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Last Wednesday, our Innovationspark located in Relzow, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, received a visit of a delegation from the South African Embassy in Berlin led by Mr. Jacob Moatshe, the Economic Counsellor at the South African Embassy and representatives from the Nehawu Investment Holding Enterprises (Pty) Ltd (NIHE), highlighted by the presence of Mr Neal Thobejane, CEO, accompanied by Messrs Lufundiso Ncapayi, Business Development Executive and Sabath Mahonono, Director and COO of the holding. The purpose of the visit was to explore collaboration with our entity in the renewable sector. The delegation was received by Mr. Stepan Kusche, CEO, Mr. Steffen Reins, COO and Mr. Michael Steinfurth, the Executive Assistant of the company, who accompanied the delegation through our model park which works and is fully powered by autonomous energy. To create it, we relied on a combination of a photovoltaic system, a solar thermal system, and...

HTCycle is proud to announce that the company has been awarded by the European Commission SME Instrument Phase 2, the company has been granted with 1.9 Mio € for research and development activities, testing, studies, design and piloting of innovative processes. The project starts on the 1st of September 2018 and will last for 24 months, this funding will boost and accelerate the strategic plan of our company.The funds will be used to perform our unique cutting edge hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) technology. The sewage sludge reuse generates phosphate recovery, heavy metals and pharmaceutical residues extraction, the work is dedicated to the final integration tests of the whole process of hydrothermal carbonization (carbonization, separation, drying, recovery of phosphate and other valuables). The project will be carried out in cooperation with regional wastewater treatment plants and different agricultural and industria...

HTCycle is among the 18 EU companies selected by the SME Instrument to attend the China International Industry Trade Fair in China.The 20th session China International Industry Fair or CIIF 2018 is going to be held from 19 to 23 September 2018 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), China. Over 2,500 Chinese exhibitors and foreign companies will be showcasing their products and technologies and more than 160,000 trade visitors and buyers from over 75 countries are expected to attend the event from industrial segments, like IT, electronics, automobile, machine tool components, industrial automation, environmental protection machinery and equipment, logistics, shipbuilding and construction.For anyone who wants to visit us, HTCycle will be in the EU Pavilion 4.1H, Booth B228. We will present the latest improvements of the hydrothe...

A team of executives from Beijing Tempro Technologies Inc. visited the headquarters of HTCycle on August 3, 2018. Mr. Jack Zhang (chairman) and Mr. Yan Jun Zhang (general manager) met HTcycle's senior management and made suggestions for future cooperation.Mr. Stepan Kusche, CTO of the company, personally led the tour at the HTC plant and spoke about the key features of our technology, processes and capabilities. The participants learned about the latest improvements in our technology and their economic and environmental benefits.The HTCycle concept combines resource conservation and profitability in an innovative way by recovering nutrients and valuable materials into marketable products. As starting materials are e.g. Waste materials such as sewage sludge that can be converted to activated carbon, ammonium sulfate and struvite (MAP).The day was spent deep-diving into areas of potential...

On 4th of June 2018 a demonstration of sewage sludge carbonization was held at HTCycle AG headquarters. The event was attended by the mayor of Anklam, Mr. Michael Galander, representatives of Ministry of Economy, Labor and Health Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Greifswald Wastewater Plant,  GKU GmbH, ZV-Festland-Wolgast, Water Supply and Sanitation Union Usedom Island, University of Rostock, State Office for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Geology, TBI GmbH Neubrandenburg and Nordkurier. We were honored to have at our head office the delegates and officials of the main institutions which focus and show interest in sewage sludge disposal with clean and profitable technologies.The delegates were invited to take a tour at the HTC plant and were familiarized with the process and the main characteristics of our technology. We conducted a real demonstration of how the...

On 12th of May, 2018 representatives of BGE (Beijing Geoenviron Engineering& Technology) visited the HTCycle AG headquarters in Murchin, Germany. We were honored to have at our head office Mr. Jinming Ling, Executive Chairman of BGE, Mr. Xigang Gao, Vice Chief Engineer of BGE, Mr. Changqing Qi, Principal Engineer MSW of BGE and other engineers interested in our technology. A presentation on HTC process and its outcomes was offered by Mr. Stepan Kusche, CTO of HTCycle AG. The participants learned about the latest improvements of our technology and its economic and environment benefits. The presentation was followed by a tour of the headquarters, where the Chinese delegation could see the first industrial-size HTC plant, as well as our first plant used for research and development. HTCycle AG technology solves two of the greatest problems humanity currently faces: the sewage sludge and the ecosystem nutri...

HTCycle AG was honored to participate at IE expo China which took place between 3 to 5 of May 2018 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre.The only clean, sustainable and profitable way for sewage sludge treatment was presented by HTCycle AG to hundreds of visitors and exhibitors at the trade fair. For the first time, the company exhibited a real research HTC plant and used a video animation to display the plant functionality. These, along with the graphics and stand information about the process and product portfolio, aimed to offer a comprehensible overview of the HTC technology and its importance to economy and environment.  Limited nutrients like phosphorus, activated carbon, ammonia sulphate result from the downstream extraction of hydrothermal carbonization developed by HTCycle. Today, this one of the most innovative and profitable approach toward two main problems of humanity: sewage sludge and eco...

RELZOW, November 20, 2017 – Last week AVA GmbH, part of IPI AG officially launched the hydrothermal carbonization plant in Innovationspark Vorpommen in Relzow, Germany. The ribbon-cutting event, which took place on 16th of November 2017, included a demonstration on the ground of the hydrothermal carbonization process led by Mr. Stepan Kusche, CEO of AVA. The participants at the event had the chance to learn about the process and to observe the production of coal from biomass on the spot.The event was followed by a presentation on renewable energy solutions developed in Innovationspark Vorpommen. Mr. Uwe Kuhnle, CEO of the Innovationspark Vorpommen, talked about the future vision of the Innovationspark and the ongoing projects in the field of hydrothermal carbonization, battery storage, solar thermal and photovoltaic technology. Along with the current resources and future developments and researches on wind energy and hydrogen produ...

CHINA, November 2, 2017 - AVA GmbH, an IPI company, was honored to take part in the 12thEU-China Business & Technology Cooperation Fair, which took place in Chengdu and Qingdao, two vital strategic cities from the west and north part of China from 24th till 27th of October and respectively from 29th to 31st of October 2017.The fair gathered 1,500 representatives of companies, state/regional governments, clusters, business associations, EU-China Cooperation experts, universities, R&D institutions from west and north China, the European Commission, EEN partners and other entities who are seeking potential collaboration and partnerships with their counterparts.  As a participant at the fair, Mr. Stepan Kusche, AVA CEO, was pleased to share the company’s experience on hydrothermal carbonization process and its opportunities for the worldwide market. In both cities, Mr. Kusche had meetings with the repre...