Oct 27, 2025
Saltworks Technologies is proud to announce that CEO and Co-Founder, Benjamin Sparrow, has been named an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Pacific Award winner.
This prestigious award celebrates Canada’s most innovative and impactful entrepreneurs based on business growth, impact, purpose, and entrepreneurial spirit.
The company started with a single innovation that was first featured in The Economist and has grown into a global leader in treating the world’s most difficult industrial wastewaters. Saltworks’ dedicated team relentlessly pursues technical excellence and close collaboration with clients across industries such as semiconductors, manufacturing, data centers, and mineral extraction.
“It’s a great honor to accept this award on behalf of the entire Saltworks team,” said Ben. “They are devoted to innovation and our customers. The EOY award is also a reflection of the positive impact made by our clients, who are enabling a future that builds a vibrant economy while protecting the planet’s aquatic ecosystems.”
We thank EY for celebrating the spirit of innovation that drives Saltworks forward—and congratulate all fellow Pacific Award recipients and nominees.
Saltworks Technologies is a leader in the development and delivery of solutions for industrial wastewater treatment and lithium refining. By working with customers to understand their unique challenges and focusing on continuous innovation, Saltworks’ solutions provide best-in-class performance and reliability. From its headquarters in Richmond, BC, Canada, Saltworks’ team designs, builds, and operates full-scale plants, and offers comprehensive onsite and offsite testing services with its fleet of mobile pilots.
Saltworks Technologies is proud to announce its recognition in the 2025 Technology Fast 50™ program, which celebrates Canada’s fastest-growing technology companies. This award reflects Saltworks’ rapid growth, entrepreneurial spirit, and commitment to innovation.
Saltworks introduces its second-generation Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology, featuring a unique double-DLE process that delivers 90% eluate purity and cuts capital costs by over 25%. Built on a patented design using alumina adsorbents and pressurized membranes, the system has undergone extensive trials and optimization.
Saltworks launches FusionRO, a hybrid UHP RO/NF membrane brine concentrator that achieves >220,000 mg/L TDS. Built on UHP RO and NF, FusionRO offers a lower-cost, scalable, and smaller footprint solution, minimizing the cost and size of downstream thermal treatment.
Saltworks Technologies is proud to announce the kickoff of Project Aurora alongside EMP Metals Corp. Project Aurora is an integrated effort to increase the competitiveness of a lithium brine-to-battery chemicals supply chain in Canada.