NANOPRO, another 'patent' against viruses
The chemical and biomedical company presents the new product for the sanitation of surfaces
No more viruses and bacteria that can create a situation like the one generated by covid-19. The promise comes from a chemical and biomedical company in Casalgrande, Nanoprom Chemicals, which today presents the latest news: Bv-Stop.
“This is a truly innovative water-based product - explains Gian Luca Falleti, founder and owner of Nanoprom - for several reasons. In the first place, for the goal it achieves immediately: the tests we conducted in the laboratory, with the support of the Mirandola Technopole, indicate that, a 24 hours from its application, Bv-Stop in the laboratory reduces by 99,99% the bacteria inoculated on the treated surface, than the untreated surface. Tests on viruses belonging to the human coronavirus family have also yielded excellent results, showing after only 2 hours a reduction of the viral load, in laboratory tests, of over 90%. But the performance that surprises even more - continues Falleti - is its duration over time, the so-called 'long-lasting effect'. We tested the permanence of BV-Stop by simulating weekly washes with the most aggressive industrial detergents. Well, we have found that its effectiveness remains substantially unchanged for at least 300 several steps. Laboratory tests, suggest that BV-Stop provides protection against viruses and bacteria up to 5 years from its first and only application ".
“As it is easy to guess - notes Falleti - the sectors of use for this product are really many, and they are not just about the emergency of the pandemic we are experiencing. With BV-Stop we can think first of all of the operating theaters, to hospitals, to the places that host the most fragile subjects, but obviously also to everyday life ".
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No more viruses and bacteria that can create a situation like the one generated by covid-19. The promise comes from the chemical and biomedical companyNanoprom Chemicals, which presents the latest news: BV-Stop, where the letters "BV" stand for "bacteria" and "virus" respectively.
“This is a truly innovative water-based product - he explainsGian Luca Falleti, founder and owner of Nanoprom - for several reasons. In the first place, for the goal it achieves immediately: the tests we conducted in the laboratory, with the support of the Mirandola Technopole, indicate that, a 24 hours from its application, BV-Stop in the laboratory reduces by 99,99% the bacteria inoculated on the treated surface, than the untreated surface. Tests on viruses belonging to the human coronavirus family have also yielded excellent results, showing a reduction in viral load after only two hours, in laboratory tests, more than 90% ".
“But the performance that surprises even more - continues Falleti - is its duration over time, the so-called 'long-lasting effect’. We tested the permanence of BV-Stop by simulating weekly washes with the most aggressive industrial detergents. Well, we have found that its effectiveness remains substantially unchanged for at least 300 several steps. Laboratory tests suggest that BV-Stop provides protection against viruses and bacteria for up to five years after its first and only application. As it is easy to guess - still points out Falleti -the sectors of use for this product are really many, and they are not just about the emergency of the pandemic we are experiencing. With BV-Stop we can think first of all of the operating theaters, to hospitals, to the places that host the most fragile subjects, but obviously also to everyday life (desks, surfaces of mobile phones, car interiors, etc.). The substance has been tested and is colorless and odorless. It does not even leave wet or greasy traces once applied ".
The innovation of Nanoprom Chemicals isnow on the market for industry and within the next two weeks it will be available on a large scale also for specialized and private stores. It will soon be possible to purchase also in e-commerce mode on the company website, www.nanoprom.it.
Read MoreContrast to Covid-19, Nanoprom Chemicals awarded by the Municipality of Casalgrande
The mayor of Casalgrande, Giuseppe Daviddi, delivered this morning, with an official ceremony, a plaque of merit to Gianluca Falleti, founder and owner of Nanoprom Chemicals - Casalgrande company specialized in the production of light coatings for various sectors, from aeronautics to Formula 1 - for its concrete commitment in combating the Covid-19 epidemic.
NANOPRO, indeed, since the first lockdown of spring 2020, has converted part of its production to the production of low-cost masks (still today it sells them at lower prices than market prices), to counter the phenomenon of looting that was spreading when these personal protective equipment were missing. Over the months, also, the owner Falleti himself then refined and improved the protection of his masks, arriving to propose models treated with special substances, completely non-toxic and clinically tested, who are not only able to passively protect, but also to eliminate beyond the 95% viruses and bacteria they come into contact with.
In delivering the plaque of merit, the mayor of Casalagrande Giuseppe Daviddi said among other things: "I spent a morning with the owner of this company and I was able to touch the enthusiasm he has put into the growth of this company. Moreover, it is a company that started from scratch and that today deals with various multinationals and exports its products all over the world. I would therefore like to make it known to our young people and organize meetings in schools to show what results the desire to pursue their dreams and passions can bring ".
