Aquaporin Asia Pte. Ltd. was incorporated in Singapore in early 2011 as a Singapore-based joint venture between Aquaporin A/S, Nanyang Technological University - NTUitive, and DHI Singapore. It was established on the basis of the successful 5 million SGD R&D project at Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC) of Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), funded by the Singapore National Research Foundation under its Environmental & Water Technologies Strategic Research Programme.
Aquaporin Asia is 80% owned by Aquaporin A/S, a Danish Cleantech company founded in 2005. Aquaporin A/S is the company behind the Aquaporin Insideâ„¢ technology and currently 40 people are working on further developing the technology in Copenhagen, Denmark.