De.mem Ltd. announced that it has signed a partnership agreement related to the commercialization of its Graphene Oxide enhanced membrane technology. The new technology has been presented by De.mem on 7 September. De.mem will partner with Purafy Clean Technologies, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in the manufacturing, sales & distribution of the GO membrane technology.

Purafy is a division of Grafoid Inc., a graphene research, development and investment company that promotes a range of graphene-based products for applications in key commercial markets. Purafy manufactures and sells a range of products for domestic water filtration, as well as portable water treatment systems. Under the agreement, De.mem receives exclusive access to Purafy's Graphene Oxide nanoparticles for use within De.mem's polymer ultrafiltration membrane. De.mem has tested Purafy's GO nanoparticles extensively and selected over several other, similar materials.

Its unique properties allow De.mem to manufacture GO enhanced polymer-based ultrafiltration membranes with significantly enhanced filtration characteristics. The new GO membrane technology has been validated in industrial trial projects in Singapore, and is proven to deliver 20 - 40% higher water flux (=throughput, or volume of clean water produced) vs. standard polymer ultrafiltration membranes in combination with a superior rejection of contaminants.

The new GO membrane technology has been validated in industrial trial projects in Singapore, and is proven to deliver 20 - 40% higher water flux (=throughput, or volume of clean water produced) vs. standard polymer ultrafiltration membranes in combination with a superior rejection of contaminants. In exchange, De.mem grants exclusive rights to Purafy for the use of De.mem's GO ultrafiltration membrane, within Purafy's portable and domestic water treatment products.

De.mem intends to promote Purafy's domestic water treatment products into Australia and Singapore initially. Targeting the Global Market for Domestic Water Filtration Through the commercial partnership, De.mem targets the global market for domestic water filtration. The new GO enhanced membrane technology is particularly well suited for domestic water filtration applications.

As a result of the membrane's high throughput, the size of the membrane cartridge can be reduced significantly while maintaining the same treatment capacity. This is a key requirement for domestic water filtration applications, which are typically exposed to space constraints. The global market for domestic water filters is a large commercial market growing faster than the overall water treatment industry.

It is estimated at USD 8.6 billion in 2018 and expected to grow by 15.9% per annum to reach approx. USD 24.1 billion by 2025. Commercial Partnership to Launch the Products Initially into North America and Australia Purafy intends to launch the new membrane technology as part of its portable and domestic water filtration systems into North America, while De.mem plans to sell Purafy's domestic water filtration systems into Australia and Singapore.

The commercial launch will immediately follow the achievement of regulatory product certifications. The relevant approvals are the NSF (National Sanitation Foundation) certification for the US, and the WaterMark certification for Australia. The respective process has been initiated and its completion is expected within the next 6-12 months.