Symphony Environmental Tech. PLC CGTN Global focuses on Symphony's d2p technology
March 10 2020 - 3:00AM
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Symphony Environmental Tech. PLC
10 March 2020
10 March 2020
SYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PLC
("Symphony", the "Company" or the "Group")
CGTN Global focuses on Symphony's d2p technology
Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc (AIM: SYM), a global
specialist in masterbatch and additive technologies that enhance
the properties of plastic and complementary non-plastic products by
making them biodegradable, or lethal to bacteria, fungi, algae,
moulds, insects, fouling and fire, is pleased to advise that f
ollowing the announcement on 26 March 2020 of FDA approval in the
USA for Symphony's d(2) p (designed to protect) bread packaging,
Symphony hosted CGTN reporter Richard Bestic at its laboratory at
Borehamwood to explain its d(2) p technology.
CGTN is China's world TV service, broadcasting from Beijing,
London, Washington and Nairobi to a global audience of 200 million
viewers across 133 countries. A clip from the broadcast can be
viewed at https://youtu.be/ab2U8RCYtoQ
Coronavirus COVID-19 has focused the minds of governments and
businesses worldwide as they seek to minimise risks to public
health. The Daily Telegraph published the article "Doorknobs and
bells are likely spots for harbouring germs" on 7 March which
stated that "Coughs and sneezes undoubtedly spread diseases, but
... surface contamination has been found to be more significant
than first thought, with some infectious agents surviving in
hospitals for 46 months." The article said that, according to the
Greifswald University Hospital in Germany viruses could survive on
plastics for up to nine days at room temperature.
Prof. Gunter Kampf from the Institute of Hygiene and
Environmental Medicine at the Greifswald University Hospital is
reported as saying that "infections are often passed on in
hospitals by touching call buttons, which are often made of metal
or plastic. Outside of hospitals communal objects such as door
knobs, telephones, worktops, keyboards, doorbells, and even chip
and pin devices could be sources of infection, with low temperature
and high air-humidity further increasing their lifespan."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2020/03/06/deadly-doorknob-science-coronavirus-contamination/
It is clear that all plastic items which people touch, should
where possible be made with anti-microbial additives such as the
d(2) p technology developed by Symphony. These additives can be
made lethal to bacteria and fungi for the lifetime of the product.
Symphony has initiated tests by an independent laboratory to
determine whether they are also effective against viruses, and
tests will be run on the COVID-19 virus as soon as a specimen
becomes available. However, it should be noted that until such
tests have been completed and verified, there can be no guarantee
that Symphony's d(2) p technology will be an effective barrier to
the COVID-19 virus.
Symphony's anti-fungal and anti-bacterial additives are already
added to toothbrushes, overalls, facemasks and gloves, and Symphony
has NSF approval for water pipes. For more information on the d2p
range of products, see www.d2p.net
Enquiries
Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc
Michael Laurier, CEO Tel: +44 (0) 20 8207
5900
Ian Bristow, CFO
www.symphonyenvironmental.com
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser
and Joint Broker)
David Foreman, Michael Boot (Corporate Tel: +44 (0) 20 7894
Finance) 7000
Caspar Shand Kydd, Maisie Atkinson (Sales)
Hybridan LLP (Joint Broker)
Claire Louise Noyce Tel: +44 (0) 203
764 2341
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