The Singapore-based company Memsift Innovations has unveiled three advanced membrane technology platforms designed to improve industrial water treatment, ultrapure water (UPW) production, and resource recovery across water-intensive industries.
The new platforms — NUCLEX, HYPER-X-RO and MISTIL-PURE — target some of the most challenging industrial wastewater and high-salinity treatment applications, helping manufacturers increase water recovery, reduce waste generation, and improve resource efficiency.
Developed through years of research in membrane engineering, thermodynamics and process integration, the technologies are designed to address growing demand for sustainable water management solutions in sectors including semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, mining, energy and advanced manufacturing.
“The future of industrial sustainability will depend on how effectively industries manage water, energy and waste as interconnected resources rather than isolated operational challenges,” said Dr J Antony Prince, founder and CEO of Memsift Innovations.
“These platforms are the result of years of scientific innovation aimed at helping industries maximise resource recovery while reducing environmental impact.”
Among the new technologies, MISTIL-PURE is an advanced membrane distillation system engineered for UPW production. Designed for semiconductor fabrication and emerging AI-driven manufacturing facilities, the platform uses vapour-phase molecular separation to remove salts, metals, silica, organics, nanoparticles, endotoxins and ionic contaminants while producing high-quality UPW.
According to the company, the technology offers improved contaminant rejection, reduced chemical consumption, lower resin exhaustion and greater operational stability under varying feedwater conditions. The system can also utilise low-grade waste heat, supporting further energy efficiency gains.
HYPER-X-RO has been developed to address the limitations of conventional reverse osmosis when treating high-salinity industrial wastewater and brines. Using a high-pressure batch recirculation process, the platform progressively concentrates dissolved contaminants while recovering purified water.
The technology is designed to operate under ultra-high salinity conditions, enabling higher water recovery rates and lower specific energy consumption compared with traditional reverse osmosis (RO) systems. It also reduces residual brine volumes and improves compatibility with downstream crystallisation processes.
NUCLEX integrates membrane distillation and controlled crystallisation within a single process architecture, enabling simultaneous water recovery and resource extraction from hypersaline industrial waste streams. The platform recovers reusable water while producing high-purity salts and crystalline by-products, supporting circular resource management strategies.
Memsift added that NUCLEX can process brines beyond the practical operating limits of conventional RO systems while reducing membrane scaling and fouling. Its modular design also facilitates integration into zero liquid discharge (ZLD) facilities.
“The launch strengthens our position in the industrial water treatment and resource recovery market,” said Chris O’Connor, CFO and COO of Memsift Innovations.
“Together, these technologies create an integrated platform that spans concentration, UPW production and resource recovery, enabling industries to improve recovery rates, lower emissions and minimise liquid waste.”
The launch comes as industries worldwide face increasing pressure to reduce water consumption, lower carbon emissions and improve operational resilience. Advanced membrane technologies are emerging as a key enabler of these goals, in sectors where water quality, reuse and resource recovery are becoming strategic priorities.