Atium has successfully completed a year-long pilot project targeting mercury removal from dental clinic wastewaters. Conducted across four Swedish dental clinics, the pilot demonstrated remarkable results, preventing over 10 grams of dissolved mercury from entering...

Johan and Henric from Atium attended IFAT, the world's leading trade fair for environmental technologies, with a focus on water, sewage, waste, and raw materials management. This major event in Munich is known for gathering global leaders in the industry to showcase...

Atium has been selected for an early pilot project with ENI ReWind, an environmental remediation initiative by ENI, facilitated by VeniSIA. This project will test and evaluate our mercury removal technology in water treatment operations in Italy, marking a significant...

 Atium has received funding from Vinnova, through the Swedish Mining Innovation programme, to further develop and test our mercury removal solution for the treatment of concentrated sulphuric acid. This is a critical issue for non-ferrous smelters, which produce large...

Atium has secured €60k in funding from CircIn Water to advance the development of our prototypes and engage in pilot testing with customers. This support will enable us to take a significant step towards launching our first product for selective mercury removal from...

Aquatech Amsterdam! Last week Atium attended Aquatech 2023 in Amsterdam, where we engaged with leading water tech companies and industry experts. The week was filled with insightful discussions on the challenges of mercury removal using conventional methods. We left...

Vatten2023! Atium will, in collaboration with WIN Water, be exhibiting at Vatten2023, taking place from October 24-26, 2023, the largest gathering for the Swedish water industry. We’re excited to meet potential clients and industry colleagues, showcasing our...

Atium launches an innovative pilot project to tackle mercury emissions in the dental industry. Our cutting-edge water purification technology is now being tested in four Swedish dental clinics to capture dissolved mercury that current amalgam separators miss. This...

Atium celebrates a major milestone with the granting of its first patent! The innovative technology developed by Atium enables effective and selective removal of mercury from wastewaters and process chemicals. With a focus on industrial sectors like mining, chemical...

Atium is one of 3 finalists for Änglamarkspriset, an award of 250.000 SEK for young entrepreneurs that are developing solutions for a better tomorrow. The winner of the award will in part be decided by the public, so if you haven't already - vote for Atium!  Link to...

Björn Wickman, the inventor of the technology behind Atium's products, was invited by the Swedish Educational Radio (UR) to hold a video lecture about the problem with mercury, its impact on the environment and how his research into electrochemistry can be a part of...

Atium has raised a pre-seed round led by Stena New Ventures together with existing owners Chalmers Ventures, Gladium and Jan Burenius. The investment adds fuel to Atium's product development and customer piloting efforts for 2022 and forwards.  "We are very much...

We are happy to share that we have concluded a successful proof-of-concept study with Boliden Smelters, IVL and Chalmers, co-funded with Boliden, EIT RawMaterials and Vinnova SIP. Smelters often produce large amounts of sulphuric acid, the worlds most used chemical,...

We have found our new team member and superstar! Very glad to welcome Henric Ernbrink to the Atium team. Henric has a background in Chemical Engineering and Physics and will be leading our technology development going forward. We are super happy to have you on board...

We are very happy to welcome Vera Roth to the Atium team. Vera is currently doing her PhD in materials science at Chalmers University, and will work part time at Atium with lab testing and material analysis. With a background in Chemical Engineering and Nuclear...

Atium has initiated a pilot project together with Boliden to investigate the possibility of removing mercury from concentrated sulfuric acid, produced in Boliden’s smelters. The aim is to verify the performance and scalability of Atium's technology and quantify the...

We're happy to share that Atium has secured additional funding, receiving €50.000 from EIT RawMaterials and €40.000 from the Chalmers Innovation Office! Through their respective programs Start-up and SME Booster Call 2020 and VFT+, EIT RawMaterials and the Chalmers...

We are happy to announce that Gladium and Chalmers Ventures invest in Atium, in our first investment round! The investment will allow for increased focus on product development and pilot projects during Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021. Beyond the investment, Jan Svärd...

Celebrating sustainable innovation and research in Sweden, IVA has compiled a list of 100 research projects and innovations with a potential of contributing to a better society. We've very glad to see Björn's research on mercury removal distinguished among so many...

Today we received word that Atium's research has been selected for a 3.000.000 SEK grant by Formas. The grant will go toward hiring a Ph.D. to further research our water treatment technology and its applications, under Björn's supervision.

This week we have shown off our dental prototype at the SweDental exhibition in Stockholm together with Sweden Recycling, to make dentists more aware of the mercury emission problem in the dental sector. Dental clinics is today the largest source of mercury emissions...

Today we initiated a collaboration with a group of five mechanical engineering M.Sc. students for a product development course. The aim of the collaboration project, which runs untill May 2020, will be to develop a product concept for an industrial prototype.

Today we are excited to announce that we have received the Vinnova grant Innovativa Startups Steg 1 of 300.000 SEK. The money will go towards continued prototyping and IP-strategy during the spring of 2020.

Atium has been accepted into the SolidEngineer entrepreneurship program, which gives innovative startups the opportunity to work with their CAD and simulation tools for a year. The program will allow us to use premium product development tools that would otherwise be...

Today we celebrate that our team is expanding and that Alexander, M.Sc. in mechanical engineering, is joining us to work on prototyping and general product development. 

We attended a matchmaking event arranged by Win Water, where large corporations meet small innovation-based startups within the water sector to discuss potential synergies. We got the opportunity to present our company and our technology on stage, which lead to many...

 We are expanding our team! Emma Feldt, M.Sc. in physics, joins Björn at Chalmers in the role of lab engineer after having completed her thesis work on Atium's technology. Her job will be to assist him with designing and performing experiments and tests, as well as...

 We are very happy to share that, after qualifying for the final pitch in front of an expert jury in Luleå, Atium won the SIP STRIM Innovation Idea Competition! The 600.000 SEK prize money will be used to develop our first prototypes in preparation for pilot testing....

With the help of two brilliant students from the Digital Design programme at YRGO, Atium now has a brand new logo!

In today's Göteborgs-Posten you can read a two-page interview about Atium's journey, our  technology and how it can make an impact in the water treatment industry. Link to the article in Göteborgs-Posten

In today's Göteborgs-Posten you can read a two-page interview about Atium's journey, our  technology and how it can make an impact in the water treatment industry. Link to the article in Göteborgs-Posten

Björn and Cristian’s article on Atium’s technology was published in Nature Communications and receives wide international media coverage.

Atium traveled to Budapest to pitch in front of an international jury in the finals of the EIT RawMaterials Business Idea Competition, and managed to win the 2nd place and 5.000€.

Atium is named one of the 2018 winners of Göteborg Energi’s scholarship “Tänk:Om” and takes home 200.000 SEK. The scholarship is meant to help realize ideas and innovations that can have a drastic effect on the environment.

The SKAPA foundation, in memory of Alfred Nobel, annually hands out awards for the best Swedish innovations, and Atium was selected as regional winner.

Atium wins the Impact Maker award and 50.000 SEK in Venture Cup, Sweden’s largest competition for startups.

Atium goes to Sveriges Innovationsriksdag in Borås and receives ÅForsk’s annual Entrepreneurship Scholarship of 200.000 SEK.

Atium travelled to Holland for the WaterCampus Business Challenge, a week long bootcamp for startups in the water industry, which culminated in a pitching battle where we emerged as victors.

Atium makes the national list of Top 20 Business Ideas 2017 by Venture Cup, Sweden’s largest competition for startups.

Atium competes against 34 other teams in Almi’s competition “Pitch Your Idea” and are chosen as winners by a jury and takes home 15.000 SEK.