A SPECIALIST water and waste water treatment company on the verge of leaving Halton has found a new home.

ArviaTM Technology is moving to Runcorn’s Heath Business and Technical Park in June.

It follows a £4 million investment to embark on a series of demonstration installations at industrial treatment facilities.

The company, founded from Manchester University’s School of Chemical Engineering, was based at Daresbury.

Arvia’s chief executive Mike Lodge said: “We chose The Heath as we believe it can provide us with an ideal platform and the specialist support we require to rapidly grow our business and meet all our short-term and longer-term objectives.”

Specialist technicians are now creating a bespoke rig hall for Arvia.

It will include a laboratory, workshop, offices, meeting rooms and storage space.

It will give the company scope to expand and scale-up operations as its business evolves.

Carol Thomas, finance director at SOG, owners of The Heath, said: “We are absolutely delighted that Arvia has chosen to develop their exciting business here.

“There was a real risk that Arvia would leave Halton but they recognised that the proven track record of our in-house team in delivering bespoke facilities on time met both their technical and growth needs to enable them to further expand their business.

“These fast growing companies are exactly the type of company that we continue to attract.”

Arvia’s modular treatment units can remove and oxidise low, trace toxic and problematic pollutants.

These include metaldehyde, which is used by farmers in slug pest control and endocrine-disrupting and problem chemicals used in the pharmaceutical industry and personal care products, including triclosan.