Epuramat: Epuramat named a Global Cleantech 100 company

Recognized by the Guardian and Cleantech Group for potential and likelihood to achieve high growth and high market impact

Contern, Luxembourg – 9 September 2009 – Epuramat, a cleantech company specialized on wastewater treatment, today announced it has been named a Global Cleantech 100 company by Guardian News and Media and Cleantech Group™, LLC, providers of leading research, events and advisory services for the cleantech ecosystem.

The Global Cleantech 100 is the first ever list highlighting the most promising private clean technology companies around the world. Supported by the Carbon Trust, the Global Cleantech 100 recognises companies at the forefront of cleantech innovation offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

The final list represents the collective opinion of hundreds of leading experts from cleantech innovation and venture capital companies in EMEA, North America, India and China, combined with the specific input of an expert panel of 35, drawn from well-respected organisations such as Altira Group, Crossover Advisors, Deloitte, Emerald Technology Ventures, Google, Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, New York Stock Exchange, NGEN Partners, Nth Power, New Enterprise Associates, Sterling Communications, Tsing Capital and Vantage Point Venture Partners.
The panel’s views were combined with insights from the Cleantech Network™, the de facto industry association of international clean technology investors, entrepreneurs, large corporations and other industry insiders. Some 3,500 companies were nominated.

“The first ever Global Cleantech 100 shines a spotlight on which companies and which technology areas the global innovation community is most excited about from a commercial standpoint,” said Richard Youngman, managing partner at Cleantech Group.

„We are delighted that Epuramat has been selected as one of the 100 most promising cleantech companies in the world. We have commissioned our first wastewater plant only in February this year, but up until today we have already sold four plants. The momentum is clearly picking up”, said David Din, CEO of Epuramat.
Epuramat and other winners are being honoured today at Cleantech Forum XXIII in Boston, 8-10 September 2009 (www.cleantech.com/bostonforum) and will be celebrated at Cleantech Forum XXIV in Delhi, 15-16 October 2009 (www.cleantech.com/delhiforum) and at the Guardian’s UK Cleantech Summit in London on 23 November 2009 (guardian.co.uk/cleantechsummit).
Epuramat received the award on the basis of its technology which radically simplifies the wastewater treatment process, resulting in smaller, simpler and easier to operate facilities such as the “Box4Water”container system. As part of the implementation of the new European Water Framework Guideline until 2015, which provides for strengthened requirements with regard to the treatment and disposal of communal and industrial waste water, Epuramat is addressing a market niche which is characterized by strong demand.

More than half (56) of the companies listed on the Global Cleantech 100 are headquartered in North America, while European firms make up 36 percent. Five firms are based in Israel and three in India.
The full list of Global Cleantech 100 firms is available on the Guardian (guardian.co.uk/globalcleantech100) and Cleantech Group (cleantech.com/news/awards/globalcleantech100) websites.

About the Cleantech Group, LLC
The Cleantech Group pioneered the clean technology investment category in 2002. Today, it accelerates the development and market adoption of clean technologies globally. The company’s worldwide network of investors, entrepreneurs, enterprises, service providers and others—representing trillions of dollars in assets—receives access to capital, investment deal flow, networking, market leading research and data, sales leads and promotional opportunities. The Cleantech Group also provides advisory services for large corporations and governments, publishes leading cleantech sector industry news coverage and produces the premier Cleantech Forum® events worldwide.

Details are available at http://www.cleantech.com.

About the Guardian
The Guardian is a unique voice with an international reach delivering progressive journalism to a global audience. The Guardian's vision is to be the leader on sustainability within the media industry and to be environmentally regenerative in their activities. Through their editorial coverage and business activities, they demonstrate to readers, staff, advertisers, suppliers and their communities that GNM (Guardian News and Media) is committed to enhancing society's ability to build a sustainable future.

About Epuramat
The cleantech company Epuramat S.A., which specializes in wastewater treatment, was founded in 2005 by Achim Kopmeier and David Din at Luxembourg’s Technoport business incubator. The company provides technologically progressive water treatment facilities and systems. Epuramat technology is based on the solid/ liquid Extreme Separator ("ExSep”), for which an international patent has been filed, and enables the efficient treatment of wastewater, resulting in relatively simpler, smaller and - with regard to investment and operating costs – more cost-effective water treatment facilities. Epuramat is a private corporation. Headquarters for the company are located in the industrial zone Chaux de Contern near the city of Luxembourg and the airport.
For more information, contact www.epuramat.com

If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please feel free to contact:

Ms. Birgit Manzoni, Business Development:
birgit.manzoni@epuramat.com
Direct: +352 35 70 72 - 40
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