Microban Antimicrobial Product Protection

Unternehmens-geschichte

W.L. Morrison thought he was simply returning a routine call to a physician who was looking for help designing a system to keep disposable medical products clean and fresh longer. As they talked about infection control in the medical environment, the M.I.T. - trained entrepreneur noticed the telephone receiver in his hand and thought of the potential for contamination on the average public pay phone and how it might be controlled. This one question led to the development of the first antimicrobial polymeric products for both medical and consumer applications.

In 1994, Microban was founded by three biomedical engineers who refined Morrison’s original work and transitioned his ideas from the laboratory to the real world. Through proprietary processes they developed a way to engineer antimicrobial ingredients into solid products. The result was the development of antimicrobial solutions that give consumer, industrial and medical products an added level of protection against damaging microbes such as bacteria, mold and mildew that can cause stains, odors and product deterioration.

And in 1996, the company began marketing the benefits of antimicrobial product protection under the Microban® brand, modeling the success of other early ingredient brands such as Nutrasweet®, Lycra® and Teflon®. Today, Microban licenses use of the Microban trademark to more than 150 companies around the world and Microban technology is built-into over 1000 products, including kitchen and bath products, apparel and home textiles, appliances, building materials, foodservice products, medical products and others.

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