06/21/2010 03:20 PM
West Sacramento, CA – June 21, 2010 – Micromidas, Inc., the leading provider of microbial biorefinery technology for wastewater treatment, announced today that the company has been selected as one of the Top 50 Water Innovation Leaders by the Artemis Project, a consulting practice focused on 21rst century water management.
Winners were announced at the second annual Top 50 Water Companies Competition at the Blue Tech Innovation Forum held in San Francisco, CA. Water technology companies from around the world were represented in the competition. The winners were chosen based on technology viability, investment appeal, and prospects for potential business and employment growth.
“We are honored to have been selected as one of the Top 50 Water Innovation Leaders by the Artemis Project”, said John Bissell, CEO of Micromidas. “Our selection as a leading water treatment innovator further validates the unique value we provide wastewater treatment plant customers in solving their enormous biomass disposal problems”.
With increasing water consumption and diminishing groundwater supply, there is a great need to implement wastewater treatment reuse programs at municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). However, efficient disposal of sludge biomass frequently represents as much as 40% of total wastewater treatment cost, and is often the limiting factor in efforts to increase sludge disposal capacity.
Using microbes native to earth’s soil and water, Micromidas has created a microbial biorefinery technology that dramatically increases the efficiency of wastewater treatment by using bioprocessing and green chemistry to convert sludge biomass in to compostable, biodegradable bioplastics. This process can reduce the overall amount of sludge biomass by over 50%. Unlike other schemes that offer marginal treatment alternatives, Micromidas’ sludge biomass removal is not merely cost mitigation, but a genuine, economically vibrant, environmentally benign solution to a huge and growing environmental problem.
About The Artemis Project
Established in 2000, The Artemis Project is a boutique consulting practice that brings unique capabilities to 21st century water management, combining an understanding of the most advanced solutions with an international network of developers, investors and users of advanced water technology. As the leading authority on applying advanced water solutions to business operations, The Artemis Project specializes in developing holistic water management strategies for major corporations. The Artemis Project also supports product launches of advanced water technology into business operations worldwide.
06/17/2010 05:35 PM
Micromidas would like to thank the graduate students and faculty of Stanford University’s Department of Management Science and Engineering for including the company in the academic Spring Quarter’s Global Entrepreneurial Marketing Project.
We extend our special thanks to:
Team members:
Jonathon Chong
Alicia deSantola
Nedu Ottih
Raman Talwar
Nico Sand
Stanford Faculty members:
Professor Tom Kosnik
Andy Lin
Team Coach and Stanford GEM Program Alumnus:
Kasey Hurlbutt - CH2M Hill
The Stanford GEM Team conducted extensive market research focused on international business opportunities for Micromidas biorefinery technology solutions. The team’s work will contribute significantly to the evolution of the company’s market development strategies in the months ahead.
06/03/2010 04:05 PM
"Micromidas plans to test how well an army of microbes can convert sludge from wastewater treatment plants into a biodegradable plastic".
06/03/2010 04:00 PM
"Micromidas is using simulation software from Autodesk to design processing plants that convert organic wastewater into biodegradable and recyclable plastics".
06/03/2010 03:55 PM
Check out how Autodesk's suite of simulation software helped facilitate rapid innovation of our biorefinery processes.
06/03/2010 03:45 PM
Read about our partnership with Autodesk and how their simulation software has helped us accelerate process development.
03/15/2010 02:25 PM
Micromidas would like to thank the graduate students and faculty of Stanford University’s Department of Management Science and Engineering for including the company in the academic Winter Quarter’s Global Entrepreneurial Marketing Project.
We extend our special thanks to:
Team members: Avinash Kumar, Robin Kwok, Bhupendra Ubeja, David Hung, and Mengxi Zhu
Faculty members: Professor Tom Kosnik and Andy Lin
Team Coach and Stanford GEM Program Alumnus: Kasey Hurlbutt
The GEM Team conducted extensive market research focused on international business opportunities for Micromidas biorefinery technology solutions. The team’s work will contribute significantly to the evolution of the company’s market development strategies in the months ahead.
02/05/2010 07:00 PM
During the week of January 20, 2010, the Young Entrepreneurs Session of the National Conference of Science Education Conference issued recommendations for the education and promotion of sustainability and green technologies within U.S. higher education science curriculums.
Micromidas is proud to help promote these recommendations for increasing awareness and appreciation of new sustainability technologies for making a better, cleaner world.
01/19/2010 01:50 PM
An introduction to Micromidas and our green ambitions
01/14/2010 11:25 AM
A brief overview on Micromidas and our green technology.
11/17/2009 04:05 PM
Micromidas is named top three out of the twelve national finalists.
10/21/2009 07:00 PM
Micromidas was named the California Clean Tech Open's Finalist for the "Air, Water and Waste" category. Micromidas pitched it's business plan to a panel of Cleantech Open judges last week, and have now qualified to compete in the national Clean Tech competition next month.
07/01/2009 01:35 PM
Ryan Smith represented Micromidas at the Clean Play Conference on June 25. Clean Play Expo showcased upcoming players in the clean tech space, and Micromidas attended to promote their new ideas in biotechnology and bio-recycling.
05/07/2009 10:55 AM
Casey McGrath represented Micromidas at the Yolo Business Ascent competition held in downtown Davis on April 24th. Micromidas took the runner up award, and qualifies for the statewide Business Ascent championship in San Diego in November.
02/18/2009 12:20 PM
Micromidas competed in and tied to win the Little Bang business plan poster competition against several other teams in the medical and biotech innovations category. The competition took place Thursday February 12th in the Kemper engineering building on UC Davis' campus. Micromidas walks away with $1,500 and automatic qualification into UC Davis' Big Bang Business Plan competition's semi-final round.