Parx Plastics launches biocompatible and non-toxic antibacterial plastic

Published: 12-Sep-2014

Company recently identified by the European Commission as one of the top tech startups with its technology derived from biomimetics to create antimicrobial plastics


Europe-based Parx Plastics is to begin the mass production of its biocompatible, non-toxic and non-leaching antimicrobial Sanipolymers that will allow manufacturers in Europe and the US to safely create self-sanitising products. The company was recently identified by the European Commission as one of the top tech startups of Europe with its technology derived from biomimetics to create antimicrobial plastics.

The technology developed by Parx Plastics is said to be the world's first antimicrobial solution for plastic without toxins or chemicals. It uses an essential trace element that is present in food and necessary in our daily diet for a healthy immune system.

Absolute safety is guaranteed, the company says, not only by the biocompatibility but also because the technology does not leach out. The antibacterial property is the result of an intrinsic change and not of leaching/migrating substances.

The surface of a product becomes hostile to bacteria by means of a mere physical and mechanical action and TÜV laboratories prove it kills up to 99% of the bacteria within 24 hours (measured according to ISO22196 with Staphylococcus Aureus (gram+) and Escherichia Coli (E. Coli, gram-). Parx Plastics is launching its first ready-to-use Saniconcentrates for ABS plastics and for Eastman's Tritan copolymers.

Parx Plastics has facilities in the Netherlands, Italy and China, and was recently nominated as a finalist in the materials category in the World Technology Awards in association with Fortune and Time.

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