€1.4M GRANT FOR PRODUCT THAT CLEANS WASTE WATER

摘要

FOUNDED IN 2015 by two Imperial College London graduates, Henrik Hagemann and Gabi Santosa, Cus to Mem has received a €1.4 million European Commission grant that will enable the company to bring to market its CGM (CustoMem Granular Media) product, which is designed to capture and recycle specific micropollutants found in industrial waste water. "This is a game-changing grant for us enabling us to scale up to industrial pilot trials of flow rates greater than 100m~3 per day," explained Hagemann. "With under 3% of all applicants securing a grant, our success demonstrates confidence in our company, our product and the quality of CustoMem's team." CustoMem, based at the Imperial College Innovation Hub in London, has combined its expertise in biomaterials and synthetic biology to create CGM. This bio-adsorbent can selectively capture micropollutants, like Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs) from wastewater in standard steel tank processing equipment that provides significant cost savings to customers compared with traditional adsorbent materials.