All Polygiene articles – Page 4

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Polygiene is restructuring its management

24 August 2020

Polygiene is strengthening its corporate management team due to increased demand for the company’s anti-viral technology, ViralOff. Andreas Holm, who was brought in as a temporary resource during the launch of ViralOff, will assume the position of chief commercial officer on Sept. 1 at the company head office in Malmö, ...

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Polygiene signs partnership with Indian fabric manufacturer

23 July 2020

Polygiene has signed a partnership with India-based textile manufacturer Skywalk International to treat textiles and facemasks with Polygiene ViralOff®. According to the Swedish ingredient brand, the order value is estimated between $150,000 to $200,000 per year. Skywalk has responded quickly to the need for antivirally treated facemasks, with distribution via ...

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Polygiene partners with reusable packaging manufacturer to create antimicrobial shipping boxes

17 July 2020

Returnity, a U.S. manufacturer of custom-designed reusable shipping bags and boxes, has partnered with the Swedish ingredient brand Polygiene to create an improved reusable packaging product, treated with Polygiene’s ViralOff® antimicrobial solvent. The initiative is a first for the packaging industry, directly addressing recent concerns linked to Covid-19 that have ...

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Strong recovery in Q2 for Polygiene

11 July 2020

Polygiene is recovering strongly, thanks to its anti-viral technology. In a preliminary statement, the Swedish company indicates that its sales grew by 37 percent in the second quarter, keeping the gross margin at around 70 percent and generating breakeven operating results, compared with a loss of 4.2 million Swedish kronor ...

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The winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award

3 July 2020

The Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG) has announced the winners of the Scandinavian Outdoor Award for the coming spring/summer season. Due to travel restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the jury selected this year’s winners - one main winner and four category winners – not in the mountains of Austria, but ...

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Polygiene announces ViralOff®+ with lifetime washability

30 June 2020

Polygiene announced at a press conference that it is developing a new formula for its ViralOff® technology that will provide a testable lifetime of virus reduction in garments. Products treated with the new ViralOff®+ will continue to reduce more than 99 percent of viruses within two hours, even after 30 ...

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Neck gaiter with ViralOff by P.A.C.

11 June 2020

The German textile manufacturer P.A.C. has announced the world’s first antiviral multifunctional neck gaiter. The P.A.C. Original ViralOff is finished with the technology of the same name by Polygiene. It reduces 99% of viruses and bacteria in just two hours (certified ISO 18184:2019). Thanks to its antiviral function, moreover, there ...

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Next gen of antiviral sprays and gels with Polygiene ViralOff to launch soon

5 June 2020

Polygiene reported that its new ViralOff® technology will be used for hand gels, sanitary napkins and sprays from an industry consortium joining forces against the spread of the coronavirus. The new products are designed to be used both for objects and rooms and they will sold under the brand name ...

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First manufacturers are processing Polygiene’s ViralOff

28 April 2020

After its launch on April 7, Polygiene announced the first companies to use its new ViralOff technology to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus. ViralOff provides brands with a technology that can be applied to textiles and used on garments, equipment or accessories to minimize the potential risks of ...

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Polygiene on the rise

25 April 2020

(SGI) Polygiene stabilized its business in 2019, with sales declining by just 0.3 percent to 68.8 million Swedish kronor (€6.34m-$6.82m), with cash flow improving and turning positive. Sales actually grew by 6.3 percent excluding the divested Protective Surfaces business, but the operating margin declined and the company ended up with ...

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Polygiene benefits from antiviral technologies

15 April 2020

Polygiene said its revenues grew in the first quarter of 2020, despite production being halted across Asia due to the coronavirus outbreak. According to preliminary estimates, the Swedish company’s sales rose by 4.3 percent from the year-ago quarter, which the management partly attributed to the group being able to deliver ...

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New anti-virus treatment from Polygiene

2 April 2020

Polygiene announced the launch of a new product called ViralOff®. According to the Swedish specialist in freshness and odor control technologies, over 99 percent of the viruses on a garment treated with ViralOff are killed within two hours. All viruses so far tested according to ISO18184:2019, from Influenza A, BirdFlu, ...

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O’Neills produces medical scrubs with Polygiene antibacterial finish

25 March 2020

After receiving an enquiry from the Northern Irish health trust where there was a severe shortage in the area, sportswear producer O’Neills this week started production of 55,000 scrubs treated with Polygiene biostatic stays fresh technology. The technology proved to be active against both bacteria and virus in studies by ...

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HeiQ and Polygiene help defeat coronavirus

18 March 2020

HeiQ draws attention to the fact that its Viroblock NPJ03, an antiviral and antimicrobial textile treatment, has been tested effective against coronavirus in face-mask testing, reducing virus infectivity by more than 99.99 percent. The treatment could therefore prevent textiles from becoming a host surface for the propagation of harmful viruses ...