NUF filtration business case
lunedì 11 ottobre 2021 10:58
MINO NEGRIN
NUF FILTRATION
(company: private entity with public interest)
He studied industrial engineering and management in Israel
His father wanted to start up a company dealing with water in Israel (early 90s). It b
factory
Water market: desalinization, purification… the growth was steady 15% per year.
They were supplying to the Kosovo, Maldives, Bangladesh, Cape Verde in order to r
supplying water thanks to the desalination machines. All thanks to the ONG that co
expensive machines --> it was sad that they could produce goods for rich people
In 2010 Mino sold the company and studied philosophy
In 2011 a professor in medicine of Telaviv and showed him it creation: artificial kidn
device used for haemodialysis. He noticed that at the end of the process you can de
two ways: it can be disposed as a medical waste or you can take the filter, sterilize i
other time. BUT after sterilization the same person has to use it --> it's a limit, so in
250000000 filters are wasted per year.
The nicest new patterns come out from people who are not involved in the busines
Take the filter, sterilize it, but re-used it as a filter for water
There almost no cost: just logistics costs, sterilization and you have in your hand the
world
Mino saw the potentiality of this business --> he bought the patterns and started fr
company.
How the filter works: the water is pumped inside and anything bigger than 30nm is
absolute way: bacteria, virus, organic matters… it's not a desalination device: salt an
through
You obtain filtration and disinfection in just one go
Characteristics:
• More than 3 years of continuous operation
They are building machines "plug and play": the machines contains the filter and yo
whenever you want
APPLICATION/MARKETS they went to markets where the basic technology of ultrafi
present: in water industry you have decide if you want the best technology or just a
lunedì 11 ottobre 2021 10:58
MINO NEGRIN
NUF FILTRATION
(company: private entity with public interest)
He studied industrial engineering and management in Israel
His father wanted to start up a company dealing with water in Israel (early 90s). It b
factory
Water market: desalinization, purification… the growth was steady 15% per year.
They were supplying to the Kosovo, Maldives, Bangladesh, Cape Verde in order to r
supplying water thanks to the desalination machines. All thanks to the ONG that co
expensive machines --> it was sad that they could produce goods for rich people
In 2010 Mino sold the company and studied philosophy
In 2011 a professor in medicine of Telaviv and showed him it creation: artificial kidn
device used for haemodialysis. He noticed that at the end of the process you can de
two ways: it can be disposed as a medical waste or you can take the filter, sterilize i
other time. BUT after sterilization the same person has to use it --> it's a limit, so in
250000000 filters are wasted per year.
The nicest new patterns come out from people who are not involved in the busines
Take the filter, sterilize it, but re-used it as a filter for water
There almost no cost: just logistics costs, sterilization and you have in your hand the
world
Mino saw the potentiality of this business --> he bought the patterns and started fr
company.
How the filter works: the water is pumped inside and anything bigger than 30nm is
absolute way: bacteria, virus, organic matters… it's not a desalination device: salt an
through
You obtain filtration and disinfection in just one go
Characteristics:
• More than 3 years of continuous operation
They are building machines "plug and play": the machines contains the filter and yo
whenever you want
APPLICATION/MARKETS they went to markets where the basic technology of ultrafi
present: in water industry you have decide if you want the best technology or just a
