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UBQ wins innovation award

Israel’s UBQ Materials has won an innovation award in the Speculative Design category at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) event. Its recycled waste-derived thermoplastic can be used in the 3D printing industry, which currently relies on non-recycled oil-based thermoplastic. … Continue reading

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How does UBQ do it?

Israeli startup UBQ’s revolutionary recycling facility has been reported (here) previously. This new article goes into much detail about the process which produces plastic containers and building material from almost any kind of garbage. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/climate-solutions/israeli-startup-ubq-turning-trash-into-plastic-products/

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Best inventions of 2023

TIME Magazine’s 2023 list of 200 Best Inventions includes six Israeli startups. Beewise (BeeHome4), Wiliot, Salignostics (Salistick), Lumen, UBQ, and Brenmiller (bGen Zero). Another – Sensibo (AirPro) received a special mention. https://nocamels.com/2023/10/six-israeli-startups-make-time-magazines-annual-best-inventions/ https://time.com/collection/best-inventions-2023/

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Investment in Israeli startups to 20/9/23

UroGen Pharma raised $120 million (Nasdaq) UBQ raised $70 million; FloLIVE raised $47 million; SQream raised $45 million; Prisma Photonics raised $20 million; Port.io raised $18 million; Zenity raised $16.5 million; ViAqua Therapeutics raised $8.25 million; Scala Biodesign raised $5.5 … Continue reading

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Three top “Deep Tech” companies

Three Israeli startups are included in the inaugural XB100 ranking of the top 100 private deep-tech companies, published by XPRIZE and Bessemer Venture Partners. They are UBQ Materials, Fabric (Robotics), and Believer Meats (previously Future Meat Technologies). https://www.israel21c.org/3-israeli-firms-are-on-list-of-worlds-best-deep-tech/

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Environmentally friendly conference

The PLANETech World 2022 Conference in Tel Aviv on 21 Sep will have a much-reduced carbon footprint thanks to Israel’s Palram and UBQ. Palram will incorporate UBQ’s thermoplastic recycled material in the construction of many of the temporary building structures. … Continue reading

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Pepsico’s pallets from recycled plastic

PepsiCo is ordering 30,000 eco-friendly shipping thermoplastic pallets from Israel’s UBQ (see here previously) that makes them out of household waste. PepsiCo used 830 UBQ pallets in a March trial as part of a pilot to reduce the carbon footprint … Continue reading

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Investment in Israeli startups to 8/5/22:

Hello Heart raised $70 million; LinearB raised $50 million; Imagene raised $21.5 million; Salignostics raised $8 million; Kahoona raised $4.5 million; Enervibe raised $3.4 million; ART AI raised $1.8 million

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Converting movement into electricity

Israel’s Enervibe develops and produces lithium-free kinetic energy harvesters that convert movement into electrical energy. Its innovative, environmentally friendly technology can power wireless sensors and IoT devices in many industries, e.g., automotive, electronics and wearables. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/rj6fc3ubq https://enervibe.co/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QboEre0npNs

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A sustainable partnership

Israel’s UBQ (see here previously) has partnered Mexican plastic polymer producer, Resirene, to create a sustainable, UBQ-infused polystyrene material. UBQ will now be able to recycle waste plastic into new end-products, in addition to those produced from its current thermoplastic … Continue reading

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