Redefining Refrigerant Reclamation

We separate what others can’t. Our technology separates high-purity refrigerants from complex mixtures, unlocking stranded value and keeping regulated materials in use.

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Maximize Lifetime Value

Recover pure, reusable refrigerants from any mixtures, including those previously destined for incineration.

Minimize Climate Impact

When released, refrigerants cause more warming than global aviation and shipping combined. We keep them in use—and out of the atmosphere.

Eliminate Stockpiling

Stop storing problem cylinders. Our technology processes what traditional reclaimers cannot.

Decrease Incineration

Repurpose phased-out, ozone-depleting refrigerants as feedstock for non-emissive materials. Stewardship of molecules over destruction.

An Urgent Climate Challenge

More than 2 billion pounds of refrigerants are installed across the United States. These materials are essential to modern life, but they are also super-pollutant greenhouse gases with global warming potential up to 2,000 times greater than CO2.

Better refrigerant management is one of our most effective near-term climate solutions. Icorium’s separation technology enables true circularity: recovering, purifying, and reusing these critical materials instead of incinerating them.

As regulations tighten and legacy refrigerants grow more valuable, better refrigerant management is no longer optional. It’s a business and compliance necessity.

What We Do

Designed for industrial-scale refrigerant recovery.

Refrigerants are the chemicals that make cooling possible in air conditioners, refrigerators, and freezers. When systems are serviced or retired, those refrigerants are removed from the system and are often mixed, making them difficult or impossible to reclaim using conventional methods.

As a result, millions of pounds of valuable refrigerants are stockpiled or destroyed each year.

Icorium’s technology separates complex refrigerant mixtures into high-purity components, enabling reuse, regulatory compliance, and a circular refrigerant supply.

Recognition & Milestones

NSF STTR Phase I & Phase II Awardee

$1M+ in Seed Financing Raised

Startup on Our Radar (Chemical & Engineering News)

2025 Startup to Watch (Startland News)

Rice Business Plan Competition: 5th Place

Icorium Awarded $1.2 Million SBIR Phase II Grant

Lawrence, Kan. - Icorium Engineering Company has been awarded a $1.2 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation to scale a breakthrough technology that could dramatically reduce the climate impact of...

Icorium Recognized as a 2025 Startup to Watch by Startland News

 Lawrence, KS — January 2025 — Icorium, has been named one of 10 Kansas City Startups to Watch in 2025 by Startland News. In its tenth year, the Startups to Watch list highlights 10 emerging companies and entrepreneurs expected to make headlines in the coming year....

Icorium Welcomes Two KU Engineering Graduates to Expand R&D Operations in Lawrence 

Lawrence, KS- Icorium Engineering Company, a climate-tech startup and University of Kansas spinout, announces the expansion of its R&D operations in Lawrence with the addition of two recent KU Chemical Engineering graduates. The additions bring Icorium’s headcount...

Icorium Wins Big at 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition in Houston.

Lawrence-based sustainable engineering startup and KU spinout company, Icorium Engineering, won 5th place overall and took home more than $180K in prizes at the prestigious Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC), held April 4-6th at Rice University in Houston, Texas....

Icorium Receives $20K NSF I-Corps STTR Supplemental Award

The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) is a federally funded program that teaches best practices in entrepreneurship to scientists, engineers, and researchers to speed commercialization of their research. Icorium co-founders Kalin Baca and Dr. Mark Shiflett, participated...

Ready to solve your refrigerant challenges?

We partner with reclaimers, contractors, users, producers, OEMs, R&D teams, and investors focused on scalable refrigerant recovery.

Redefining Refrigerant Reclamation.

Contact

2029 Becker Drive, Ste. 275
Lawrence, KS 66047

785-856-0834 

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