Electramet

What Electramet does

ElectraMet, a Kentucky-based (Lexington) company legally operating as PowerTech Water, Inc., sells a modular platform of electrochemical wastewater treatment systems that selectively remove and recover heavy metals from industrial process streams without chemical additives. The core technology reduces aqueous metal concentrations from roughly 10,000 ppm down to 0.2 ppm and recovers the removed metals at 99.99% purity as saleable solids (copper, silver, gold, etc.), protected by three granted US patents (US 11,117,818; US 11,845,024; US 10,793,450 for INCION). The product portfolio comprises four systems: Alpha (discharge compliance), Gamma (oxidant decomposition for peroxide abatement and water reuse), Omega (bulk metal recovery for mining and microelectronics), and Iota (1:20-scale onsite stream evaluation), supplemented by the ElectraLink onboard data platform that integrates with plant SCADA and facility management systems.

ElectraMet serves enterprise customers across six verticals: semiconductor manufacturing, EV battery recycling, defense, printed circuit board manufacturing, medical devices, and mining. Its go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales executed in three gated phases — feasibility testing on customer water samples, onsite pilot installation, and full commercial system implementation — with systems sold as capital equipment and supplemented by professional services (feasibility and pilot work) and a residual revenue stream from the sale of recovered metals. Documented outcomes at customer sites include 100% equipment uptime, elimination of >20,000 lbs/year of ion-exchange resin, a 50% reduction in dedicated labor, and an incremental $1.7 million in silver revenue at a single PCB deployment.

Commercialization is anchored by a December 2021 strategic investment and deployment partnership with Wieland (a major copper recycler), a 2024 strategic partnership with Prometheus Metals and Northern Metallurgy targeting mining waste streams and mine rehabilitation in Australia, and recognition as one of ten global winners of the 2026 Water Resilience Challenge (HCL Group / UpLink / World Economic Forum). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; sales are consultation-based. The company remains privately held with no revenue disclosed and a headcount of 11–50.

Name

Electramet

Legal name

PowerTech Water, Inc.

Website

https://electramet.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ElectraMet sells modular electrochemical systems that selectively recover heavy metals (copper, silver, gold) from industrial wastewater at 99.99% purity without chemicals, serving semiconductor, EV battery recycling, PCB, defense, medical device, and mining enterprises through direct field sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Wastewater Treatment Systems

NAICS

Chemical Manufacturing (325)

SIC

Electrical Industrial Apparatus (3620)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial Wastewater Treatment Chemicals (IMAEAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial Water Reuse Utilities (ZLD/MLD & Process Water Recycling) (EUANAGAG)

Keywords

• Electrochemical wastewater treatment
• Heavy metal recovery
• Water treatment systems
• Metal recycling technology
• Industrial wastewater solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Lexington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Revenue model

1. Electrochemical Treatment Systems: Sale of electrochemical treatment systems (Alpha, Gamma, Omega, Iota systems) for metal recovery and wastewater treatment. Systems are sold for commercial implementation after feasibility testing and pilot phases.
2. Feasibility Testing and Pilot Services: Feasibility testing services where ElectraMet analyzes customer water samples and performs comprehensive testing. Pilot installation services for onsite evaluation before full-scale implementation.
3. Recovered Metal Sales: Customers can sell recovered pure metals (copper, silver, gold, etc.) extracted from their wastewater streams, creating revenue from what was previously waste disposal cost.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ElectraMet designs, manufactures, and sells modular electrochemical wastewater treatment systems that selectively remove and recover dissolved heavy metals (copper, silver, gold, manganese, lead, etc.) and abate oxidants from industrial wastewater without chemical additives. The company sells a family of physical systems (Alpha, Omega, Gamma, Iota) and supports them with feasibility testing, onsite pilots, and SCADA-integrated commercial implementation for industrial customers.

