{"id":11777,"date":"2026-05-28T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gradiant.com\/?p=11777"},"modified":"2026-10-28T12:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:17:08","slug":"gradiant-eines-der-17-startups-die-amerika-2026-wiederaufbauen-werden-laut-inc-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradiant.com\/de\/external-media\/gradiant-named-one-of-inc-magazines-17-startups-rebuilding-america-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Start-ups bauen Amerika im Jahr 2026 wieder auf | Inc. Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11777\" class=\"elementor elementor-11777\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07a0d85 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"07a0d85\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d859e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d859e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In der Ausgabe \u201c17 Startups Rebuilding America in 2026\u201d von Inc. Magazine werden Unternehmen mit Gr\u00fcnderf\u00fchrung hervorgehoben, die die US-Infrastruktur, die Fertigung, die Lieferketten und die Widerstandsf\u00e4higkeit der Industrie st\u00e4rken.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gradiant wurde in der Kategorie \u201eInfrastruktur\u201c f\u00fcr seine Rolle bei der Weiterentwicklung der industriellen Wasseraufbereitung und -recycling ausgezeichnet. In dem Artikel wird das Engagement von Gradiant in Bezug auf Wasserintensive Branchen wie Halbleiter, Pharmazeutika, Lebensmittel und Getr\u00e4nke, Batterien und Rechenzentren hervorgehoben.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inc. stellt fest, dass Gradiant bis zu 99 Prozent der industriellen Abw\u00e4sser behandelt und recycelt, wobei diese wieder in die Produktionsprozesse zur\u00fcckgef\u00fchrt werden und gleichzeitig die Abh\u00e4ngigkeit von lokalen Wasserressourcen reduziert und die Gefahr von Abfallentsorgungsrisiken verringert wird. Das Profil w\u00fcrdigt au\u00dferdem die Gr\u00f6\u00dfe und Dynamik von Gradiant, einschlie\u00dflich einer Investitionssumme von \u00fcber $600 Millionen, einem Umsatzwachstum von \u00fcber $500 Millionen in den letzten sechs Jahren, einer j\u00e4hrlichen Wachstumsrate von mehr als 100 Prozent in den letzten sechs Jahren, einer globalen Belegschaft von \u00fcber 1.500 Mitarbeitern und \u00fcber 300 Patenten f\u00fcr 10 kommerzielle Technologien.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In dem Artikel wird Gradiant als ein Unternehmen f\u00fcr kritische Infrastruktur bezeichnet, das dazu beitr\u00e4gt, die n\u00e4chste \u00c4ra des industriellen Wachstums in Amerika zu gestalten.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gradiant wurde von Inc. Magazine zu einer der \u201c17 Startups, die Amerika im Jahr 2026 wiederaufbauen\u201d ernannt. 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