AquaHydrex’s clean-tech R&D operation in Louisville to be liquidated at auction

LOUISVILLE — Millions of dollars worth of intellectual property and laboratory equipment owned by Louisville-based clean-tech firm AquaHydrex Inc., which declared Chapter 7 bankruptcy in late 2023, is set to be sold at auction this month. 

“The sale features AquaHydrex’s intellectual property assets, such as patents, blueprints, proprietary tooling, molds, and more,” Nick Jimenez, vice president of global business development at Liquidity Services Inc., which is running the auction alongside Tiger Capital, said in a solicitation for the auction set for Jan. 18. “In the renewable energy space, there is intense interest in — and government incentives for — green hydrogen.…