Israel Cleantech Companies Showcased at Globe 2010 Environmental Conference in Vancouver
Posted on: March 29, 2010

Israel Cleantech Companies Showcased at Globe 2010 Environmental Conference in Vancouver
by Dan Schloss,
Canada-Israel Committee Pacific Region Manager, Advocacy

On March 25, I had the privilege of attending a seminar at Globe 2010, one of the world’s largest and longest-running events dedicated to the business of the environment,  showcasing at  Israel Cleantech companies. The event was hosted by the Israel Economic Mission to Canada and Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP.

While the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) brigade tries to steer the public away from doing business with Israel, events like this prove how futile their efforts are. Roughly 200 people were in attendance, ranging from venture capitalists in environmental technology to government agencies from across Canada.

There were five Israeli companies at the Globe 2010 event:

Arad Technologies
Arad Technologies was established in 2000, and is a world leader in automated energy metres, and the technology and data management associated with them to the tune of $110 million in sales for the group in 2008. AMR (Automatic Meter Reading) technologies have been Arad Technologies’ “bread and butter,” but the company has also made large inroads into the business of Reading, Billing & Collecting (RBC). Arad’s presenter aptly posed the question, “why AMR?” Because they are more precise due to digitalized micro electronics. They cut costs on meter-reading expenses because they can all be transmitted back, recorded and consolidated in one central database. Their leakage control is second-to-none because it is all digitally monitored.

Nirosoft
Nirosoft is a company, founded in 1990, which proudly claims an ability to make hi-tech, tailor-made water solutions that are both economically and environmentally efficient. They have designed projects across the globe to solve water problems ranging from water and wastewater treatment; desalination; demineralization; industrial wastewater treatment and recycling; municipal and industrial effluent upgrading and numerous other projects. With 90% of their projects undertaken outside of Israel, they are truly a global company and pride themselves on their ability to tailor-make systems in accordance with client requirements as well as site- and project-specific conditions. In addition to their flexibility and innovation exhibited in their projects, they also boast an extremely fast and efficient project-building phase.

PowerSines
PowerSines is a business which provides energy-efficiency solutions from domestic all the way to major grid energy-reduction. Part of their business model’s claim to success is that the existing power infrastructure does not need to be replaced or even altered that much. They improve grid performance, optimize peak demand and increase overall network reliability and efficiency. What this means is that they take somewhat unstable energy grids which tend to presently fluctuate an average of ten per cent and they control and optimize the grid so that a lesser amount of voltage and energy are needed. The Power Sines presenter showcased three prototypes (though there are others which they employ, apparently) which increase the efficiency of energy grids: LEC (Lighting Energy Controller); SinuMEC (Sinusoidal Motor Efficiency Controller); and DCTI.

RealiteQ
RealiteQ is an Information Technology (IT) company which remotely monitors, controls and aggregates data in through numerous IT mediums on utility projects such as water, gas, oil and the like. RealiteQ uses internet, satellite and cellular standards to aggregate IT applications into one oversight network, as opposed to distributed control of connectivity, performance, network configuration and security, which is often where IT problems take place. In addition to supplying the technology and applying it to IT services like remote control, monitoring and data management, RealiteQ also allows for user-friendly 3rd party interfacing with its technology.

Noga Water
Based in the Netherlands, Israeli company Noga Water Care strives to develop and customize products to develop clean, pure water. They offer several products, ranging from reverse osmosis to filtration systems to dispensers and filter casings, all designed to be high quality products delivered and developed at a high standard of service, all the while at lower prices. Noga is based in the Netherlands with offices in Turkey and the UK and distribution throughout all of Europe.

You can get more information on a wide range of Israeli Cleantech companies at the Israel NEWTech website: http://www.israelnewtech.gov.il