Evove
Evove is a UK-based membrane technology company developing graphene oxide coatings and the world's first fully 3D-printed ceramic membrane (Separonics) for water filtration, lithium extraction, and industrial separation, commercially deployed via strategic partners including Kurita Water Industries, Northern Lithium, AB InBev, and Coca-Cola.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersDaresbury, United Kingdom
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Evove does
Evove Limited is a UK-based deep-technology company developing advanced membrane products for fluid filtration and separation, with headquarters in Widnes and R&D operations at Sci-Tech Daresbury. The company operates two complementary product lines: the Enhance product line, which retrofits existing polymer and ceramic membranes with graphene oxide coatings, 3D-printed inserts, and energy-saving spacers to reduce fouling, cut energy consumption by up to 80%, and double product yields in food and beverage processing; and Separonics, described as the world's first entirely 3D-printed ceramic membrane, engineered with bespoke porosity and anti-fouling flow channels. The technology portfolio targets lithium extraction (Direct Lithium Extraction from brines), desalination, food and beverage processing, green hydrogen, and industrial water and wastewater treatment.
Evove monetises through hardware sales of membrane enhancement products and DLE plant systems, plus technology licensing to strategic partners. Distribution is predominantly enterprise-driven via direct field sales (CEO Chris Wyres and CCO Andrew Walker) and through a small number of strategic channel partners — most notably Kurita Water Industries, which holds an exclusive alliance to deliver DLE plants using Evove technology at their core following its October 2025 investment as largest shareholder. Customers to date include Hydrasyst (first commercial Nanopulse deployment), Northern Lithium (UK DLE project targeting 500 tonnes/year by 2027), AB InBev and The Coca-Cola Company (100+ Accelerator pilots), and Altillion (US produced-water DLE collaboration in Houston).
As of late 2025, the company is majority-owned by Kurita Water Industries Ltd., has approximately £10.7M of disclosed funding to date, operates with 11-50 employees, and has validated its DLE technology through a 1:15 scale demonstration plant at Ludwell Farm (County Durham) that processed 3.5 million litres of brine at 92% recovery and 96.5% purity. The company's stated ambition is to scale UK lithium production to 20,000+ tonnes per year by 2035 using its membrane-based DLE stack.
Evove firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Evove
- Legal name
- Evove Limited
- Website
- https://evove.tech
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Evove is a UK-based membrane technology company developing graphene oxide coatings and the world's first fully 3D-printed ceramic membrane (Separonics) for water filtration, lithium extraction, and industrial separation, commercially deployed via strategic partners including Kurita Water Industries, Northern Lithium, AB InBev, and Coca-Cola.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Evove industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Industrial Membrane Filtration Technology
- NAICS
- Paint and Coating Manufacturing (325510)
- SIC
- Miscellaneous Chemical Products (2890)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes) (IMAHAEAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Membranes, Consumables & Chemicals (Elements, Antiscalants, Cleaning) (EUANAFAJ), Lithium Mining & Brine Extraction (IMAKAFAA)
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Where Evove is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Daresbury
- HQ country
- United Kingdom
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices3 records
Markets served
Evove business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Membrane enhancement products: Sale of graphene oxide coating products (Nanopulse systems) and 3D-printed membrane enhancement products (inserts, spacers) to industrial water treatment operators and membrane system providers.
- DLE plant systems: Delivery of complete Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) plant systems leveraging Evove's patented membrane technologies, with Kurita providing modular system engineering and manufacturing under the exclusive alliance.
- Technology licensing: Licensing of Evove's patented DLE technologies and Separonics product line to strategic partners like Kurita for deployment across multiple markets globally.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels10 records
Evove product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Evove develops and manufactures advanced membrane technologies combining graphene oxide coatings, 3D-printed enhancement inserts, and the world's first entirely 3D-printed ceramic membrane (Separonics®) for fluid filtration and separation. The company sells these products to industrial water treatment operators and deploys them in proprietary Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) systems that extract lithium from brines with high recovery rates and purity.
Product overview
Evove offers two complementary product lines for fluid filtration and separation. The Enhance product line augments existing membranes with graphene oxide coatings, 3D-printed inserts, and energy-saving spacers, achieving up to 80% energy reduction and doubled yield in food & beverage applications. Separonics® represents a breakthrough in entirely 3D-printed ceramic membranes precision-engineered using CFD and AI, offering perfectly uniform porosity and anti-fouling flow channels. Both product lines work across microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), and reverse osmosis (RO) membrane processes. The company's Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology deploys these advanced membranes for lithium recovery from unconventional sources including geothermal brines and oil & gas produced water. The strategic alliance with Kurita Water Industries enables delivery of modular DLE plants with Evove's technology at the core.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Separonics®: World's first entirely 3D-printed ceramic membrane technology for precision filtration with homogenous porosity, anti-fouling design, and industry standard module formats.
