August 10, 2010

Prolitec Names Clements V.P. of Newly Created Infection Control Division

MILWAUKEE, WI–(August 9, 2010) – Prolitec, Inc., a developer of air treatment and air care technologies, today announced the appointment of Glen R. Clements as Vice President – Sales for the company’s Aerobiology and Infection Control Division.

In his new position, Clements will be responsible for directing domestic and global marketing of airborne and surface antimicrobial systems being developed by the division to inhibit disease transmission. Chief among these is aria™, the recently introduced ‘always-on’ air-sanitizing system designed to counter airborne bacteria in assisted living facilities, hospitals, medical offices and other enclosed spaces.

A veteran sales executive with over 15 years of sales and marketing experience, Clements comes to Prolitec from ScentAir, Charlotte, N.C., where he served as director of national account sales since May 2005. In that role, he directed all inside, national account and distribution partner marketing and sales activity for the scent marketing/aroma branding services company. Prior to that, he was director of sales for the government and military division of Gekay Sales & Service in Ludlow, Mass., responsible for the direction of all field marketing and sales activity for a new line of fitness equipment. Earlier in his career, Clements was southeast region senior sales manager for Irwin International, Alpharetta, GA, and director of merchandising for Triarc Beverage Group, White Plains, N.Y.

Clements, a resident of Charlotte, N.C., graduated from Pace University, Pleasantville, N.Y., with a Bachelor of Business Administration.

“I look forward to introducing aria™ and other superior technologies now under development by our scientific team to medical facilities, assisted living centers, schools, daycare centers and other markets where infection control is a vital issue,” said Clements. “In particular, the automated aria™ system fills a critical gap in infection control in facilities where commonly deployed protocols calling for hand-washing and frequent wiping of surfaces still fail to address the issue of airborne bacteria.”

About Prolitec
Prolitec (www.prolitec.com) develops and deploys air-treatment and air care technologies for healthcare facilities, hotels, casinos, and other institutional and commercial facilities in the U.S. and 46 countries around the world. The company’s Aerobiology and Infection Control division is engaged in the development and deployment of airborne and surface antimicrobial systems to inhibit disease transmission.

Via Marketwire

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August 3, 2010

RIP Harald Vogt, Scent Marketing Institute founder

Harald Vogt, friend to all in the scent marketing industry, has died. Harald founded the Scent Marketing Institute and ScentWorld Expo. He was an energetic organizer for the promotion of scent marketing worldwide, and for cooperation and sharing of ideas among the scent marketing community.

Harald leaves behind his wife, Caroline Pieper-Vogt, the CEO of Fusion Brands, and their two children, Raffaela and Palmer.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Mr. Vogt’s memory will be accepted at the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, located at 900 Bridgeway, Sausalito, CA 94965 (www.pmri.org).

http://www.wcbs.tributes.com/show/Harald-Vogt-89044965

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August 3, 2010

Watermill Center uses Prolitec system to diffuse one-of-a-kind scent at benefit

International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) senior perfumer Loc Dong has created a one-of-a-kind scent to benefit The Watermill Center, an organization that fosters research in theater and various types of performance art. 100 bottles were auctioned off at the organization’s 17th Annual Summer Benefit on July 24, in addition to 10 additional bottles that were designed by Watermill founder Robert Wilson and several of the organization’s resident artists.

Mr. Dong’s scent features ambrette seeds, cashmeran, blood rose and kaffir lime leaves—and was diffused throughout the event via a system by Prolitec Inc.

http://www.cosmeticworld.com/story_jumps/story337.html

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July 12, 2010

New ‘Always On’ Air Sanitizer Fills Critical Gap in Infection Control

–Prolitec’s aria™ System Targets Airborne Bacteria

NEW ORLEANS, LA–(Marketwire – July 12, 2010) – Hand washing and frequent wiping of surfaces like counters and handrails are necessary elements in institutional infection-control protocols. Effective as these techniques are, however, they are labor intensive, not automated, and do nothing to counter airborne bacteria — one of the primary mechanisms for the spread of disease. With the introduction of Prolitec, Inc.’s aria™ air-sanitizing agent, assisted-living facilities, hospitals, medical offices, and other enclosed spaces finally have a means of addressing this critical gap in infection control.

