Hygiene is a major concern in today´s society, and safe protection of everyday products, in hospitals, public places, or at home is highly valued by customers.
Algae, bacteria and fungi attack the surface of plastics, rubber and synthetic fibers and can result
in:
Discover how to avoid:
This microbial activity tremendously increases the maintenance required to keep both the aesthetics and hygiene in the finished product, and to
prevent the reduction in the service life of the finished product.
Plastics antimicrobial protection can bring interesting added value by impacting on the comfort and health image desired by end-users.
Antimicrobials are either natural or synthetic and are introduced in the material to kill or suppress
the growth of algae, bacteria and/or fungi. Many technologies are available to solve micro-organisms
related issues. This part will help you to select the technology that will best suit your needs.
Click on each technology to discover their key attributes, main benefits and fields of application.
