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ANT Systems Launches Industrial-Scale Production of Drought Technology Used on Five Continents
The biodegradable material is already used across four regions and can cut irrigation use by up to 50%, the company said.
- On Saturday, agricultural nano-technology firm ANT Systems began industrial-scale production of NANOTERN, a biodegradable water-retention material, at a new 3,000-ton-per-year facility in Istanbul.
- Agriculture's demand for roughly 70% of global freshwater consumption, according to United Nations data, motivated development of water-retention technologies after 15 years of research at Sabanc1 University.
- NANOTERN absorbs up to 1,800 times its own weight in water, cutting irrigation use by up to 50% and lifting yields by up to 25%. Co-founder and CEO Can Yurdakul said it is "a food-security tool" produced "at industrial scale while most of the world is still in the lab."
- ANT Systems describes itself as the first and only producer making patent-protected material at industrial scale with field-validated results, while similar technologies from major agricultural companies remain at laboratory or pilot stages.
- The combined global market for superabsorbent and controlled-release agricultural technologies is projected to exceed $30 billion within the next decade, positioning ANT Systems' seven patented nano-bio technologies for broader growth in climate-resilient agriculture.
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ANT Systems Launches Industrial-Scale Production of Drought Technology Used on Five Continents
ISTANBUL, Türkiye, May 25, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Agricultural nano-technology firm ANT Systems has begun industrial-scale production of NANOTERN™, a biodegradable, cellulose-based water-retention material designed for drought conditions, the company said on Saturday. Headquartered in The Hague through ANT Systems…
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