UCLA spin-out Water Planet Engineering enters into joint development agreement with 3M on polymer material.

Water Planet Engineering (WPE) is partnering with conglomerate 3M on an agreement to jointly develop a new polymer material with a number of industrial applications.

WPE, a California-based spin-out of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), is commercialising polymeric-ceramic membrane materials. The UCLA developed technology could find widespread use in industrial separations, water and wastewater treatment, membrane reactors, and other applications.

Paula Hubbard, global business manager of 3M’s Advanced Materials Division, said: “Partnering with Water Planet Engineering to develop…