IDE Technologies

IDE Technologies is an Israeli water desalination company.[1]

IDE Technologies
Industrywater desalination
Founded1965 (1965)
FounderAlexander Zarchin 
HeadquartersHamatechet Street, Hasharon Industrial Park, Kadima, Israel
Key people
Asaf Bartfeld (Chairman)
Avshalom Felber (CEO & President)
OwnerAlpha Partners, Delek
Websiteide-tech.com

History

The company was founded in 1965[2] by Ukrainian-born engineer Alexander Zarchin.[3] It is headquartered in the Hasharon Industrial Park in Kadima, Israel.[1] Its Chairman is Asaf Bartfeld,[2] while its Chief Executive Officer and President is Avshalom Felber.[1]

In Israel, it has built desalination plants in Hadera, Ashkelon and Soreq.[4][5]

In 2013, it agreed to design the Carlsbad desalination plant in Carlsbad, California.[6] It was expected to be completed by 2016,[7] however, due to the continuing drought in California, plant completion was advanced to late 2015, and was eventually finished in December, 2015.[8] Other projects under construction include plants in India,[9] Chile, Venezuela and Mexico.[10]

Ownership

It is co-owned by Alfa Partners and Delek,[11] as Delek acquired 50% of the company in 2002.[10] By 2014, both entities agreed to sell IDE Technologies to a foreign investor to obviate the Arab League boycott of Israel.[10]

References
  1. Company Overview of IDE Technologies Ltd., Bloomberg Business
  2. "Delek Group: IDE Technologies". Archived from the original on 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
  3. https://www.jewishla.org/israeli-inventions-desalination-and-drought/
  4. Vita Bekker, Israelis soak up high cost of desalination, Financial Times, November 28, 2011
  5. The Associated Press, Israel Solves Water Woes With Desalination, The New York Times, May 30, 2014
  6. IDE Technologies to help build largest U.S. desalination plant, Reuters, January 3, 2013
  7. Reuters, Israel's IDE Technologies to help build largest U.S. desalination plant, Haaretz, January 7, 2013
  8. Carlsbad desalination plant
  9. Amy Kazmin, Chennai finds solution to water shortages, Financial Times, September 6, 2010
  10. Yoram Gabison, Israel Chemicals puts desalination unit up for sale: IDE Technologies could fetch up to $1 billion as well as give the company access to Arab markets., Haaretz, November 12, 2014
  11. IDE Technologies: About Us
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