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10/03/2020 07:00

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RNS Number : 5174F  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 following 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 (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/
(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 (http://www.symphonyenvironmental.com)

 Cantor Fitzgerald Europe (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
 David Foreman, Michael Boot (Corporate Finance)                       Tel: +44 (0) 20 7894 7000
 Caspar Shand Kydd, Maisie Atkinson (Sales)

 Hybridan LLP (Joint Broker)

 Claire Louise Noyce                                                   Tel: +44 (0) 203 764 2341

 

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