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In the HaloPure system, contaminated water is purified by passing through a cartridge filled with small, bromine-infused beads. Its simplicity and modest cost allow HaloSource’s partners to make purification products affordable to more low- and middle-income customers in the developing world.

Since Eureka Forbes paired with HaloSource in 2006, the Indian partner’s reach has expanded fourfold to a potential market of 320 million people, said HaloSource Chief Financial Officer James Thompson.

“That’s the size of the United States,” he said.

In China, HaloPure is going through a safety-certification process with the Ministry of Health. The company believes it’ll be eight to 10 months before it’s approved to start selling out of its Shanghai facility.

But the 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility is already humming, shipping HaloPure to operations in India and Brazil.

About 40 percent of HaloSource’s revenue comes from international business. The lion’s share still comes from the U.S., where the company sells pool and spa-cleaning products, said Andrew Clews, vice president of marketing. He expects that to shift in the coming years

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