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RNS Number : 6762D  Symphony Environmental Tech. PLC  30 October 2020

30 October 2020

 

SYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PLC

("Symphony" or the "Group")

COLOMBIAN COMPANY PROMOCIONES FANTÁSTICAS LAUNCHES DRINKING STRAWS WHICH ARE
BOTH ANTIMICROBIAL AND BIODEGRADABLE

Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc (AIM: SYM), a global specialist in
technologies that "make plastic smarter" is pleased to report that Promociones
Fantásticas a Colombian drinking straws producer and leader in the Latin
American market, has announced the launch of their new d2w (biodegradable) and
d2p (antimicrobial) drinking straws. Symphony is the technology partner and
Symphony's exclusive distributor Latin Pack is the masterbatch supplier.
Promociones Fantásticas has been using d2w successfully in their straws since
April 2017.

As previously announced, testing of d2p samples by UNICAMP University in
Brazil according to ISO 21702 found a virus reduction of 99.9% in only one
hour, which is vital during the coronavirus pandemic. d2p has also been proved
effective against bacteria and fungi, which is critical as this is a product
that enters in direct contact with customers' mouths where microbes can easily
be transmitted. As the antimicrobial properties are embedded in the plastic,
they will never wear off - unlike spraying, wiping, or coating.

Michael Laurier, CEO of Symphony, said: "We are delighted to continue our
long-standing and valued relationship with Promociones Fantásticas, and hope
that other, environmentally and socially responsible companies around the
world will follow their lead in protecting customers and the environment
alike.  This follows recent other Symphony d2w and d2p new users, for
example, Cotripal in Brazil whose shopping bags now contain both d2p and d2w
Symphony technologies.  We are seeing increased interest for our d2p
anti-microbial technologies as a combination with our d2w biodegradable
technology in several countries across the globe.  Further, the products of
these interested manufacturers are of both multi use, but also single use
items, that historically were more commonly treated with just our d2w
biodegradable technology."

Carlos Cruz, CEO of Promociones Fantásticas, said: "In the context of the
global pandemic our company has assumed an increased responsibility to protect
public health, create jobs and preserve the environment. Over the years we
have encouraged our customers to properly dispose of used straws so they can
be recycled where possible. But we have also taken additional measures to
protect the environment from plastic that escapes into the open environment by
using the globally renowned British d2w biodegradable technology. Today we go
further, by helping to protect our customers from Coronavirus and other forms
of contamination by using d2p technology, that has been proven against
viruses, bacteria, and fungi."

www.d2w.net and www.d2p.net

See video links:

https://youtu.be/nSi6_NwUgyY (https://youtu.be/nSi6_NwUgyY)

https://www.symphonyenvironmental.com/resource_type/video/

 

 

Enquiries

Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc

Michael Laurier, CEO

Ian Bristow, CFO www.symphonyenvironmental.com

Zeus Capital Limited (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)

David Foreman / Nick Cowles / Kieran Russell (Corporate Finance)

Dominic King / Victoria Ayton (Sales)

Hybridan LLP (Joint Broker)

Claire Louise Noyce

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Symphony Environmental Technologies plc

https://www.symphonyenvironmental.com

Tel: +44 (0) 20 8207 5900

Tel: +44 (0) 203 829 5000

Tel: +44 (0) 203 764 2341

For twenty years Symphony have been perfecting their d2w® biodegradable
technology, which causes plastic to biodegrade much more quickly than ordinary
plastic if it gets into the open environment. See www.d2w.net and
www.biodeg.org

In addition to d2w, and of growing importance since the Coronavirus pandemic
began, Symphony have developed a technology, marketed under their d2p®
("designed to protect") brand, which gives plastic antimicrobial properties.
It has recently been approved by the FDA in the United States for keeping
bread packaging free of bacteria.

They have now received test results from an independent laboratory showing a
virus reduction of 99.9% after only one hour against a member of the BETA
CORONAVIRUS group of viruses. This is a masterbatch technology which can be
incorporated in a wide range of polymer products at an affordable cost,
without disrupting the manufacturing process or the supply-chain.

Symphony also has range of additives, concentrates and masterbatches which can
be incorporated in a wide variety of plastic and non-plastic products so as to
give them protection against many different types of bacteria, fungi, algae,
moulds, rodents and insects, and against corrosion, and fire. See www.d2p.net

d2p products also include odour, moisture and ethylene adsorbers as well as
other types of food- preserving technologies. Symphony has also launched d2p
antimicrobial household gloves and toothbrushes, and is developing a range of
other d2p finished products for retail sale.

Symphony has also developed the d2Detector®, a portable device which analyses
plastics and detects counterfeit products. This is useful to government
officials tasked with enforcing legislation, and Symphony's d2t tagging and
tracer technology is available for further security.

Symphony has a diverse and growing customer-base and has established itself as
an international business with 74 distributors around the world. Products made
with Symphony's plastic technologies are now available in nearly 100 countries
and in many different product applications. Symphony itself is accredited to
ISO9001 and ISO14001.

Symphony is a member of The OPA (www.biodeg.org) and actively participates in
the Committee work of the British Standards Institute (BSI), the American
Standards Organisation (ASTM), the European Standards Organisation (CEN), and
the International Standards Organisation (ISO).

Further information on the Symphony Group can be found at
www.symphonyenvironmental.com and twitter @SymphonyEnv See also Symphony on
Instagram. A Symphony App is available for downloading to smartphones.

About Promociones Fantásticas:

Promociones Fantásticas has been in the market for over 30 years and has
consolidated its position as the largest manufacturer and distributor of
drinking straws in Latin America and The Caribbean, with sales in more than 20
countries.

http://promocionesfantasticas.com/ (http://promocionesfantasticas.com/)

 

 

 

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