IDE. Your Water Partners

A world leader in water treatment solutions, IDE specializes in the development, engineering, construction and operation of enhanced desalination and industrial water treatment plants.

IDE believes in partnership with customers. Partnership is about applying nearly 50 years of ground-breaking advances in water treatment technologies to serve your needs. Partnership is about delivering projects on schedule, within budget and above specifications, while adhering to strict health, safety and environmental regulations. Partnership is about bringing added value in technological innovation by highly committed people. IDE works with its partners to deliver full satisfaction.

Leading the Water Industry

IDE leads the water industry with some of the world’s most advanced thermal and membrane desalination plants.  We have an especially well-proven track record in large-scale membrane and thermal desalination, including some of the largest plants worldwide, (e.g. in China, India, US, Australia and Israel).  IDE also has proven experience in ground-breaking industrial water treatment plants that deliver reliable, sustainable and economical solutions for industry.

Developing Solutions for Tomorrow

IDE is developing a growing portfolio of solutions for municipalities and industry – especially in the areas of industrial steam concentration/purification and wastewater treatment. In creating customized, end-to-end solutions, IDE leverages its proprietary technologies and skills in project management, operations, support and financing.

Partnering for Success

IDE partners with a wide range of customers – municipalities, oil & gas, mining, refineries and power stations – on all aspects of water projects, and delivers approximately 3 million m3/day of high quality water worldwide.  Our track record spans 400 plants in 40 countries across more than 4 decades.

We bring technological leadership, proven reliability and consistent delivery to all our customers.  Our highly experienced and dedicated team knows that strong partnerships lead to success and growth.

IDE is jointly and equally owned by ICL – Israel Chemical Ltd. (TASE: ICL),  a global minerals and specialty chemicals company;  and the Delek Group (TASE: DLEKG OTCQX: DGRLY) – one of Israel’s largest holding groups.

IDE believes in partnership; it’s the foundation of how we work. We work in partnership with many different organisations and, of course, the precise way we work differs accordingly. But there are some common principles we employ – we understand that shared goals and common working practices lead to better results. We know that working together is better.