- Enhance
Products and services
- Enhance Product Line Umbrella product line that augments existing membranes with graphene oxide coatings, 3D-printed inserts, and energy-saving spacers to significantly improve performance in microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), and reverse osmosis (RO) membrane processes. Targets industrial water treatment operators seeking to reduce fouling, energy use, and chemical consumption.
- Separonics® The world's first entirely 3D-printed ceramic membrane technology offering homogenous and bespoke porosity for precise filtration, anti-fouling flow-channel design, high material integrity, and industry standard module formats. Engineered using Computational Fluid Dynamics and AI for precision membrane design.
- Nanopulse Graphene Oxide Coatings Standalone graphene oxide coating technology applied to polymer and ceramic membranes that mitigates biofouling, reduces energy consumption by 60-80%, extends membrane lifetime, and decreases chemical usage for cleaning-in-place operations.
- 3D-Printed Membrane Inserts Precision 3D-printed inserts designed for tubular and hollow-fibre membranes that enhance filtration performance, improve flow characteristics, and enable step-change improvements in separation efficiency.
- Energy-Saving Spacers 3D-printed spacers for spiral wound UF, NF, and RO membranes that optimize fluid dynamics, reduce energy consumption, and improve overall system efficiency.
- Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) Technology Membrane-based Direct Lithium Extraction technology combining ultra-selective lithium membranes, reverse osmosis, and ion exchange technologies to extract lithium from geothermal waters, oil & gas produced water, and mining discharges. Achieves 80%+ lithium recovery with exceptional purity levels, deployed in modular plant configurations via Kurita Water Industries alliance.
- Separonics™ for Lithium Extraction 3D-printed ceramic membrane technology specifically adapted for lithium extraction from brines, reducing required operating pressure from 10-30 bar to approximately 1-3 bar, extending cleaning intervals from hours to weeks or months, and maintaining chemical stability in aggressive brines.
Quantifiable outcome
- Energy reduction of up to 80% compared to conventional membrane processes
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Companies that use Evove
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Evove technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
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Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
AI capability2 records
Feature6 records
Evove partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, core and supporting.
- LithozstrategicPartnership to apply 3D printed ceramic membranes to lithium extraction using Separonics technology. Replaces traditional evaporation pond methods with modular high-performance filtration systems. Reduces pressure requirements from 10-30 bar to 1-3 bar and extends cleaning intervals from hours to weeks/months.
- Northern LithiumcoreTripartite partnership (Northern Lithium, Kurita, Evove) to deliver UK's first commercial-scale lithium production using advanced membrane-based DLE. Targets initial 500 tonnes per year capacity by 2027, ramping to 20,000+ tonnes per year by 2035. Partnership follows successful demonstration plant at Ludwell Farm, County Durham.
- Kurita Water IndustriescoreStrategic alliance bringing Evove's patented DLE technologies together with Kurita's modular system engineering and manufacturing. Kurita became the largest shareholder of Evove Ltd. Exclusive alliance for Kurita to deliver DLE plants with Evove technologies at their core. First joint commercial projects commenced November 2025. Kurita also secured non-exclusive access to Evove's Separonics product line.
- AltillioncoreNew collaboration to develop next-generation DLE solutions for complex produced water brines from US oil and gas fields. MOU signed. Evove's ultra-selective membranes combined with Altillion's ALIX process for lithium concentration and purification. Evove will install membrane solutions at Altillion's Houston facility for testing on customer brines.
- AB InBevstrategicThrough 100+ Accelerator cohort 4, Evove is conducting pilot programs at AB InBev facilities (Stella Artois brewery in Leuven, Belgium) to prove enhanced membrane systems under real operating conditions for water circularity.
- The Coca-Cola CompanystrategicThrough 100+ Accelerator cohort 4, Evove is conducting pilot programs at Coca-Cola facilities to prove enhanced membrane systems under real operating conditions for water circularity and sustainability goals.
- UnileverstrategicThrough 100+ Accelerator cohort 4 with AB InBev, Coca-Cola, and Colgate-Palmolive, supporting sustainability goals and local water stewardship around the world.
