Month: December 2020

Aqdot, the Cambridge, UK based supramolecular company, is moving into the Italian market after agreeing a partnership with Specialities to distribute its patented Air Quality technology, AqFresh™, throughout Italy.

The technology consists of ‘cucurbiturils’ – barrel-shaped molecules – which are highly effective at capturing volatile organic compounds and malodour molecules.  These undesirable molecules are quickly attracted to AqFresh™, removing the malodours and pollutants from the air.

Besides molecular capture, the AqFresh™ technology can be used to release fragrances slowly or can concurrently capture malodours while releasing fragrances and thus enhancing the final user experience. It can also be formulated into a product that to neutralize the most common household allergens including pollen and cat dander.

Formulations of AqFresh™ have been extensively tested to meet consumer product standards in the European Union, North America and Asia and have shown no toxicity to human cells. The absence of toxicity indicates lower risk to skin contact or inhalation. This allows for a wide range of applications in which traditional chemicals cannot be deployed.

Hugh Rathbone, Chief Commercial Officer at Aqdot, said: “Specialities prioritise their scientific and formulation expertise to enable their customers to make great products and this capability and their culture makes them a great partner for taking our unique AqFresh™ technology to Italian companies.  AqFresh™’s ability to inactivate and contain organic compounds, including allergens, malodours & pollutants, is proven, the technology is safe and cost effective and we believe it has great potential to enhance the products of Italian companies in the consumer and H&II sectors.”

Fabrizio Belli, Director of Specialities, said: “We are honoured to start a partnership with Aqdot. The revolutionary and environmentally friendly AqFresh™ technology will offer to our customers the opportunity to formulate innovative concepts in homecare, pet care, institutional and industrial cleaning”.

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Aqdot is a Cambridge (UK)-based supramolecular chemistry company with a focus and expertise in developing, licensing and selling novel proprietary products. At the core of Aqdot is Aq™Bit, a novel and versatile performance chemistry that has exceptional capability at capturing, holding and releasing materials. In unique and proprietary formulations, this chemistry is game-changing in a wide range of industries, including household and personal care products, fragrances, industrial chemicals, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Identifying unmet needs in these sectors, Aqdot develops products that enable our customers to introduce novel and differentiated brands and make a positive impact on the environment. https://www.aqdot.com/

Specialities is an Italian distributor of Specialty Chemicals for the homecare, personal care, industrial and institutional cleaning market. The R&D lab team of Specialities offer a wide technical support to their customers to develop innovative formulation concepts in several fields: ADW, laundry, hard surface, disinfection, probiotics and odour control. https://www.specialities.eu/

BIOBAX & AQDOT enter a license and supply agreement that will see AQFRESH formulated into ZYBAX, the environment-friendly biological professional cleaning brand

Aqdot, the Cambridge-based supramolecular chemistry company, has partnered with Biobax, owner of the UK-based environment-friendly biological professional cleaning brand Zybax, to provide the technology behind the innovative new Zybax Advance air freshener alongside the development of their existing range. Removing tough lingering obnoxious malodours is a key challenge for the professional cleaning industry. Most available solutions are based on using high levels of artificial chemical perfumes to temporarily mask the malodour or to use a slow-acting germ-killing solution both of which don’t give the truly fresh result that is needed for instant and lasting freshness.

The new Zybax Advance with AqFresh™ air freshener utilises Aqdot’s patented supramolecular chemistry AqFresh™. It is a novel and versatile performance chemistry that is exceptional at capturing, holding and releasing materials; in this case capturing malodour molecules and eliminating them from the air. AqFresh™ also enhances Zybax Advance’s subtle fragrances of either fresh mint or fresh linen.

With strong sustainability credentials AqFresh™ has achieved a Platinum Material Health Certificate (MHC), which is the highest possible certification level. Biobax plans to use the product within their formulations to sell the product with distinctive Zybax branding through major UK distributors and to promote it from its new corporate website.

Tim Wright, CEO of Aqdot, said: “We are delighted to be working with Biobax, to enable them to further develop the innovative Zybax product range with the launch of Zybax Advance. Our own launch of AqFresh™ has been well very received by customers, enabling them to license the unique, high performance AqFresh™ technology, which we also supply at large scale.”

Kate Pawson, Sales & Marketing Director at Biobax, said: “BioBax and our brand Zybax will be including the new ingredient AqFresh™ as part of our formulations. The licence and supply of the AqFresh™ chemistry to Biobax gives us a great opportunity to continue to innovate with the best in the market and opens up exciting opportunities for future products. Watch this space for our new products containing AqFresh™!”

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Aqdot® is a Cambridge (UK)-based supramolecular Chemtech company with a focus and expertise in developing, licensing and selling novel proprietary products. At the core of Aqdot is a novel and versatile performance chemistry, AqFresh™, that has exceptional capability at capturing, holding and releasing materials. Effective dry or when formulated in liquids and coatings this powerful chemistry is game-changing in a wide range of industries, including household and personal care products, fragrances, industrial chemicals, agrochemicals, and pharmaceuticals. Identifying unmet needs in these sectors, Aqdot develops products that enable our customers to introduce novel and differentiated products, creating value and making a positive impact on the environment. 24 hours.