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OriginClear Forms Strategic Partnership with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator
OriginClear Forms Strategic Partnership with Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n OriginClear \n Inc. (OTC/QB: OOIL), \n a leading provider of water treatment solutions, today announced that it \n has agreed to become a strategic partner of the Los \n Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), a non-profit organization led by \n the City of Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power (LADWP), \n that helps accelerate the commercialization of clean technologies.\n \n\nThis Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: \nhttp://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160503005784/en/\n\n \n \n Last November, Vice President Joe Biden visited LACI to discuss jobs and clean technology. (Photo: Business Wire) \n\n\n \n OriginClear has also relocated its headquarters to the incubator’s La \n Kretz Innovation Campus (La Kretz) in downtown Los Angeles and \n intends to support the cleantech community by mentoring entrepreneurs in \n the newly-formed cluster of water technology startups.\n \n \n “OriginClear has been a cleantech pioneer in our city for nearly a \n decade, and we welcome it to La Kretz,” said Matt \n Petersen, Chief Sustainability Officer of the City of Los Angeles. \n “It’s companies like OriginClear that are helping to resolve our \n pressing water problems, and we’re grateful for their work to share \n lessons learned with the rest of the world.”\n \n \n OriginClear is a longtime \n supporter of initiatives such as CleanTech Los Angeles, the \n California Business Alliance for a Clean Economy, and the Sustainable \n Business Council of Los Angeles.\n \n \n “We have built big, all the way to commercial scale, at our mid-city \n headquarters,” said Riggs \n Eckelberry, OriginClear CEO. “Now we’ve turned high tech and the \n more than $5 million in testing and prototyping equipment at La Kretz is \n exactly what we need to support our scientific programs, and to export \n our technology.”\n \n \n Eckelberry added, “We are excited that LADWP is funding \n a major portion of La Kretz, with an R&D lab and demonstration labs. \n It is the most innovative municipal utility in the nation, making this \n the most exciting place to be for water in the United States, and \n perhaps the world.”\n \n \n LACI is a world-class technology incubator, recently ranked \n #3 on the list of World Top University Asso...