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Coordinator

EKOTEK is an Environmental Engineering and Consulting Company (SME), with more than 18 years of experience, specialised in offering to public and private companies on an international level innovative and integral solutions to contribute towards the sustainable development. One of the most added-value of EKOTEK is the development of its own technology for its integration into the projects that execute and obtain, in this way, effective and personalised solutions to customers’ needs. EKOTEK covers all stages from initial studies up to the implementation of the projects. EKOTEK main areas of expertise are clean technologies, environmental evaluations, eco-design, water, energy contaminated soils and nanomaterials.

With the intention of incorporating state of the art technologies into the environmental field, Ekotek has a Research and Technological Development (R&D) division responsible for the application of the best available technologies and methodologies. This R&D division has extensive experience in leading R&D projects in collaboration with Public Administrations, Universities, Technology Centres and Private Companies, and has participated, both as coordinator and partner, in several EU funded Programmes such as LIFE-Environment, FP7, EUREKA, ASIA PRO ECO, SWITCH ASIA, etc.

For more information, please visit our website: www.ekotek.es

Beneficiary

LUNA srl is an innovative start-up established in 2013 with the mission of developing novel hi-tech solutions in collaboration with prestigious universities. Since the beginning, the company focused its activities on ICT technologies related to environment and resource savings. The company got good financial results since its establishing, doubling turnover and profits yearly, in 2016 reached a turnover in excess of 400.000€ and a positive profitability of EBIT>60.000€.

In 2016 LUNA started the collaboration with a South African enterprise which owns a large experience on the nanobubbles technology applied in different sectors, developed with the collaboration with Japanese universities. LUNA identified two main application areas for this technology: Waste Water Treatment and Agriculture. Due to the positive results obtained, LUNA has open a new department (watermax) whose RDT activities are mainly focused on the wastewater treatment and has set up an internal laboratory, acquired the basic measurement systems and nanobubbles generators. The next step in the commercialization route is to start testing some prototypal solutions in real conditions as far as to get certified systems. For accelerating technical and marking activities, the company is now applying for funding to EC and it is looking for investor and Venture Capitals.

For more information, please visit our website: www.watermax.it