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UBQ wins innovation award

Posted on April 3, 2022

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?

Posted on December 1, 2019

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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Still recycling

Posted on June 16, 2024

Jack (Tato) Bigio is co-founder and CEO of Israel’s UBQ (see here previously). He describes the purpose of his garbage recycling company, and about the loss of key employees on Oct 7. It hasn’t affected his desire to protect the … Continue reading →

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Can (Israeli) science save the planet

Posted on May 5, 2024

This webinar featured four Professors from Israel’s Technion Institute who explained their research that could have a major positive impact on our environment. In the Q&As I asked Prof Diesendruck if Israeli startups (e.g., UBQ) had solved the problem of … Continue reading →

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Best inventions of 2023

Posted on November 6, 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

Posted on September 21, 2023

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

Posted on July 2, 2023

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

Posted on September 18, 2022

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

Posted on August 21, 2022

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:

Posted on May 8, 2022

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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