Gianluca Falleti added: “I am honored by the recognition received and I thank the Mayor, the administration and the entire local community for welcoming me so warmly. Our research activity aimed at combating coronavirus and viruses in general does not stop. With the pandemic we are facing we have in fact opened a Biomedical division and, presto, we will launch other important innovations ".
Italian innovation: From nanotechnology to great success
In this unforgettable 2020 Italy has seen a boom of registrations of new Small Medium Enterprises. A staggering growth of +40%, which can be summarized basically in two points: many have closed store to open another, many others have changed their production. The latter in particular are not the majority, they are young (6.53%), female (8.82%) and foreigners (2%), but they bode well for their contents.
Covid has objectively shaken up an economy that has been stagnant for nearly two decades. On the one hand, many families have ended up on the breadline, on the other, the infinite genius of the Italian people has allowed them to raise their heads and open many SMEs, which will have such a rebound in 2021 that it will generate a positive balance in many sectors overall between 2019 and 2021.
A showcase for this world was undoubtedly the Open Innovative PMI (SME stands for Small and Medium Enterprises, which translates Small and Medium Enterprise), an initiative that annually rewards the three SMEs with the most innovative project. Of these, a special mention goes to Nanoprom Chemicals, a company founded in 2011 by entrepreneur Gian Luca Falleti, from Sassuolo, in Emilia Romagna.
His passion has always been aeronautics. As a young man, he decided to enroll at the aeronautical technical institute of Forlì, but then he was forced to leave his studies after an accident. After a few years spent working in other sectors, he began marketing products for industry and met a chemist. After two years invested in the laboratory on nanotechnology, a field still unexplored in the Italian production, the entrepreneur Falleti decides to study and deepen the Polysil, a derivative of silicon. Today its update is called Polysil Thermal Shield.
This material has the characteristics of glass, while remaining in a liquid state. It follows that the inorganicity of Silicon allows Thermal Shield to be more advantageous compared to classic carbon-based coatings and polishes, for several reasons.
The first one is certainly the non-flammability of the material, which allows its use as coatings for airplanes and marine vehicles, as it is less subject to overheating.
Secondly, the inorganicity of the material acts as an insulator, therefore even a thin layer can be used as a thermal coat both inside and outside.
Finally, the surface tension remains much lower with Thermal Shield than with classic paints, and this makes it more difficult to dirty and to deteriorate the coatings. The surface tension is the ability of a material to attract positive ions. Basically, this silicon-based material is inorganic and insulating, and its low surfactant allows surfaces to remain dirt-free because any material does not get deposited on top of it.
The environmental impact is therefore considerable, both for the use of materials and for their dispersion in water and air. The non-dispersion of heat often takes second place to the pollution of solvents, but often it is precisely the cooling systems of the machines that cause the thermal shock that negatively alters the environmental balance.
It is not by chance that the passion of Falleti allows him today to have among his various customers the Italian Air Force, companies dedicated to public transport and, with a good chance, Formula 1 teams.
The goal is to continue to invest in the research of an increasingly advanced material, which has allowed this fine Emilian company to achieve important goals in just nine years of activity. The hope is to be able to extend this concept to the most diverse sectors. From the safety of a firefighter because this material prevents him from inhaling toxic substances, to electric cars: that are much more likely to develop flames from their batteries. The application of Thermal Shield would substantially lower such a risk.
Changes are increasingly abrupt in more and more sectors, especially during covid. Over the next few years, how we approach the challenges of the near future will tell us what table this great country plans to play at.
There is hope in the automotive sector. Falleti is thinking big for the large-scale production of this innovative paint, recovering a historical site of the Emilian “motor valley”.
“My intention – tells the owner of Nanoprom Chemicals – is to produce Thermal Shield for the whole world while remaining in Emilia Romagna. For this reason, we have already made agreements with Marco Fabio Pulsoni, current owner of the former Bugatti Automobili plant, to transfer here, already within a year, the eventual large-scale production. An opportunity, therefore, not only for my company, but for the entire territory of our region, for which we foresee the creation of several dozen new jobs, given the scope of this great innovation”.
Last year We the Italians interviewed Giampaolo Dallara. Anyone who has ever dealt with the automotive topic knows for a fact that engines run in the blood of Emilia Romagna. So, such an idea that would allow to grow the Italian excellence in innovating the automotive sector (and not just that) can only evoke the enthusiasm and ardor of a child like me who grew up watching and dreaming Ducatis and Ferraris.
[Source: www.wetheitalians.com]
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