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12/09/2013
NI Firm Launches Global Chewing Gum Clean-Up Market
Northern Ireland company Expelliere International has today launched a unique and highly innovative solution to a perennial problem which has scarred pavements and public spaces for decades – discarded chewing gum.
Xpelgum is an ionic-based solution which when applied breaks down the chemical structure of chewing gum to remove its stickiness and allow for the safe removal of the discarded piece of gum.
The technology was first developed at Queen's University Belfast six years ago, and since then, more than £2m has been invested by the local business consortium to take the ground-breaking technology to the point where it can now be launched to a global chewing gum clean-up market estimated to be in the region of $50bn.
(CD/JP)
Xpelgum is an ionic-based solution which when applied breaks down the chemical structure of chewing gum to remove its stickiness and allow for the safe removal of the discarded piece of gum.
The technology was first developed at Queen's University Belfast six years ago, and since then, more than £2m has been invested by the local business consortium to take the ground-breaking technology to the point where it can now be launched to a global chewing gum clean-up market estimated to be in the region of $50bn.
(CD/JP)
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