Prolitec’s Aerobiology and Infection Control division unveiled the new aria™ system today at the annual conference of the Washington, D.C.-based Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, in New Orleans.

The aria™ air-sanitizing system, which won EPA registration in November 2009, uses newly patented Prolitec technology to generate an invisible “dry” vapor of a safe and effective air sanitizing agent. The vapor can be distributed within a space directly from a small wall-mounted appliance or indirectly through an air handler. The result is a uniformly distributed vapor compliant with OSHA air-contaminant restrictions for workplace inhalation — one that is non-damaging to materials and electronics, yet significantly decreases the numbers of viable airborne bacteria under relatively wide conditions of relative humidity and temperature.

“Bacteria and other microorganisms are frequently introduced into the air by actions such as sneezing and coughing. Once microorganisms are airborne they can be inhaled or can settle and contaminate surfaces,” noted Dr. Craig A. Kelly, a veteran Johns Hopkins University scientist and chief of Prolitec’s Aerobiology and Infection-Control unit. “The function of the aria™ system is to reduce the concentration of airborne bacteria in a continuous and automated manner, thereby reducing the likelihood of inhalation or surface-settling of viable microorganisms.”

“An important feature of aria™ is that it is fully automated and works 24 hours a day, seven days a week without any human intervention,” noted Richard Weening, CEO of Milwaukee-based Prolitec. “The aria™ system can safely and effectively reduce background levels of airborne bacteria to establish the foundation of a successful infection-control protocol. It is the one part of the program that will always be 100% compliant.”

Dr. Kelly added: “Amid heightened awareness of disease transmission by airborne microorganisms, aria™ provides a critical tool for the infection-control professional to address airborne bacteria in a way that was not previously available. That can translate into a greater sense of safety and well-being for patients, residents, caregivers and visitors alike.”

About Prolitec
Prolitec (www.prolitec.com) develops and deploys air-treatment and air care technologies, including odor control, ambient scenting, aromatherapy and the use of scent as a medium of communication. Clients include assisted-living facilities, hotels, casinos, retailers and other commercial organizations in the United States and around the world. Prolitec’s Aerobiology and Infection Control Unit is developing interior air and surface systems to inhibit disease transmission.

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June 18, 2010

State of the industry, from Bloomberg

A fascinating article over at Bloomberg Businessweek gives an overview of the state of scent marketing and some of the latest scent-related developments. A few wildly different items of note:

  • Research in France indicates scent may have a powerful role to play in helping people who are suffering from severe trauma.
  • Scent is an integral part of a new transdisciplinary master’s program at the Parsons New School for Design in New York.
  • Bloom grocery stores recently implemented the first scented billboard in North Carolina, using giant fans to blow a charbroiled scent over a highway.

Check it out over at Bloomberg Businessweek: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_26/b4184085987358.htm

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June 9, 2010

Prolitec Names Johns Hopkins Scientist to Lead Infection Control Effort

–New business unit will focus on systems to kill bacteria and viruses in healthcare facilities, schools & other spaces

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (6/10/10)–Prolitec Inc. today announced the appointment of Dr. Craig A. Kelly as Vice President and Director of Technology Development.

The veteran Johns Hopkins University scientist will also serve as chief of the company’s Aerobiology and Infection Control unit.  In this role, Dr. Kelly will lead Prolitec’s research and development of airborne and surface antimicrobial systems designed to kill bacteria and viruses in healthcare facilities, schools, assisted living facilities, commercial aircraft, and other public spaces where the control of infection transmission is an important issue.

“We have long experience working with Dr. Kelly in some of his earlier assignments,” said Richard Weening, CEO of Prolitec.  “He is exactly the right person to expand the R&D effort and transform the work into the practical infection control applications so urgently needed by the healthcare system.”

Prior to joining Prolitec, Dr. Kelly spent 10 years as a member of the Senior Professional Staff at Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Lab in Baltimore, where he worked on a wide range of projects, including chemical and biological warfare agent decontamination.  Most recently, from 2009 to 2010, he served as Acting Program Manager for the laboratory’s Missile Defense Agency Sensors Directorate.  He began at the laboratory in 1999, initially working on chemical sensor development.

