True North Venture Partners announces the merger of its portfolio companies Nanostone Water and Solecta into Acuriant Technologies Inc., forming an advanced membrane solutions company engineered to solve separation and filtration challenges in dairy, food and beverage, life sciences, and municipal and industrial water globally.

Acuriant integrates Solecta’s precision tuned polymeric MF/UF/NF/RO membranes with Nanostone’s ceramic platform, each solution strengthened by the company’s application-centric process-engineering expertise. The merger creates one of the industry’s broadest advanced membrane portfolios, giving customers a single point of accountability for all water filtration and process separation requirements, maximizing value and eliminating vendor complexity. This holistic approach delivers step-change gains in yield, capacity, robustness and efficiency, along with measurable sustainability benefits, particularly where conventional technologies underperform and mitigation options are cost-prohibitive.

Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Acuriant employs more than 250 people across 10 countries and operates manufacturing centers in Oceanside, Calif., and Halberstadt, Germany. Working alongside a global network of expert partners, the company now offers five distinct membrane technology platforms.

Jürgen von Hollen, currently CEO of Nanostone Water, will become chief executive officer of Acuriant Technologies. He says, “With more than 400 installations worldwide and a relentless customer focus, we will scale our impact globally, safeguarding water supplies, maximizing nutrient yields, and purifying life-sciences streams. Our mandate is simple: create measurable economic returns and meaningful environmental gains for every client and partner we serve.”

Mike Ahearn, co-founder and partner at True North Venture Partners, says, "Bringing Solecta and Nanostone Water together instantly multiplies the value we can create for customers in water, dairy, food & beverage, and life-sciences markets. True North is backing Acuriant with the capital and expertise to expand rapidly.

"Coupled with Jürgen’s record of scaling businesses worldwide, Acuriant is uniquely positioned to accelerate innovation, set new benchmarks for performance and profitability, and lead adoption across the global separations landscape."

Source: Acuriant Technologies