India's Vipul Organics Ltd said on 1 September 2026 that its membrane technology unit, ADIMEM Technologies, has acquired an industrial membrane sheet manufacturing platform from Danish membrane technology company Aquaporin through a competitive bidding process, with the equipment set to be relocated to ADIMEM's Sayakha plant in Gujarat (ET Manufacturing).
Key takeaways
- Vipul Organics' subsidiary ADIMEM Technologies acquired a membrane sheet manufacturing platform from Denmark's Aquaporin via a competitive bidding process, reported on 1 September 2026.
- The platform will be moved from Aquaporin's facility in Denmark to ADIMEM's Sayakha manufacturing unit in Gujarat, India.
- Acquired assets include membrane casting, coating and drying infrastructure plus associated process-control and manufacturing systems.
- The deal expands ADIMEM's in-house capacity for reverse osmosis and nanofiltration membranes and complements its existing RO, NF, UF, MF and MBR portfolio.
- End-use applications called out include industrial water treatment, wastewater recycling, desalination and specialised process separation.
What happened
Asset sale from Aquaporin to ADIMEM
The platform that changed hands covers membrane casting, coating and drying infrastructure together with associated process-control and manufacturing systems, the equipment previously used by Aquaporin for membrane development and production (ET Manufacturing). ADIMEM already runs capabilities across membrane R&D, product development, membrane element manufacturing, quality control, performance testing and application engineering, and the acquired assets are framed by the company as adding advanced casting and coating infrastructure to those capabilities (ET Manufacturing).
Why it matters to the membrane supply chain
The expanded manufacturing platform is intended to support ADIMEM's portfolio across reverse osmosis (RO), nanofiltration (NF), ultrafiltration (UF), microfiltration (MF) and membrane bioreactor (MBR) technologies, with stated end-uses including industrial water treatment, wastewater recycling, desalination and specialised process separation (ET Manufacturing). "Winning this platform through a competitive bidding process, and bringing proven manufacturing infrastructure from a respected Danish membrane technology company to Sayakha, meaningfully strengthens our vertical integration," said Vipul P. Shah, Managing Director, Vipul Organics (ET Manufacturing). The deal is positioned by Vipul Organics as part of its expansion into membrane technology and other sustainability-focused businesses (ET Manufacturing).
Specification read
No flow rate, membrane area, line capacity, contract value or commissioning date was disclosed in the source for this asset transaction, so a single project scale in m³/day cannot be derived from the reporting; this is an equipment-acquisition event rather than a tender for a new treatment plant. As a class benchmark for plants served by this kind of platform, industrial RO/NF trains typically feed downstream units at 0.5–50 m³/day per line for process-water duty and up to several thousand m³/day for large industrial or desalination trains (general industry range, not from the sources). The event bears specifically on the membrane fabrication stage that feeds the tertiary and reuse steps of a treatment train — typically screening → primary clarification → biological (A2O, MBR, MBBR, SBR or UASB depending on influent strength) → tertiary membrane filtration (UF/MF followed by RO/NF for reuse) → disinfection, with DAF and ZLD added where oil/grease or high-recovery reuse is in scope. If your plant runs an industrial water-treatment or wastewater-recycling line with influent BOD in the 200–2,000 mg/L range, a chemical or process-separation duty, and a compliance driver around reuse or desalination, this transaction signals another vertically integrated RO/NF sheet supplier entering the market from a Gujarat base, which can affect how you evaluate casting-and-coating capability, lead time and second-source resilience when you scope a Mbr Membrane Systems upgrade or a new RO/NF train. The acquirer's portfolio overlap with Chemical plant effluent polishing and with Air Dust Treatment site water reuse also points to where the relocated Danish casting line is most likely to be marketed first.
FAQ
What exactly did ADIMEM buy from Aquaporin?
ADIMEM acquired an industrial membrane sheet manufacturing platform, comprising membrane casting, coating and drying infrastructure plus associated process-control and manufacturing systems that Aquaporin previously used for membrane development and production (ET Manufacturing).
Will the equipment stay in Denmark?
No. The platform will be relocated from Aquaporin's facility in Denmark to ADIMEM's Sayakha manufacturing unit in Gujarat, India, as part of the deal (ET Manufacturing). No relocation timeline or shipment window was disclosed in the source.
Which membrane types will the new line support?
The expanded platform is intended to support reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration, microfiltration and membrane bioreactor technologies, targeting industrial water treatment, wastewater recycling, desalination and specialised process separation (ET Manufacturing).
What is the typical lead time and cost band for an RO/NF membrane train of this class?
Lead times for industrial RO/NF skids typically run 12–24 weeks depending on skid size and material of construction, with packaged system costs broadly in the low to mid six figures USD for small process units and scaling into seven figures for larger trains (general industry range, not from the sources). For an operator, the ADIMEM move adds a second source of vertically integrated RO/NF sheet supply from India, which is a useful data point when comparing supplier shortlists.