Dr. Kelly has published 21 peer-reviewed scientific articles and has been awarded three patents.   He holds a Ph.D. in Physical Inorganic Chemistry from Bowling Green State University and a B.S. in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Geneseo.  Additionally, he completed post-doctoral fellowships at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Chemistry Department, Johns Hopkins’ Department of Chemistry and Johns Hopkins’ Applied Physics Laboratory.

“Infection control is a serious challenge for healthcare, education and several other sectors where harmful bacteria, viruses and fungi pose a threat to humans,” Dr. Kelly noted. “Prolitec has developed new and promising technologies to address these issues.   Our objective is to advance them into fully operational systems approved by the relevant regulatory agencies.”

About Prolitec

Prolitec (www.prolitec.com) develops and deploys air-treatment and air care technologies, including odor control, ambient scenting, aromatherapy and the use of scent as a medium of communication. Clients include assisted living facilities, hotels, casinos, retailers and other commercial facilities in the U.S. and 46 countries around the world. Prolitec’s Aerobiology and Infection Control unit is developing interior air and surface systems to inhibit disease transmission.

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March 11, 2010

Aegis Living Selects Prolitec for Aromatherapy Service to Senior Living Communities

REDMOND, WA — 03/10/10 — As part of its continuing effort to enhance the lives of residents in its retirement and assisted living communities, Aegis Living (www.aegisliving.com) has selected Prolitec Inc. (www.prolitec.com) to introduce aromatherapy to public areas in all 35 of its senior living facilities in Washington, California and Nevada.Following an initial installation in the new Aegis of Bellevue (Wash.) community, the Redmond-based company contracted with Prolitec to roll out the systems to the remainder of its communities over the course of 2010, with several installations now under way. The systems from Milwaukee-based Prolitec will condition the air in lobbies and hallways with tiny amounts of a scent created especially for Aegis.

Aegis’ scent, called ‘Serene,’ is a blend of chamomile, aromatic lavender and other complementary and proprietary ingredients. Chamomile reduces stress and anxiety and is used to treat insomnia, while lavender relaxes the body. According to a Duke University study, the scent of lavender relaxed participants as much as a massage.

Depending on the community’s mechanical system, Aegis’ proprietary scent will be dispersed in the designated common areas through a variety of HVAC or wall-mounted delivery systems from Prolitec. As the program evolves, residents will also be given the opportunity to have aromatherapy in their individual units through Prolitec’s Air/Q Whole Room (www.airq.com) system for an additional monthly charge.

“Already known as one of the premier operators of retirement and assisting living communities, Aegis is taking another step forward in raising the standards for better senior living with the introduction of aromatherapy,” said Richard Weening, CEO of Prolitec. “The scent that we developed for them will make residents feel better and they don’t have to do anything, just breathe in the air.”

“Prolitec is the technology leader in the safe and sensible use of scent in public spaces,” added Jerry Meyer, COO of Aegis. “We chose Prolitec because they have a customer-focused, high-standards culture like Aegis and they understand the special requirements of senior communities.”

About Prolitec

Prolitec (www.prolitec.com) is a world leader in the development and deployment of innovative air-treatment and air care technologies including odor control, ambient scenting, aromatherapy and the use of scent as a medium of communication. Clients include retailers, hotels, casinos and other commercial organizations in the U.S. and in 20 countries around the world. Prolitec’s Aerobiology and Infection Control Unit develops human-safe and green systems for controlling pests and killing airborne and surface bacteria and viruses.

About Aegis Living

Aegis Living is a national leader in retirement and assisted living, offering a progressive selection of senior residences to meet the growing needs of today’s aging population. Providing the finest in senior lifestyle and living options available, “We are the people who make life better” emphasizes health, quality of life, well being and community. Aegis Living is guided by a simple philosophy: strive to treat all people with the highest possible standards. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, privately held Aegis Living operates 35 communities in Washington, California and Nevada. Additional information about Aegis Living and its services are available at www.AegisLiving.com. Follow us on Twitter @twitter.com/aegisliving and Facebook at http://bit.ly/OUNyR.

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