* Game-changing hand dryer set to end 'hygiene debate' once-and-for-all

* Hand dryer will transform hygiene at schools, hospitals and food processing plants

* 99.6% success rate to destroy MRSA and Salmonella

* Cold Plasma technology shown to kill norovirus and Influenza*

A pioneering new "germ destroying" hand dryer is set to transform the education, healthcare and food processing sectors with the introduction of Cold Plasma Clean (cPc) technology - proven to actively kill germs including e.coli, staph, C.diff, MRSA and Salmonella with a 99.6 per cent success rate* - without the use of chemicals.

American Dryer's (UK's) innovative cPc technology - which has never before been used in this context, or available in European markets - will be debuted in its high-speed eXtremeAir CPC model. This is now available throughout the UK and Europe from American Dryer's official partner, American Dryer UK, a trading name of Intelligent Sourcing Systems Ltd.

eXtremeAir CPC features a revolutionary generator that converts air into cold plasma through a bipolar ionization process. The generator inside the dryer uses steady state positive and negative discharge points to split water molecules in the air into oppositely charged hydrogen and oxygen ions. These ions, otherwise known as hydroxyl radicals, in turn, clean the air without chemicals.

Following years of research and development, American Dryer's patented cPc technology was launched in the US in Nov 2013, and has been rigorously tested by two of the world's leading independent microbiology labs*.

With kill rates against the majority of common germs as high as 99.6%*, cPc technology goes beyond HEPA filtration, which simply traps mold and germs inside the dryer. The eXtremeAir CPC is in fact the only hand dryer that has been tested on vitro skin and shown to radically reduce harmful bacteria within a realistic drying period.

The introduction of this scientifically proven 'hygienic' technology, coupled with other proven benefits of hand dryers - such as the significant environmental and financial advantages over using paper towels - is set to end all reasonable speculation over the paper towels versus hand dryer debate, and transform the hygiene levels in large public buildings like, airports, schools, hospitals, restaurants and food service organisations.

Andrew Cameron, of American Dryer UK comments: "We are delighted to be able to bring cPc technology to the UK with the launch of eXtremeAir CPC. We know that decision makers have examined the paper towels verse dryers debate for years and this technology has enabled us to provide a real game-changer for the industry. Our cPc technology takes hand dryers from hygienic to 'germ destroying' and we all know hand towels cannot be recycled, in turn consuming precious resources and using excessive landfill space, so the debate becomes almost irrelevant.

"It's an exciting time for the hand drying industry in the UK and we are looking forward to receive feedback on this innovative product."

Despite never been applied to the hand drying sector before, proven cold plasma technology has been used to successfully purify the air in commercial buildings since the 1930s. Man-made plasma can be generated at low temperatures by applying a voltage to a gas and more recently cold plasma has been implemented in medical practice to treat surgical incisions and used in the food processing industry to kill bacteria.

American Dryer UK's cPc technology is 100% natural and safe. It does not create harmful levels of ozone and is a 100 percent solid-state, maintenance-free device. There are no expensive filters, chemicals or labor. EXTREMEAIR CPC dryers are compact and equipped with universal voltage and adjustable sound and speed.

For more information, please contact Will Ockenden on 0113 3204 562 or email will@prohibitionpr.co.uk

Notes to Editors

American Dryer, Inc., established in 1952, offers the most comprehensive line of American-made hand dryers. The new EXTREMEAIR CPC utilizes cold plasma technology to kill germs. Its EXTREMEAIR EXT series is the most energy-efficient, high-speed hand dryer with industry-leading 500 watt power consumption. The patented design of the EXTREMEAIR GXT series makes it the most compact high-speed hand dryer available. American Dryer products are sold in over 30 countries. For more information, visit us at americandryer.co.uk.

*Source: EMSL Labs is an elite CDC-certified lab with AIHA accreditation in industrial hygiene and environmental microbiology. Antimicrobial Test Labs (ATL) is a GLP-compliant laboratory audited by the EPA and FDA. cPc technology has also been independently tested for safety by Underwriters Laboratory (UL), passing both the UL867 and California Resource Board (CARB) standards

Source: RealWire

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