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    German start-up in global demand with anti-coronavirus escalators

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    German start-up in global demand with anti-coronavirus escalators

    They patented an idea to disinfect escalator handrails using UV light


    Published:  April 26, 2020 15:59 Compiled by Christian Borbon, Digital Content Editor  and  inputs from AFP

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    Tanja Nickel and Katharina Obladen were still in high school when they patented an idea to disinfect escalator handrails using UV light. Image Credit: AFP
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    A decade later, their small German start-up UVIS can barely keep up with orders from around the world for their coronavirus-killing escalators and coatings for supermarket trolleys and elevator buttons. Image Credit: AFP
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    Working student Leon Rottmann and Katharina Obladen (R) stand at the mechanic's workshop of the Startup UVIS UV-Innovative Solutions in Cologne. Image Credit: AFP
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    Leon Rottmann coats a shopping trolley for disinfection at the mechanic's workshop of the Startup UVIS UV-Innovative Solutions in Cologne. Image Credit: AFP
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    Inspired by New York City's use of ultraviolet radiation to sterilise drinking water, they designed a UV light box that can be built into escalators to disinfect handrails, with the radiation destroying the DNA of disease-causing micro-organisms. Image Credit: AFP
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    After finishing university, the pair founded UVIS in 2016 with seed money from programmes for start-ups. They remain a rare example in Germany of women running an engineering firm. Image Credit: AFP
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    This year, the duo added an antimicrobial coating to their line-up, not based on UV technology. The invisible coating can be sprayed onto surfaces to destroy mould, bacteria and viruses like the novel coronavirus, using the self-cleaning properties of titanium dioxide. Image Credit: AFP
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    As Germany begins to relax some lockdown restrictions, the start-up's five-person team has been inundated with requests from shops, offices and cafes eager to reopen to a public newly aware of the health risks lurking in shared spaces. Image Credit: AFP
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    Leon Rottmann solds an electronic part at the mechanic's workshop. Image Credit: AFP
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    Leon Rottmann cleans a shopping trolley for disinfection at the mechanic's workshop of the Startup UVIS UV-Innovative Solutions in Cologne. Image Credit: AFP

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