New Company Launches Innovative UV-C LED Systems

Florence, KY - AquiSense Technologies has announced closing Series A funding to become one of the world’s first companies to focus exclusively on water, air, and surface treatment products using UV-C LEDs.

As part of the company launch, AquiSense acquired the PearlAqua product line — a groundbreaking water treatment product employing mercury-free, UV-C LED technology — from Aquionics Inc, a subsidiary of Halma plc. UV-C LEDs replace the traditional use of mercury lamps and provide a smaller footprint, instant start-stop, and more system design flexibility.

“The opportunity to focus exclusively on delivering systems to the market using UV-C LED technology is unique and exciting,” AquiSense President and CEO Oliver Lawal said. “The availability of higher volume, lower price UV-C LEDs from a number of suppliers means the timing is great. And working with a focused team and building off work already completed means we will have multiple products to market quickly.“

AquiSense has also acquired Dot Metrics Technologies, a North Carolina-based UV-C LED development company. Established in 2003, Dot Metrics has become the leading independent UV-C LED device testing company, in addition to its work in the development of water, air and surface treatment systems. Dr. Jennifer Pagan, Director of Research at Dot Metrics, will become CTO at AquiSense. Dr. Pagan commented, “I am excited to transition the groundbreaking work we have completed at Dot Metrics over the past decade into this new venture. The strong suite of patents we developed will ensure new products exploit the best properties of the current best-in-class UV-C LED devices.”

AquiSense Technologies will be headquartered in Northern Kentucky and anticipate new product launches within six months.