27th Feb 2008 07:02
Byotrol PLC27 February 2008 BYOTROL PLC Latest Developments Byotrol plc ("Byotrol" or the "Company"), the leading anti-microbial technologycompany is pleased to be able to provide an update on recent developments acrossthe business. Agricultural Sector - Contract The Company has secured a contract to supply The Active Group, a UK basedproducer and distributor of agricultural products, with a range of hoof and teatcare products containing Byotrol technology in both concentrate and pre-mix formfor use by livestock farmers. Products to the value of £250,000 are to bedelivered in March 2008 and the annual call off is expected to be around £1million in the first year. The Directors of Byotrol believe the dairy cattle sector will be an importantmarket for the Company and expenditure on sanitising products is estimated to beworth in excess of £35 million per annum in the UK, with equally significantopportunities in Western Europe and North America. The Company's teat and hoof care products were launched at one of the UK'sleading agricultural events, the Royal Bath and West of England Dairy Show, inJanuary this year. Food Sector - Marks and Spencer ("M&S") Accreditation and Heinz Order The Company is very pleased to report that M&S has approved Byosan as anApproved Terminal Disinfectant for use within M&S's Food Manufacturing SupplyChain. Accordingly, Byotrol is now approved to supply organisations that processand manufacture food products on behalf of M&S. Approval was granted following an eight month, three stage project involvinginitial laboratory verification of the technology by the Campden and ChorleywoodFood Research Association followed by a period of commercial validationconducted by Pennine Foods (part of Northern Foods). Hygiene, technical andfinal commercial validation was conducted in conjunction with Pennine Foods. In the Director's opinion the approval with M&S opens up potentially significantsales opportunities following the approval with one of the UK's most reputablefood retailers. It also opens up sales opportunities within Northern Foods, as aresult of the work conducted with Pennine Foods. The Company has also secured its first order to supply food manufacturer H JHeinz with Byotrol technology in one of its facilities in Cumbria. The initialorder follows extensive evaluation conducted by H J Heinz to establish theefficacy of the Byotrol technology. Studies of Byotrol products are beingconducted at other Heinz sites. Healthcare Sector - Care UK Deployment Complete and Pre-School Care Order The Company's health distribution partner, Synergy Healthcare, has completed theinstallation of more than 4,000 hand dispensers that use hand hygiene productscontaining Byotrol technology into Care UK, a leading independent provider ofhealth and social care service solutions. The completion of this installationwill lead to an annual ongoing provision of product to Care UK. The Company has also secured an initial order for £30,000 of product to besupplied for use in the pre-school and playgroup sectors where Byotroltechnology is being used under the Toyguard brand to enable playgroup operatorsto clean equipment and toys used in the pre-school setting. Consumer Products Byotrol's joint venture, Byotrol Consumer Products limited, set up with leadinginnovation company What If, continues to make strong progress with a number ofleading companies in the target consumer goods sectors and the business plan forthis joint venture is in line with the original timescales set out at the timeof launch. Commenting on these developments Stephen Falder, Deputy Chairman of Byotrol plcsaid:- "In the food sector we have set out to secure accreditation and orders atthe very highest level with three of the UK's leading food manufacturers. Thesepave the way for sales right across the food industry supply chain. "We are now starting to demonstrate commercial returns across a number ofsectors and are looking to build on these successes in the months ahead." 27 February 2008 Enquiries: Byotrol plc 0161 277 9518 Stephen FalderDeputy Chairman Richard Bell 07825 204110Finance Director Charles Stanley Securities 020 7149 6457(Nominated Adviser)Philip Davies McCann Erickson PR 01625 822540Jim Rothnie Rawlings Financial 01756 770376John Rawlings This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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