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Chelmsford's Triton Systems shares water innovation grant with Israeli firm
Date: May 28, 2014
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Featured firm in this article: Triton Systems Inc of Chelmsford, MA



Governor Deval Patrick Wednesday announced the winners of the first Massachusetts-Israel Innovation Partnership (MIIP) water innovation challenge. The governor made this announcement with Israeli Chief Scientist Avi Hasson during the U.S. - Israel Connected Summit "Going Global with Water Tech" forum.

This year's MIIP winners, Triton Systems of Chelmsford and Applied Cavitation Technologies (ACT) of Israel, will be awarded joint funds of $250,000 from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) and approximately $250,000 from Israel's Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS), which implements MIIP through MATIMOP, the Israeli Industry Center for R&D.

Following the forum, Patrick joined representatives from Massachusetts-based Desalitech Inc., Director General of the Israel Ministry of Economy Amit Lang, representatives from the City of Ra'anana, the Israel Water Authority and City of Newton Mayor Setti Warren to celebrate the start of construction on a new municipal water treatment facility in the City of Ra'anana.

"Addressing global water challenges requires innovation and investment in new technology, water management practices and infrastructure improvements," said Patrick. "Today's announcements emphasize the innovative ideas resulting from the collaboration between Massachusetts and Israel. I look forward to our continued progress in making Massachusetts a leader for water innovation."

The goal of the MIIP challenge is to reward companies in Massachusetts and Israel for partnering together to develop efficient clean water technologies. The companies will use the funding to develop and test devices to help reduce the amount of sewage sludge generated in the treatment of wastewater. Patrick also announced today that MassCEC will provide up to $250,000 for a new round of the MIIP clean technology funding challenge, which will again be launched in partnership with MATIMOP. Challenge applications will be accepted later this year.

"Our long standing relationship with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has yielded great joint collaborations and we are looking forward to continuing to support and foster economic growth in both regions, focusing on areas of common interests, via R&D collaboration," said Avi Hasson, Israel's chief scientist. "We are happy to see MIIP's steady evolvement as a sustainable program for leveraging innovation and growth, and appreciate Governor Patrick's vision and leadership in initiating this collaboration."

The MIIP was launched in 2011 as a direct result of Patrick's first Innovation Partnership Mission to Israel. During that 10-day trade mission in March 2011, a coalition of the state's leading business executives and senior government officials explored growth opportunities of common interest for Massachusetts' and Israel's innovation industries. During that mission Patrick and Shalom Simhon, Israeli Minister of Economy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Jerusalem resulting in this partnership.

During the forum, Patrick also announced MassCEC will work with MATIMOP and Israel NEWTech (an arm of the Israel Ministry of Economy) to launch the Global Water Innovation Network (Global WIN), a new initiative founded by Massachusetts and Israel, and intended to include potential partners around the world to collectively advance the adoption of water technologies in global markets.

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