- Colgate-PalmolivestrategicThrough 100+ Accelerator cohort 4 with AB InBev, Coca-Cola, and Unilever, supporting sustainability goals and local water stewardship around the world.
- The Water Council WisconsinsupportingBREW 2.0 cohort member providing scale-up opportunities and growth initiatives in US market for food & beverage, industrial water reuse, and high-tech industries like lithium, semiconductors and green hydrogen.
- Imagine H2O AsiasupportingThird cohort member of Asia-focused water innovation accelerator providing hands-on industry mentorship, market insights, access to global customer and investor networks, and pilot funding resources.
- Hydrasyst LimitedstrategicEarliest adopter of graphene oxide coating technology (Nanopulse systems). British turnkey solution provider of advanced membrane technology systems for industrial processes. Collaboration developed and piloted coating technology in Northwest of England.
- Blue Gold MarketingsupportingInternational marketing consultancy engaged to develop marketing strategy and engage with new customers and partners.
Scale indicators11 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights5 records
Evove competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Standard Lithium: Lithium development company with proprietary DLE processes. Comparable to Evove as a DLE technology company progressing from demonstration toward commercial lithium production, though more vertically integrated.
- EnergyX: Direct lithium extraction and refining company developing membrane and sorbent-based Li recovery. Comparable to Evove because both pursue proprietary DLE IP for lithium recovery from unconventional brine sources.
- Lilac Solutions: Direct lithium extraction company using ion-exchange media. Comparable to Evove's DLE stack because it is also a venture-backed DLE technology provider targeting lithium from brines, with a focus on modular plant economics.
Broad incumbents
- Veolia Water Technologies: Major water-treatment technology provider serving industrial and municipal customers. Comparable to Evove as a broad incumbent in industrial water and wastewater reuse, where Evove's membrane enhancement products compete.
- Koch Membrane Systems: Established manufacturer of polymeric and ceramic membranes for water and industrial filtration. Comparable to Evove as a broad incumbent in the same membrane category, with overlapping customers in industrial water and process separations.
- SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: Global water-treatment incumbent offering membranes, chemicals, and process systems. Comparable to Evove as a broad incumbent with overlapping industrial water and F&B customers; Kurita itself is positioned against SUEZ in this market.
- DuPont Water Solutions: Large-scale supplier of reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, and ultrafiltration membranes. Comparable to Evove as a broad incumbent that competes across the same membrane processes (MF/UF/NF/RO) targeted by Evove's Enhance product line.
Emerging players
- NX Filtration: Hollow-fiber nanofiltration membrane company focused on water treatment and selective separation. Comparable to Evove as a venture-backed advanced membrane company commercialising novel membrane chemistry and module formats for industrial water and process applications.
- Mangrove Lithium: Emerging DLE technology developer using electrochemical and membrane approaches for lithium refining. Comparable to Evove as a venture-backed DLE peer targeting modular lithium recovery from brine sources.
- Sunresin: Chinese specialty adsorbent and ion-exchange resin manufacturer offering DLE solutions. Comparable to Evove because Evove's DLE stack couples ultra-selective membranes with ion-exchange technologies, putting the two approaches in direct competition for brine-based lithium recovery.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Evove leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles8 records
Evove funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds1 record
Investors2 records
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Evove M&A and investment
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Frequently asked questions about Evove
What does Evove do?
Evove develops and manufactures advanced membrane technologies combining graphene oxide coatings, 3D-printed enhancement inserts, and the world's first entirely 3D-printed ceramic membrane (Separonics®) for fluid filtration and separation. The company sells these products to industrial water treatment operators and deploys them in proprietary Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) systems that extract lithium from brines with high recovery rates and purity.
Is Evove a public or private company?
Evove is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was Evove founded?
Evove was founded in 2020. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Evove based?
Evove is headquartered in Daresbury, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.
How does Evove make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Membrane enhancement products are the primary driver. The others are DLE plant systems and technology licensing.
Who are Evove's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Standard Lithium, EnergyX and Lilac Solutions. Broad incumbents are Veolia Water Technologies, Koch Membrane Systems, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions and DuPont Water Solutions. Emerging players are NX Filtration, Mangrove Lithium and Sunresin.
Does Evove have an API?
No public API is recorded for Evove.
What industry is Evove in?
Evove's product category is Industrial Membrane Filtration Technology. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMAHAEAB, Separation & Filtration Equipment (Filters, Centrifuges, Membranes), with a secondary code of EUANAFAJ, Membranes, Consumables & Chemicals (Elements, Antiscalants, Cleaning). Its NAICS code is 325510 and its SIC code is 2890.