History
IDE was founded in 1965 by Alexander Zarchin, Ukrainian-born engineer. [2] In the late 1960s and 1970s, it supplied over 50 small desalination units to military and civilian facilities in Iran, including installations operated by the Iranian Air Force, as part of efforts to address local water shortages. [3]
During its early decades, IDE focused primarily on thermal desalination technologies, particularly Multi-Effect Distillation (MED) and Mechanical Vapor Compression (MVC). From the 2000s onward, IDE expanded its portfolio to include membrane-based desalination, especially seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO). In 2013, it agreed to design the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad, California. [4] It was expected to be completed by 2016, however, due to the continuing drought in California, plant completion was advanced to late 2015, and was eventually finished in December, 2015. [5] Throughout the following decades, the company expanded internationally. Other projects include plants in India, Chile, China, Australia, North America, Venezuela, and other regions. [6] [7]
IDE also develops high-recovery industrial reverse osmosis systems, including the MAXH2O processes for brine concentration and wastewater treatment, which have been applied to sectors such as power generation, mining, and microelectronics in the United States, South America and Asia. [8]
IDE also operates in both the municipal and industrial water sectors, providing engineering, construction, and long-term operation and maintenance services. Its high-recovery reverse osmosis solutions, primarily the MAXH2O processes for brine concentration and wastewater treatment, have been applied to sectors such as power generation, mining, and microelectronics as well as municipal wastewater treatment in the United States, South America and Asia. [9]
In 2017, the company became fully owned by Alfa Water Partners, an investment partnership established by Avshalom Felber and Amir Lang, and continues to operate as a privately held company. [10]
IDE is headquartered in the Hasharon Industrial Park in Kadima, Israel [1] and led by Asaf Bartfeld, chairman and Avshalom Felber, chief executive officer and president. The company has built desalination plants in Hadera, Ashkelon and Soreq. [2] [11]
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