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LEADER'S
LEADER'S
T AL K
TALK
Coconut Shell Carbon - an Innovative and
Eco-Friendly Filter Technology to Meet Today’s

Water and Environmental Conditions

Founded in 2009 as a small water filter brand by the brainchild of the Suri Family, Swift
Green Filters currently manufactures 230+ water filtration products. Swift green filters has
developed a State-of-Art water filter media which is one of its kind technologically advance
filter that reduces E. coli Virus, Heavy Metal/Lead/Barium/Cadmium/Chromium/Copper/
Mercury/ Selenium, Prescription Drugs, Insecticide, Voc’s Chlorine, Chloramine, Asbestos,
Cyst, Turbidity and PFOS. The team visited many countries and met water specialists and
scientists to learn their water related issues and solutions. Based on the gathered information,
they developed a filter which has unique properties and one of its kinds to reduce most
unwanted contaminations. Swift Green Filters is Green & Sustainable by practice and virtue.
A pioneering company that exclusively uses the coconut shell and convert them into carbon.
All materials are recycled after its use.

Name: Mr Ramesh Suri 1. How did you envision about the Eco-friendly Filter
strategy?
Company: Suri Industries Inc
Designation: President Swift Green filters’ main components carbon blocks are
Achievements: Mr. Ramesh Suri is an award winning made from Coconut carbon which is a renewable resource.
industrial designer since 1976 and The process in which we utilize does not use conventional
a pioneer in Appliance Industry. He incinerators. The product is the result of utilizing coconut
started his career as supervisor in a shells which is practically waste product. We pair this with
manufacturing organization in India the fact that Swift Green Filters are 100% recyclable. We
in his early 20s managing more recycle all waste from production and also take filters back
than 100 people. He has a diploma for recycling without charging customers. Swift Green is the
from BCIT, Vancouver Canada in first company in the water filtration business that has taken
Industrial designing and started a on the initiative to remove the exhausted filters to prevent
manufacturing facility in India for after- filling up the landfills. We also plan a mission to plant 1 tree
market appliances. He currently is the for 10 filters sold.
President of Suri Industries Inc. based Swift Green Filters started out in 2009, 10 years now, do
in Canada. He Was awarded the Best you think you have achieved what you had aimed for?
Eco-Friendly Water Filtration Product
Company at the Food & Drink 2019 We are the leader in point of use filters, always stayed ahead
Awards in North America of the competition as well as technology. This is our third
innovation. Our previous achievements were
Key Projects: Mr Ramesh Suri along with a research 1) The first to introduce very small size of filter for VOC
team designed an environmental safe reduction, where OD was 24mm and ID was 8mm.
Water Filters called Swift Green that
enables to eliminate contaminations 2) In 2015, we were the first to introduce filters that take
completely in an ecofriendly manner. Pharmaceuticals chemical out.

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