History

2009
Eric Scharstuhl assumes control of Prime Water after Joop Scharstuhl’s retirement.

2006
After 8 years at the campus of VITO (the Flemish Institute for Technology Development) Prime Water moves to Lommel - Belgium. In the moving van ... mature membrane technology for the micro-biological purification of drinking water at the point of use. A unique development.

1998
Joop Scharstuhl creates Prime Membrane Technologies NV in Mol - Belgium, in 2004 renamed in Prime Water International. Son Eric joins and becomes co-managing director. Prime Water concludes a cooperation and development agreement with VITO (Flemish Institute for Technology Development) and as a result obtains access to the scientific infra-structure of this institute and is housed on the VITO campus.

1996
Joop Scharstuhl focuses on the further development of membranes. Objective? The micro-biological purification of drinking water at the point of use.

1989
Joop Scharstuhl obtains in The Netherlands a national Product Innovation Award. Recognition for the development of a new membrane technology that separates plasma from red cells out of a drop of blood from a fingerprick, thus enabling the rapid diagnostics of i.e. heart disease.