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Latest News: ... Latest Story Further Information: UMIP - Case Studies of Spin-outs
UPF Masterclasses: December 1st 2009 March 31st 2009 November 25th 2008 UPF Masterclass Hall of Fame |
05/08/10 MTI Investee APATECH wins prestigious Large Deal of the Year award at 2010 Vitesse Media Awards 24/05/10 UPF increases investment in Arvia Technology 12/05/10 UPF Invests in University of Manchester med-tech spin-out, BiOxyDyn 28/04/10 UPF leads £1.15m investment round in PowerOasis 01/03/10 MTI has largest ever exit by selling investee company APATECH for $330m 22/02/10 Ai2 Limited announce appointment of new CEO 18/02/10 Nano ePrint partners with Novalia to deliver printed electronic greeting cards for Tigerprint 03/02/10 UPF leads £2m investment round to help bring new pest control products to market 23/01/10 UPF investee MYCONOSTICA launches Pneumocystis diagnostic kit in Europe and Canada 22/01/10 14/01/10 NWDA awards £9m Transitional fund to MTI 30/11/09 MTI & NWDA boosts Manchester hi-tech spin-out 13/11/09 Award winning week for the UMIP Premier Fund’s investments 26/10/09 22/10/09 UPF Invests half a million in CABLESENSE - North West hi-tech specialists back Lancaster busines 07/09/09 UPF Investee MYCONOSTICA attracts £1.7m in Series D financing to progress its fungal diagnostics 05/09/09 UPF Investee ARVIA TECHNOLOGY named in Global Cleantech 100 company listing 05/09/09 ‘Proud parents’ celebrate 25th birthday of breakthrough technology 09/07/09 UPF Investee ARVIA TECHNOLOGY wins major North West Innovation award 29/06/09 UMIP scoops Business Impact Award 19/03/09 Breakthrough research by University student could speed up the recovery of injured athletes. |
Manchester-based water treatment company Arvia Technology has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) North West Innovation Award. The University of Manchester spin-out offers a low carbon, chemical and waste free process for the onsite treatment and recycling of industrial waste water. The technology captures pollutants using Nyex, Arvia’s patented material and then destroys them by applying a low-power electric current. Arvia says this combined function is an innovation first and also 90 per cent cheaper than conventional techniques. Chair of the judging panel, Unilver’s Malcolm Sarstedt said: “We were very impressed with the number and consistent high standard of entries - demonstrating that the north west of England is still a hot bed of innovation. “Sustainability is now a key driver for change, and Arvia has not only achieved effective, sustainable water treatment, but also significant cost benefits compared to competing technologies. This is an excellent example of the sort of innovation that industry is looking to apply.” Arvia’s chief executive Martin Keighley said: “We’re absolutely delighted to win this award, particularly as entrants were drawn from all industries. For Arvia to be recognised in the face of such stiff competition is a great achievement.” Keighley recently attended the launch of the Government’s new National Innovation Investment Fund at the London Stock Exchange. Arvia, whose customers include water utility and ground water remediation companies, was one of only four companies invited to attend and offer their vision for the future of high-tech venture capital investment in the UK to an audience which included science minister Lord Drayson and business secretary Lord Mandelson. |
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