Vortex takes its water purification business across the pond

The last time we reported about Prescott, Arizona-based Vortex Corporation, a developer of chemical-free water purification products, it had just been awarded a Phase Two $750,000 Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency Small Business Innovation Research (HSARPA SBIR) contract. That contract was for developing chlorine-free water purification systems for municipal water supplies and used Vortex’s patented photo-oxidation technology, which is also used in the company’s consumer Vortex Water Machine and its rugged Vortex Voyager unit. Both of those can be used for emergency preparedness and homeland security.

Now we hear that the company has linked-up with Norway-based Cool Chili to develop and deliver commercial water products in Europe. Under the deal, Cool Chili will be the exclusive commercial distributor of water-cooler products using Vortex’s patented UltraviOzone technology in ten markets, including Norway, France, Germany, and Spain. UltraviOzone — which catalyzes ozone with ultra-violet light, destroying contaminants such as avian flu while infusing the water with fresh oxygen — was developed with funding from DHS. The company believes that widespead use could eliminate the need to chlorinate municipal water. The Vortex-Cool Chili deal, however, is strictly a business venture intended to take advantage of a booming worldwide market for designer waters.

-read more in this company news release