For over a decade, Glenn R. Rink has led AbTech Industries, Inc. in its commitment to Green Tech innovation, pioneering cutting-edge clean water solutions to meet community and industry needs. AbTech won first place in the 2009 Artemis Project Top-50 Water Companies competition, and Time Magazine named Glenn an “Entrepreneurial Hero” in its 2009 “Time 100” issue. In 2007, 2008, and 2009 AbTech was chosen as an AlwaysOn GoingGreen Top-100 winner. AbTech was also selected as an “Honorable Mention” for the 2009 Medium Award for Material of the Year, awarded by Material ConneXion. Glenn has overseen AbTech’s growth from a startup R&D venture to an over 20-million-dollar-invested environmental company by engineering his patented Smart Sponge® technology – the unique polymer technology chemically selective to hydrocarbons – into innovative applications to target the multiple avenues of water contamination including stormwater runoff, the leading cause of water pollution. Smart Sponge® is currently installed in over 14,000 locations across America and in 8 countries. Additionally, Glenn serves as the chairman of the Board of Trustees for Waterkeeper Alliance, the largest and fastest growing environmental group in the U.S.
From 1992 to 1995, Glenn served as the president of HydroGrowth International, an agricultural products company that specializes in aqueous absorption polymer technology. The advancement of this technology at HydroGrowth expanded into the development and application of polymer technologies to hydrocarbons and fostered the founding of AbTech.
Prior to founding HydroGrowth, Glenn was involved in the restaurant industry where he participated in business acquisitions and expansions that resulted in the creation of a successful restaurant franchise business.
Glenn Rink, AbTech, Inc. and Smart Sponge® in the media:
Besides Time Magazine’s recognition of Glenn as an “Enterpreneurial Hero in its 2009 “Time 100” issue, Glenn recently appeared on Good Morning America, Discovery Chanel’s Planet Green, Fox Business Report and the Fox Business Network. AbTech has been featured in numerous key water trade publications, the November 2008 issue of Inc. Magazine, and the Science Channel for Earth Day 2009.
