Overview
Philippe Tob is the founder of Aqvita, which he started in May 2019, and is based in Brussels. Since January 2004 he has also been managing director of FLAMINGO HOLDING.
Between October 2011 and January 2023 he sat on the board of the Euroliver Foundation. In 2010 he worked as an affiliate industry analyst at Pike Research. Earlier, he was a consulting engineer at Royal HaskoningDHV from September 1999 to January 2000, a process engineer at IDE Technologies Ltd. in the early months of 1997, and a research engineer at Technion from April 1994 to October 1995.
Tob studied chemical engineering at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel from 1986 to 1992, and spent 1991 to 1992 as an Erasmus student in chemical engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València. He was a PhD candidate in chemical engineering at the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, from 1993 to 1994, followed the Cepac management programme at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management in 1998 and 1999, and completed an MBA in business management at Vlerick Business School in 2002.
Career history
In the news
- In a recent interview with Le Monde Économique, I had the opportunity to discuss the technology and business opportunity behind Aqvita. With much appreciation to the team of Le Monde Economique in Geneva.
- From purified water to mineral-rich water: an engineering and entrepreneurial challenge.💦 💦 In a recent interview with Le Monde Économique, Aqvita's founder had the opportunity to discuss the technology and business opportunity behind Aqvita. 💦 The challenge is not simply adding magnesium, calcium and minerals to water. It is about mastering bicarbonate chemistry: stabilizing concentrated mineral solutions under CO₂ pressure, storing them without precipitation, and dosing them precisely and consistently. 💦 At Aqvita, we
- The UAE's premium water market is growing rapidly. But we believe the next generation of premium mineral water won't necessarily come in bottles. 💦 At Aqvita, we are launching solutions in the UAE that integrate our MixFusion mineralization technology directly into premium reverse osmosis (RO) systems. Our technology transforms purified water into premium mineral-enriched drinking water, with precisely controlled magnesium, calcium and bicarbonate profiles — freshly prepared at the point of consumption. 💦 For premium
- Great to see Aqvita SRL join the EIT Water ecosystem! Joining this European innovation community opens new opportunities to connect our technology with a broader mission: better water for people, with a lighter environmental footprint. Looking forward to collaborating with fellow innovators across the Euro-Mediterranean region
- Proud moment: U.S. Patent No. 12,747,177 is now officially granted. This divisional patent protects an idea I consider particularly important: the enzyme and the mineral no longer need to be in contact. Carbonic anhydrase first accelerates the CO₂/water chemistry. The resulting carbonic-acid/bicarbonate equilibrium then persists long enough for the water to travel downstream to a separate mineral phase. The granted claims specifically protect this continuous architecture, with the enzyme step first and the mineral column
- Aqvita strengthens its U.S. IP portfolio with new patent for water mineralisation and CO₂ conversion. Aqvita has been granted U.S. Patent No. 12,747,177, covering part of our work on enzyme-assisted CO₂ conversion in water and downstream mineralisation. The invention began with a very practical water problem. As drought, water scarcity and pressure on freshwater resources increase, desalination is becoming essential in more parts of the world. But desalination also produces water that is largely stripped of naturally occurring
- When we invented Aqvita, the Magnesium manual dosing in spray was not the original idea. The invention was actually twofold: 💦 First, the chemistry: stabilized, concentrated magnesium and calcium bicarbonate formulations — highly unusual mineral forms for water remineralization. 💦 Second, the engineering: dosing these minerals instantly and inline, without a buffer tank, directly into purified water as it flows. That combination makes it possible to recreate, on demand, water compositions that conventional dispensers have simply
- Aqvita Active is now available to everyone through our new webshop. https://aqvita.com/ 💦 Aqvita makes magnesium supplementation, as simple as drinking water. The product has been tested and tasted by experts and professionals around the world. Now anyone can add magnesium seamlessly to the water they already drink — throughout the day. We started with magnesium and potassium bicarbonate. Our vision is to expand the platform to other key minerals such as zinc, selenium and silicon. 💦 Why water? Research shows that magnesium
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