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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://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(R)
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(R) ("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(R), 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/
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