Textile Industry Targeted as a Major Contributor to PFAS Pollution

New technologies hold the promise of destroying PFAS, taking the “forever” out of “forever chemicals.” One such technology was created by Claros Technologies. The chemical engineering company provides an end-of-life solution for PFAS, with a sorbent that captures PFOS and PFOA, a process that concentrates them, and a defluorination treatment that breaks their powerful chemical bonds.

2022-11-29T12:54:28-06:00

Claros Technologies Announces Breakthrough Performance of Antimicrobial Textile Additives

Claros Technologies, Inc. announced today the release of a third-party independent study verifying the capability and durability of the company’s antimicrobial additives for textiles. The test found that Claros’ ZioShield™  (antimicrobial) and ZioFresh™ (anti-odor) products can reduce the presence of numerous species of disease-inducing bacteria, fungi, and viruses by 99.999 percent.

2022-11-23T17:15:57-06:00

Fast Fashion and the Environment: 5 Strategies for a Positive Shift

At Claros Technologies, we help companies safely reintroduce their wastewater back into the environment by capturing and detoxifying harmful pollutants. In our experience, we’ve found that prioritizing sustainability at a manufacturing facility requires a combination of environmentally conscious resources and production practices.

2022-11-08T08:41:31-06:00

Claros Technologies, Kureha partner to power clean technologies by capturing valuable metals in oil- and gas-produced water

Claros Technologies is partnering with Kureha America, Inc. (Houston, TX), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kureha Corporation (Tokyo, Japan), to capture and reuse the highly coveted metals needed for batteries to power a net-zero economy.

2022-11-02T16:20:12-05:00

Claros publishes Scientific Report in Nature

Metal nanoparticle-coated textile has been proven to possess antimicrobial properties but has not been adopted by healthcare facilities due to risks of leaching and subsequent loss of function, toxicity, and environmental pollution. This work presents the development and testing of antimicrobial zinc nanocomposite textiles, fabricated using a novel Crescoating process.

2022-10-17T17:29:20-05:00

International Filtration News: The upstream & downstream impacts of PFAS Pollution

Claros Technologies, a chemical engineering company, is a case study in how such technologies can provide an end-of-life solution for PFAS. The company has a sorbent that captures PFOS and PFOA in water, a process that concentrates them, and a defluorination treatment that breaks their powerful chemical bonds.

2022-09-27T12:39:45-05:00

Claros Technologies selected to participate in TechFounders Accelerator Program to capture, recover high-demand metals

The TechFounders Accelerator program selected Claros Technologies to work with the German multinational specialty chemicals company Lanxess to develop solutions for the capture and recovery of valuable metals used in electric batteries, such as lithium, cobalt, cadmium, and nickel.

2022-08-22T17:00:27-05:00