Technology

with a Direct Relevance to some of the
TOUGHEST Cleaning, Health and Personal Care problems
faced by Today’s Consumers

Technology to control or extend the release of pharmaceutical actives locally or systemically at various human physiological sites.
Novel, low cost, fast response and controllable delivery systems capable of rapidly and conveniently distributing:
- Liquids and/or gels into air and/or onto vertical or horizontal surfaces (targeted or large area)
- Powders into air and/or onto vertical or horizontal surfaces
- Solids into air and/or onto vertical or horizontal surfaces
Approaches to significantly improve the removal and redeposition of grease and oil from substrates in a dilute aqueous environment esp. at low temperatures.
Novel approaches and technologies to facilitate the systemic delivery of pharmaceutical actives.
Technologies to mask the taste of pharmaceutical active materials without affecting the physiological release profile.
Technologies to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of household cleaning, antimicrobial, personal care and OTC healthcare products:
- Formulation
- Processing
- Packaging

Technologies or approaches to modify, prevent or control microbial growth on hard, soft and biological surfaces via non-conventional (non-biocidal and/or less chemical) means.
Technologies to help reduce/neutralise allergenic species in air and/or on surfaces.
New developments in the area of surfactants and detergents, particularly those that provide low interfacial tension to give significantly better cleaning and run off residues (typically water based) in conditions of low water/low temp./chemicals and against a broad range of substrates (hydrophilic, hydrophobic, hard, soft, biological).
Technologies to treat skin and/or promote healthy skin via control of pathogenic species or restoration of the skins natural defences.
Technologies or devices that offer novel, consumer convenient hard surface cleaning with improved benefits over current systems.
Technologies to enable active materials to target specific loci in highly dilute aqueous or human physiological environments, facilitating direct action at a site of interest.
Technologies to more effectively treat skin disorders such as acne and eczema.

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