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Driven by our purpose of solving global challenges, our aspiration is to become a leading global innovator of industrial solutions for the environment.
We are a purpose-driven business
Calix has identified some key global challenges that have emerged in the last decade and are increasingly putting our planet at risk.
By aligning innovation and development initiatives with the SDGs, Calix is driven to make an impactful and meaningful contribution to solving global challenges.
Our purpose explained, click here.
Our history timeline
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Foundation of Calix
2005Calix is founded.
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Pilot
2007First pilot calciner facility is built to test what was possible.
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First Plant
2011First continuous calciner plant CFC 850 at Bacchus Marsh.
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Acquisition
2012Acquisition of Myrtle Springs mining tenements.
Awarded UK Government’s DECC grant to develop the Endex technology. -
World's First
2013World’s first 30kTpa commercial CFC demonstrator.
First plant in South East Asia established. -
Awards
2014First Magnesium Hydroxide Liquid (MHL) manufacturing facilities established in both VIC and QLD.
Awarded a Commercialisation Australia grant helps accelerating the roll-out of our proprietary MHL slurrying technology via transportable batching plants.
Establishment of a JV and MHL facility in the Philippines.
Calix wins the Water Category Awards at the 2014 Australian Technologies Competition. -
More Wins
2015ABA100 Winner for Best Technology Product in The Australian Business Awards 2015.
Calix wins Agritech Award and is nominated Australia’s best emerging tech company of the year at the annual Australian Technologies Competition. -
Major Funding
2016Awarded an Accelerating Commercialisation Australia grant to support BOOSTER-Mag commercialisation for agriculture.
LEILAC consortium secures €12 Million EU Horizon 2020 Funding to demonstrate our CFC technology to reduce carbon emissions from cement and lime industries. -
Advanced Battery Project Wins
2017Calix part of EU H2020 SOCRATCES Project – winning 5m Euros for solar thermo chemical storage pilot project.
Calix wins $0.8m in Advanced Manufacturing Growth Fund for advanced battery materials project. -
IPO
2018On 20 July 2018, Calix successfully completed its initial public offering (IPO) and its shares commenced trading on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Calix lists on the ASX, raising A$8m to accelerate growth.
Calix LEILAC Project begins construction at HeidelbergCement factory in Lixhe, Belgium. -
Significant Turning Point
2019Calix enters 10-year distribution agreement with Afepasa to supply bioactive magnesium hydroxide for agriculture.
Calix acquires Inland Environmental Resources, a Magnesium Hydroxide Liquid (MHL) company based in the US.
Awarded EUR16m by the European Commission for LEILAC 2, a commercial scale up of Calix CO2 capture technology.
Calix joins Future Battery Industries FBI-CRC, the largest and most ambitious battery development program in Australia. -
New Milestone for LEILAC
2020Final project agreements executed for LEILAC-2 CO2 capture facility
Developing a leading-edge technology
Calix re-imagines the calcination process, enabling new applications and materials that solve global challenges.
- Nano-active materials: new materials produced by Calix are proving to have similar properties to highly active nano-materials, without the safety concerns and high cost, but with all the benefits.
- CO2 capture: when processing limestone, cement meal, or magnesite, gas exhaust is pure CO2.
- Renewable energy-ready: Calix’s technology facilitates mineral and industrial processing to renewable energy.
OUR FOCUS AREAS
HOW WE DO IT?
By co-operatively developing innovative processes and materials.
We’ve reached out across the globe.
We are now present on four continents and distribute our technology and solutions in many countries.
Some of our partners
WHY?
Because Mars is for quitters!
At Calix we believe it’s not about what we do, it’s why we do it.
OUR CORE VALUES
We believe our people are key to achieving our purpose.
Meet Tom Dufty, Mechanical Project Engineer
“We are in a position with global warming, where we can’t go back in time or undo what have already done… but we can try to evolve technologies to move forward and make a better future for us all.”
Meet Anna Tran, SHEQ Manager
“You can’t continue improving things if we are not learning together and improving together. […] Safety isn’t just safety, everybody contributes to safety and to quality as a team.”
In time, people will say:
They’ve made a positive difference for the long-term.
LATEST NEWS
June 09, 2021
AMALGAM Mg(OH)2: alternative to caustic soda for wastewater treatment – with Birch Bay Water & Sewer
A safe and cost-effective alternative to the use of sodium hydroxide [caustic soda, NaOH] for wastewater alkalinity and pH adjustment
June 09, 2021
Magnesium Hydroxide’s Role in Sludge Compaction
Trying to determine how to improve wastewater sludge dewatering and compaction can be a very complicated process. The root cause
June 07, 2021 \ Making Crop Protection Safer
Effects of MgO and Mg(OH)2 Microparticle Foliar Treatment
Effects of Magnesium Oxide and Magnesium Hydroxide Microparticle Foliar Treatment on Tomato PR Gene Expression and Leaf Microbiome