It’s been said that water could be the oil of the 21st century, in terms of its potential scarcity and, hence, its increasing value. There are companies beyond North American borders who are directing more of their efforts to preserving and purifying the water we have on earth, perhaps undoing the damage done by those who don’t respect our natural treasures. Some of those companies are resorting to very innovative means to keep water clean.
Accordingly, Lausanne, Switzerland-based SwissINSO Holding Inc. (OTCBB:SWHN) announced in the third week of April the successful launch of KRYSTALL™, its first fully solar powered water purification product. More than 80 people from the scientific, financials and media worlds attended a reception in Lausanne for the launch, which SWHN is calling a success.
SWHN claims KRYSTALL, which will widely available soon, can purify more than 100,000 litres (about 25,000 gallons) of brackish waters, and 50,000 litres of seawater a day into high-quality drinking water.
The units are completely turnkey and self-contained in two 40-foot containers and, if desired, can be fitted with an optional automatic bottling line. Built with legendary Swiss engineering and attention to detail, each unit is fully autonomous, powered by state-of-the-art photovoltaic panels that also charge batteries for operation of the unit during darkness or cloudy conditions.
The company, only four years old, utilizes its intellectual property assets to provide environmentally friendly, innovative solar energy solutions and related technology to meet growing global needs. SWHN's mission is to foster the promotion of social, economic and environmental value for its customers, employees, business partners and shareholders by providing innovative, "green" products and services.
Its ultimate goal is to become a world leader in turnkey solutions using renewable energy for the purification and desalination of water, as well as heating and cooling of buildings.
The solar-powered water solution is the result of a recent collaboration between SWHN and Solar Energy Laboratory and Building Physics Laboratory of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPOL).
Under the terms of a technology transfer and research agreement signed last fall by the company and the university, SWHN has access to a new process to coat glazing for solar thermal collectors by vacuum magnetron sputtering deposition of a colored layer, opaque to the eye, but transparent to solar energy.
It was shortly after news of the signing with EPOL last November that the company’s stock reached its 52-week high of $2.17, before sinking to its low of $1.12 only weeks ago. The price has since scraped up against the $1.50 mark, and with technology that left the gallery agape in Lausanne last week, more of the stock could pop as the sun gets hotter. Investors should heed the news and investigate this company.
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