In 1980, an innovative young chemist, who would go on to be the CEO of Sanosil, noticed that there were very few water disinfection methods and products on the market and that all of the available products had serious drawbacks. They were either very short-lived (chlorine, bromine, or ozone) or very harmful to the environment (chromium, isothiazolinone, or QACs).
It would fantastic if someone could create a fast-acting, environmentally friendly disinfectant with long-lasting effects. Although combining hydrogen peroxide and silver is not a new idea, no-one had ever managed to combine the two without them sooner or later breaking each other down.
With the aid of countless attempts and the generous support of a former mentor and chemistry professor at the University of Zurich, he finally managed for the first time to produce a solution which was and remained stable. Sanosil Super 25 was born. After a lengthy odyssey of approval processes by the required approval authorities, patent offices and expert laboratories, he established the Sanosil AG company in 1982.
