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13 February 2021

Safer in-store shopping with antimicrobial coating

Wanzl and Asda are helping to protect UK customers and staff by introducing trolley handles and in-store surfaces treated with Shield Master coatings from Addmaster Biomaster.

Shopping trolleys

The antimicrobial technology is proven to provide effective product surface protection against a wide range of harmful microbes and has successfully been tested to ISO standards against SARS-COV-2.

The protection lasts for the intended lifetime of the product, and can be applied to products such as door handles and hand baskets within the manufacturing process or it can be added to durable ceramic-based coatings, which can be retrospectively applied to products already in service.

12 February 2021

IOM3 Investigates... Antimicrobial Materials for Biomedical Applications

Professor Serena Best (Past President at IOM3) is joined by by senior academics Paul Hatton (University of Sheffield) and Rachel Williams (University of Liverpool) who lead research in the fields of ophthalmic and orthopaedic biomaterials to explore the challenges of infection and the role of biomedical materials research in the development of new therapeutic solutions

IOM3 News
3 December 2020

Harnessing solar energy with coated steel

Integrating photovoltaics (PV) into steel roofing can create ‘active buildings’ that generate, store and release their own power, says Professor Dave Worsley FIMMM, of the University of Swansea’s College of Engineering, UK, and recipient of this year’s IOM3 Bessemer Gold Medal from the Iron and Steel Society.

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