Dutch membrane technology SME specialising in advanced nanofiltration manufacturing, with applied experience in biorefinery separation and nano-enabled membrane scale-up.
NX Filtration is a Dutch membrane technology company specializing in hollow fiber nanofiltration and ultrafiltration membranes for industrial separation and purification applications. Their H2020 participation shows two distinct but connected technology threads: applying membrane and electrochemical separation to biorefinery streams (lignin, biomass), and developing next-generation membrane materials with advanced manufacturing scale-up at pilot line level. As an SME, they operate at the intersection of applied research and commercial product development — they bring real filtration hardware and process know-how into academic-industrial consortia, not just theoretical contributions. Their work on manufacturing pilot lines signals that they are actively moving technology from lab to market scale.
In INNOMEM (2020-2024) they worked on manufacturing pilot lines and advanced characterization and modelling, indicating direct involvement in translating membrane R&D into scalable production.
In LIBERATE (2018-2023) they contributed to a lignin biorefinery process using electrochemical flow technology, applying separation membranes to complex biomass-derived streams.
LIBERATE's focus on electrochemical flow reactors for lignin valorisation places NX Filtration at the interface of electrochemistry and membrane-assisted separation.
INNOMEM specifically targets nano-enabled membranes within an open innovation test bed, showing the company's direction toward next-generation functional membrane materials.
NX Filtration entered H2020 through the LIBERATE project with a focus on electrochemical processes and biorefinery applications — specifically separating and valorising lignin from biomass streams using flow reactor technology. In their second project, INNOMEM, the emphasis shifted clearly toward membrane materials science, advanced characterisation, and pilot-scale manufacturing — a move from niche application to building foundational membrane production capability. This trajectory suggests a company that used early project participation to validate membranes in challenging industrial environments, then pivoted to scaling and perfecting their core manufacturing technology.
NX Filtration is moving from application-specific membrane deployment toward building generalised manufacturing and characterisation capacity — suggesting they are positioning their technology for broader industrial licensing or commercial product launch.
NX Filtration has participated exclusively as a consortium partner across both projects and has never taken on a coordinator role, which is typical for a technology SME that contributes specific hardware or process expertise rather than leading research agendas. They have worked within large consortia — 47 unique partners across 2 projects — indicating comfort operating in multi-partner, pan-European research environments. This makes them a reliable specialist contributor: they bring focused membrane technology into projects managed by larger institutions or research organisations.
With 47 unique partners across 13 countries from just 2 projects, NX Filtration has built a surprisingly broad European network for their size — averaging 23+ partners per project. Their collaboration footprint is distinctly European in reach, consistent with Innovation Action projects that typically require diverse industrial and academic consortia.
NX Filtration occupies a rare position as an SME that bridges fundamental membrane research and industrial-scale production: they are small enough to move fast but technically credible enough to participate in large EU Innovation Actions alongside major research institutes. Based in Enschede in the Netherlands — a region with a strong high-tech manufacturing cluster — they bring hands-on pilot line experience that pure research partners cannot. For consortium builders, they are the kind of partner who ensures laboratory results can actually be manufactured at scale.
