Silver News
Korean Companies Hot on Nano Silver
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South Korea’s Samsung Electronics is expanding the market for its silver nano line of appliances with the introduction of its Silver Nano Health System – the name given to its appliance line that uses silver-based antibacterial materials - to the Philippines. Although its silver-based washing machine (Silver News, 2nd Quarter 2003) and refrigerator have met with success in Southeast Asia, their introduction outside of the region marks a milestone for the company, according to Sang Youl Eom, president and CEO of Samsung
Electronics Philippines Corporation.
“We have taken a giant leap towards maintaining our consumers’ health-related safety standards through the silver nano technology,” he said.
The Silver Wash washing machine uses 99.99% pure silver to sanitize and deodorize clothes. Over 400 billion silver ions are released and penetrate into fabric during a typical washing cycle. The company guarantees that silver’s antibacterial action will last about 30 days on clothes. Not only does the silver sanitize clothes but keeps the washing machine’s internal parts germ free, company
officials say.
The company has also integrated its Nano Silver Health System into refrigerators, where it is used in food trays, water filters and tubing to kill bacteria and the odors they produce, and in air conditioners, where it is used in surfaces that touch water from condensation.
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The Silver Nano Health System relies on the dispersal of a colloidal silver solution of submicroscopic (1~100nano meter) size that can easily penetrate cell walls. When these silver nano particles come into contact with bacteria and viruses they disrupt their structure and inhibit cell growth.
As part of its own growing interest in silver in appliances, Samsung’s competitor LG Electronics has introduced to the Middle East market its ‘TV refrigerator,’ which allows people to enjoy music, movies, satellite broadcasting and cable TV in the kitchen, through a small TV placed on the
appliance door, according to K.H. Kim, President of LG Electronics Middle East and Africa. “Users
also have the option to order food and groceries from home shopping channels,” he added.
Equipped with a multi-aperture flow cooling system, which stops heat from the TV from reaching the refrigerator, the refrigerator uses ‘Bio Silver’ and ‘Bio Shield,’ LG’s brand of nano silver technology, to provide anti-bacterial protection.
Silver News - Third Quarter 2004
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