Product overview

ElectraMet offers a modular platform of electrochemical wastewater treatment systems designed for metal recovery, oxidant abatement, and acid reuse. The product portfolio consists of four core systems: Alpha System (discharge compliance), Omega System (bulk metal recovery), Gamma System (oxidant decomposition), and Iota System (onsite stream evaluation at 1:20 scale). These systems can be deployed individually or in combination, with optional add-on modules including ElectraLink (data management and monitoring) and Automated Process capabilities. The technology enables chemical-free selective metal recovery at up to 99.99% purity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Alpha System: Advanced electrochemical wastewater treatment systems for metal recovery and oxidant abatement
• Omega System
• Gamma System
• Iota System

Products and services

• Alpha System Electrochemical system for discharge compliance and metals removal at discharge limits, enabling industrial sites to meet NPDES-style permit requirements and take ownership of metals removal onsite.
• Omega System Bulk metal recovery electrochemical system that optimizes sustainability and metal recovery across mining and microelectronics applications, capturing dissolved metals as pure, recoverable solids.
• Gamma System Oxidant decomposition electrochemical system engineered for safe abatement of oxidants to enhance water reuse and protect assets and the environment in industrial operations.
• Iota System 1:20 scale onsite stream evaluation electrochemical system for metals and peroxide removal, used across various industrial and laboratory applications for evaluation and smaller-scale treatment.
• Feasibility Testing and Pilot Installation Services Professional services offering where ElectraMet analyzes customer water samples for metal removal and recovery feasibility and runs onsite pilot studies to inform commercial system design prior to full-scale deployment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.99% metal recovery purity
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Prometheus MetalscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 September 2024Strategic partnership to revolutionize mine rehabilitation and critical metal recovery in Australia. Collaboration focused on applying ElectraMet's electrochemical technology to mining waste streams for metal recovery and environmental remediation.
• Northern MetallurgycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 September 2024Strategic partnership focused on mine rehabilitation and critical metal recovery in Australia. Partnership leverages ElectraMet's metal recovery technology with Northern Metallurgy's expertise in metallurgy and mining sector knowledge.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions: Veolia's water technologies division supplies a broad portfolio of industrial water/wastewater treatment systems (ion exchange, membrane, chemical) — a deep-pocketed incumbent whose installed base competes with ElectraMet's targeted metal-recovery pitch at the same industrial customers.
• Solenis: Solenis supplies specialty chemistry and monitoring for industrial water and process applications, including mining and metals — an incumbent whose chemistry-and-service bundle competes with ElectraMet's chemical-free positioning in mining and metals processing.
• SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions: SUEZ offers industrial water and wastewater treatment chemicals and equipment across metals, mining and microelectronics — a broad incumbent whose chemistry-and-equipment bundle competes head-to-head with ElectraMet's chemical-free modular systems.
• Nalco Water (an Ecolab company): Nalco Water is Ecolab's industrial water and process services arm, providing chemistry, monitoring and service contracts across heavy-industrial customers — a broad incumbent with the service-and-chemical model ElectraMet's selective metal-recovery system is positioning to disrupt.
• Kurita Water Industries: Kurita provides specialty water treatment chemicals and ultrapure water systems to semiconductor, electronics and metals-processing customers globally — a broad incumbent whose installed base in semiconductor rinse-water treatment overlaps directly with ElectraMet's semiconductor vertical.

Direct peers

• Gradiant: Gradiant is a similarly-staged industrial water and wastewater treatment technology company offering proprietary systems to complex industrial customers — overlapping with ElectraMet on enterprise field-sales motion and selective-contaminant removal.
• Cirba Solutions: Cirba Solutions processes end-of-life batteries and electronics to recover critical metals — the same EV battery recycling use case that is one of ElectraMet's primary verticals, with overlapping technology paths in hydromet/electrochemical metal purification.
• Aqua Metals: Aqua Metals uses electrochemical (AquaRefining) hydrometallurgy to recover metals (lead and other battery materials) at high purity with a low-waste process — directly comparable technology approach and target application to ElectraMet's electrochemical metal recovery platform.

Emerging players

• Lithion Recycling: Lithion Recycling uses hydrometallurgical processes to recover battery-grade materials from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries — an emerging player in the same battery-recycling critical-metal-recovery space as ElectraMet's EV battery segment.
• Redwood Materials: Redwood Materials recycles lithium-ion batteries and recovers critical metals such as copper, cobalt and nickel — a higher-capital emerging player whose battery-recycling customer base overlaps with ElectraMet's EV battery recycling segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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