Japanese manufacturer of scale remover for cooling towers is looking for EU partners under commercial or distribution services agreement

This Japanese company manufactures a product which recovers the performance of cooling towers by removing scale build-up without the use of any chemicals. The product can be applied in numerous locations such as offices, hospitals, powerplants, and in a variety of industries such as food, automotive, machinery, textile, metal processing, and so on. The efficiency of cooling towers decreases gradually year by year. The reason for this is that the scale build-up in the pipes and on the fins decreases the heat exchange efficiency. For instance, 0.1 mm thickness of scale inside a 16 mm diameter pipe decreases the energy efficiency by 15%. Therefore, operators of cooling towers use chemicals to slow down the scale deposition rate and/or remove scale manually during maintenance work. However, these measures do not address the root of the problem, which is the scale occurring in the first place. The company is looking for representatives (agents or distributors) that will help them grow in the EU. The product of the Japanese company can reduce operation costs by using a scale removing technology different from conventional technologies. The product already has more than 690 commercial records. At the trial stage, the Japanese company provides an option to conduct a test-run for several months free of charge. The customer can then decide whether to purchase the product based on the test results. Although there are a number of usage cases abroad, the main customer base is domestic. Therefore, the company would like to expand its activity in the EU. The cooling towers market worldwide is projected to grow by US$1.3 billion, driven by a compounded growth of 4.2%. Therefore, the market of the product also has large potential to grow. The ideal partner would be an agent or a distributor that has access to relevant EU markets, with which they would like to engage in distribution services or commercial agency agreements. The company products fulfill the CE marking criteria, and has obtained UL and NEMA 4X in the United States.