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In hygiene-critical industries, flooring plays an important role in maintaining hygiene whilst meeting stringent regulatory standards. Bacteria can accumulate in microscopic crevices, compromising hygiene. This is particularly crucial in sectors such as food processing, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare, where floor surfaces must actively contribute to sanitation efforts.
Having just returned from the excellent 2025 SHOT Show, the Polygiene Team is super-excited to update readers on how the enormously influential shooting, hunting, and outdoor trade show went. With more than 55,000 attendees, it was an enormous year for the show and there was a fantastic buzz and a brilliant atmosphere down in Las Vegas.
In today’s increasingly hygiene-conscious world, antimicrobial additive solutions enable businesses to adapt their products to evolving consumer attitudes and needs. Crucially, additive technologies allow manufacturers to integrate antimicrobial protection into almost any material, ranging from hard surfaces like plastic and paper to paints, coatings and textiles. Consequently, antimicrobial technology is having a significant impact on a diverse array of products and industries. To illustrate just how wide-reaching and broad the potential applications are, we’ve highlighted 15 real-life antimicrobial agent examples and use cases from across several commercial sectors to examine in greater detail.
As our understanding of the global environmental crisis grows, it has become increasingly clear that there is a significant need for change in the way we produce and consume products. While textiles is by no means the only industry contributing to environmental degradation and the climate crisis, it is one of the worst offenders. Research suggests that the consumption of textiles in the EU has the fourth highest impact on the environment, after food, housing and mobility. It comes third for water and land use and fifth highest for greenhouse gas emissions (EC).
