Glanris has raised $2 million from investors Riceland, Pittco Capital, Innova and Sage for the world’s first green, hybrid water filtration media. Glanris’ patented manufacturing process and technology turns rice hulls into a water filtration media for removing contaminants.
The Glanris 901xTM media has better performance at a lower cost than traditional filtration media. It removes organic contaminants faster than activated carbon and dissolved metals as effectively as ion exchange resins, at a fraction of the cost. It also has faster kinetics which allows for maximum filtration in a shorter period of time, lower disposal costs and green media that will continue to filter contaminants even at the landfill.
Glanris cleans water for use and reuse in industrial, municipal, and residential applications. They currently work with a variety of industrial customers, from HVAC manufacturers to automobile makers. They will be selling into the residential market once they complete their full NSF 61 certification this summer.
Glanris CEO, Bryan Eagle said: “We set out to create sustainable solutions for water filtration and reuse that can immediately impact our global use of water. We also wanted to create a media that would lower the cost for companies wanting peak filtration performance and at the same time want to do something better for the planet. We have taken the world’s largest agricultural waste product and converted it into a sustainable solution for solving the world’s water needs.”
It has also been announced that Glanris is the opening up a new 60,000 square foot production facility in Olive Branch, Mississippi, where they to produce up to three tons of Glanris 901xTM media per day with its patented kiln for processing rice hulls.
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