advantages that nature has been utilizing for billions of years:
Advantages
✓ Half the energy consumption
✓ Excellent retention
✓ Outstanding robustness
✓ Virtually no fouling and scaling
✓ High reliability
✓ Consistent treatment quality
✓ Very easy operation
✓ Minimal maintenance
✓ Ideal for demanding applications
our core processes
A key feature includes two patented processes utilizing the principle of Forward Osmosis . Unlike any other membrane or filtration process, Ionosmosis can produce clean drinking water or utility water from raw water of almost any composition. This means that dissolved components (e.g., salt, sugar, and other ions) and undissolved components (e.g., oil, organic matter, and suspended solids) are almost entirely separated. In contrast, Osmodialysis enables the purification of saltwater, such as the clean separation of oil and seawater, in a continuous process.
the company
The Austrian company fluvicon GmbH was founded in 2013 in Leoben. It originated from a research project on water treatment using Forward Osmosis, funded by the Styrian Business Promotion Agency (SFG). The spin-off was supported in its early stages by the Center for Applied Technology at Montanuniversität Leoben, the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), and EIT Raw Materials. After the successful proof of concept, the first patent was filed in 2016. In 2017, fluvicon entered into a strategic development partnership with a medium-sized German plant developer, resulting in the creation of two demonstration plants. In 2018, fluvicon filed another patent. Revenues have so far been generated through successful feasibility studies and pilot projects for various pilot customers, as well as through the first commercial plant. fluvicon now possesses two practical, innovative technologies and specific expertise in water treatment and is preparing to take a broader step into the market.
The main shareholder, managing director, and head of the company is physicist Thomas Grießler. The fluvicon team currently consists of 12 employees at locations in Graz (Austria) and Frickenhausen (Germany), as well as a supervisory board comprising experts and strategic partners from business, industry, and innovation management.
News
06/2022
: Establishment of a pilot production facility at the
new site in Graz
.
From 2023, containerized Ionosmosis and Osmodialysis plants will be manufactured here.
02/2022
: Commissioning of the first
commercial plant
for the treatment of challenging aluminum die-casting wastewater.
10/2021
: Completion of the first major
funding round
with a total volume of €2.25 million. An additional €3 million is optional. The main investor is the Norwegian Norwex Green Invest AS.
04/2021
: fluvicon Industries acquires a German BMBF project with a project volume of €1.9 million for the remediation of
mining damage
in groundwater and surface waters.
03/2021
: We are
"Green Leader"
! The “Global Innovation Summit” named fluvicon the “Best Green Start-Up 2021”!
03/2021
: Establishment of the German subsidiary
fluvicon Industries
GmbH in Frickenhausen near Stuttgart.
03/2019
: First successful feasibility studies on a tonnage scale.
05/2018
:
1st prize
at the Agri Water Challenge, Cape Town, South Africa.
02/2017
: Second international
patent
filed.
08/2016
: First international
patent
filed.
11/2014
: Funding project by FFG amounting to €198,000.
05/2013
:
Establishment
of fluvicon.
Perception
this is what international voices say about fluvicon:
Tamara Davidson
150sec.com
[…] [fluvicon’s] technology is quickly propelled into the game-changing realm of improving the world on a potentially massive scale.
DI Bernhard Cociancig
Petroprom
We presently support and advise fluvicon GmbH in the roll-out of a groundbreaking, innovative water processing technology for a wide range of applications.
DI Markus Götz
Karl Fink GmbH
The principle of Forward Osmosis combined with the expertise of the fluvicon team is the ideal combination for the treatment and further processing of our challenging die-casting wastewater.
Applications
Exceptional robustness and energy efficiency make fluvicon's processes the best solution for most water-related challenges in industry and public water supply and disposal.
Oil & Gas
Mining
Seawater Desalination
Municipalities
Food Industry
Industry
Clients
a selection of our references:
Development Partners
these are our research partners on the path to success:
Austria
Austria
Kärntner Straße 353
8054 Graz
+43 316 28 45 49
fluvicon@fluvicon.com
Germany
Bonlanden 29
72072 Tübingen-Bühl
+43 316 28 45 49
fluvicon@fluvicon.com
Imprint
fluvicon GmbH
Limited Liability Company
Contact:
fluvicon@fluvicon.com
+43 316 28 45 49
Registered Office:
Kärntner Straße 353 | 8054 Graz | Österreich
Company Registration Number (FN):
396754m
Court of Registration (FB-Gericht):
Landesgericht f. Zivilrechtssachen Graz
VAT ID:
ATU67969013
Managing Director:
Thomas Griessler, BA
Corporate Purpose:
Collection and Treatment of Waste and Wastewater
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