CORRECTION -- Mekorot and Watersight Expand Partnership with AquaRing Deployment at New Locations in Israel

NESS ZIONA, Israel, May 31, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued by Vision Sensing Acquisition Corp. under the same headline earlier today, please note that the statement by Yossi Yaacoby, VP of Engineering of Mekorot, in the fifth paragraph was corrected. All other information remains the same. The full release follows.

Mekorot, the Israeli national water company, and Watersight LTD, a joint venture company of Mekorot and Newsight Imaging Ltd. and leading provider of online water AI condition-based water monitoring solutions, today announced the planned installation of the AquaRing system at new locations in Israel, targeting additional Mekorot water monitoring stations.

Watersight's patent-pending AquaRing is based on the game-changing spectral chips developed by Newsight, powered by Machine Learning and AI, and supported by a cloud-based dashboard. The device provides an advanced Real-Time, IoT monitoring solution that provides alerts based on water conditions. From source to tap, inlet to outlet, Watersight's solution is fast, smart, and scalable at a market-leading price.

The AquaRing pilot program was launched in November 2022, and has since attracted some of the leading U.S and Europe water and beverage industry companies. The pilot program’s positive results have led Mekorot and Watersight to expand AquaRing installations with early product deployments at additional Mekorot remote locations in northern Israel.

Watersight’s program is targeting key strategic markets including the water utilities, beverage and water purifier industries. Globally, the water and wastewater utility sector expenditure on digital solutions is forecasted to grow 8.8% annually, from US$25.9B in 2021 to US$55.2B in 2030, according to a report from Bluefield Research. Revenue in the Beverages segment is projected to reach US$235.0B in 2023 according to Statista, which relies on beverage quality process water checks during production. Watersight recently released a new use case support of monitoring the efficiency of water purifying systems, recognizing the global water purifier market size has reached US$46.3B in 2022, with Research and Markets expecting the market to reach US$78.1B by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 9.11%.

"With the success of our pilot program with companies representing some of the largest and most innovative water technology companies in the world, we are now ready to expand into new locations," said Yossi Yaacoby, VP of Engineering of Mekorot. "The AquaRing is an effective tool for low-cost and affordable online water monitoring solutions. By expanding early deployments, we will be able to implement additional layers of innovative water quality devices at Mekorot's water supply system. This new implementation is another positie milestone in our innovative joint journey."

Eli Assoolin, CEO of Watersight, added, "We continue to believe that Watersight and AquaRing represent a significant step forward in smart water quality monitoring and management, with ongoing momentum of our online water condition-based monitoring based on spectral analysis, and powered by Machine Learning and AI technology. We are confident that AquaRing expansion into additional locations will have a positive impact on the environment, as well as on the economic and social well-being of the communities we serve."

The AquaRing pilot program is part of Mekorot's broader efforts to implement advanced technologies in its water management systems. For more information about the AquaRing pilot program and Watersight's online water condition-based water monitoring solutions, please visit www.watersight.ai.

About Watersight

Watersight Ltd. is a joint company of Newsight Imaging and Mekorot. Based on Newsight’s validated spectral chip technology, the AquaRing™ is Watersight’s flagship device for online condition-based monitoring (CbM). This technology allows for real-time water and liquid analysis alerts at an unbeatable price. Enhanced by ML and AI, the device enables accurate diagnosis of the water’s quality, safety, and security.

About Newsight Imaging

Newsight Imaging develops advanced CMOS image sensor chips for 3D machine vision and spectral analysis. Newsight’s depth camera sensors for machine vision serve verticals such as Mobile & Metaverse, Robotics, Industry 4.0 and Automotive Safety. The Company recently launched its innovative solid-state LiDAR reference design, the eTOF™ LiDAR, based on the NSI1000 sensor. In addition, Newsight has developed its spectral chip backed by AI technology that has multiple uses in rapid pathogen detection and in continuous, condition-based monitoring of fluid flows, including water quality. Newsight’s Virusight subsidiary’s SpectraLIT™ offers a targeted and cost-effective solution for remote healthcare, real time diagnosis, and quality inspection solutions for water and food & beverage, including COVID detection under certain circumstances in less than 20 seconds with 96% accuracy. Newsight’s Watersight subsidiary’s AquaRing provides real-time, AI-based monitoring of flow systems or processes, including installations for water quality monitoring, The Company has US and EU patents and has received multiple grants by the Israeli Innovation Authority. For more information visit www.newsight.com.

On August 30, 2022, Newsight Imaging announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to become publicly listed through a merger transaction with Vision Sensing Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: VSAC), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2023, at which point the combined company’s common stock is expected to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol “NSIM”.

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Vision Sensing Acquisition Corp. (“VSAC”) is a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) that has been established to focus on the acquisition of vision sensing technologies (“VST”) including hardware solutions (chips / modules / systems), related application software, artificial intelligence and other peripheral technologies that assist to integrate and/or supplement VST applications. For more information visit www.vision-sensing.com.

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