NANOGENTECH LTD

Their core work

NANOGENTECH LTD is a London-based technology SME specializing in advanced water treatment engineering, with a focus on ultra-fine bubble (nanobubble) aeration systems and closed-loop industrial wastewater recycling. Their core innovation is a proprietary engineered nozzle that generates ultra-fine bubbles for efficient, low-cost water aeration — a technology with broad applications across water treatment, aquaculture, and industrial processes. They have expanded this foundation into designing integrated wastewater recycling systems for manufacturing sectors, particularly textiles, where water consumption and pollution are major operational and regulatory challenges. As both a technology developer and system integrator, they contribute hardware innovation alongside process design for circular water use.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

NANOGENTECH's earliest H2020 work (2018) centred on a discrete hardware innovation: an engineered nozzle for producing ultra-fine bubbles, positioned as a cost-saving aeration tool with no sector-specific framing. By 2020, their focus had shifted decisively toward applied industrial systems — specifically wastewater recycling and closed-loop water management in textile manufacturing, with keywords explicitly addressing water scarcity and pollution. The trajectory is clear: from component-level product innovation toward end-to-end industrial water circularity, with textile manufacturing as their current deployment arena.

NANOGENTECH is moving from technology supplier toward system integrator for industrial water circularity, making them a candidate partner for manufacturing decarbonisation and water compliance projects.

How they like to work

NANOGENTECH has operated in both leadership and support roles: they led the UFine feasibility study independently under the SME Instrument Phase 1, and joined as a technical participant in the larger, multi-partner Waste2Fresh Innovation Action. Their participation in Waste2Fresh — a project drawing 16 partners across 12 countries — suggests comfort in complex international consortia despite being a small firm. This dual-mode pattern indicates they can anchor small technology validation projects or contribute specialist expertise within larger collaborative programmes.

NANOGENTECH has built connections with 16 unique consortium partners spanning 12 countries, almost entirely through the Waste2Fresh project — an unusually broad network for an SME with only two projects. This suggests the Waste2Fresh consortium was geographically diverse and cross-sectoral, likely including research institutes, textile manufacturers, and technology firms across Europe.

What sets them apart

NANOGENTECH occupies an uncommon niche: they combine proprietary aeration hardware (the ultra-fine bubble nozzle) with industrial process design for closed-loop water recycling — a pairing that is rare among SMEs. Where most water technology firms focus either on equipment or consulting, NANOGENTECH appears to bridge both, which makes them valuable as a technology provider in consortia that need both a working prototype and knowledge of industrial water system design. Their textile manufacturing focus also positions them at the intersection of two pressured sectors: water scarcity response and sustainable fashion supply chains.

Highlights from their portfolio

• UFine
  NANOGENTECH's only coordinator role — a self-led SME Instrument Phase 1 project developing their core proprietary ultra-fine bubble nozzle technology, confirming they hold original IP in water aeration.
• Waste2Fresh
  Their largest funded project (EUR 220,062), running 2020–2024 within a 16-partner international consortium, applying their water technology expertise to the high-impact problem of closed-loop wastewater recycling in textile manufacturing.