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For further information, BioIonix, Inc. James Tretheway President and CEO 4603 Triangle Street McFarland, WI 53558 Tel: 608-838-0300
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NEW BIOIONIX INSTALLATION - KRAFT - OSCAR MAYER
McFarland, Wis., January 15, 2012
BioIonix Inc. announces the installation and startup of a BioIonix food safety system at the Kraft - Oscar Mayer meat processing plant in Davenport, Iowa. The BioIonix system maintains the microbial safety of one of this plant's very large lunch meat processing lines. The system treats the very cold concentrated salt water, brine, that rapidly cools the very large lunch meat "logs" from cooking temperature to cold storage and packaging temperatures. The use of the BioIonix process not only eliminates microbials and their growth, but also permits the line to operate for a significantly longer time before shut down and cleaning.
BIOIONIX NAMED ECO-PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
McFarland, Wis., November 2, 2011
BioIonix Inc.’s food safety disinfection process was named Eco-Product of the Year by In Business magazine as part of its Business Sustainability Awards program. This year’s program reflected an emphasis on melding good environmental stewardship with good business sense.
BioIonix manufactures water treatment equipment that generates a combination of disinfectants right from the water stream itself, eliminating the cost, safety concerns, and dispensing complications of traditional chemical disinfectants. “[The BioIonix process] is a great combination of food safety improvement and energy and water efficiency,” said one of the judges. “The food service sector is a tremendous resource user and waste generator. BioIonix provides a solution to both.”
NEW BIOIONIX INSTALLATION - MCENTIRE PRODUCE
McFarland, Wis., June 1, 2011
BioIonix, Inc. announces the startup of its latest equipment installation, at McEntire Produce in Columbia, South Carolina. This major producer of fresh-cut salad materials supplies fast food chains with prepackaged salad mixes. Products range from chopped lettuce and shredded cabbage to diced onion.
The BioIonix system is used to maintain the pathogen-free purity of the water used to wash and transport freshly cut produce. It replaces expensive chemical methods that can are troublesome to maintain and uneven in disinfection efficacy. This installation also features BioIonix's exclusive online disinfection efficacy estimate, providing production and quality control with useful guidance on how the formal disinfection tests are expected to turn out two or three days later.
NEW BIOIONIX INSTALLATION - MICHAEL FOODS
McFarland, Wis., April 25, 2011
BioIonix, Inc. announces the completion of a new food safety installation for Michael Foods, Inc. This BioIonix system has been installed at the Wakefield, Neb. plant of this company, where it helps ensure the quality and wholesomeness of the value-added egg products made in this plant. Installation took place over a weekend to avoid any disruption of the plant's production schedules. This is a new application for the BioIonix process.
Michael Foods, Inc. is a leading food processor and distributor with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. It's sales exceed $1.5 billion. For further information, please visit www.michaelfoods.com.
BIOIONIX NEWS - Early Spring 2011
McFarland, Wis., March 21, 2011
NEW BIOIONIX INSTALLATION - COSTCO WHOLESALE
McFarland, Wis., December 1, 2010
BioIonix, Inc. announces the startup of its latest installation at Costco Wholesale's new meat processing plant in Tracy, California. Costco is known for its premium hot dogs sold in its stores and at their snack bars, and BioIonix now provides the pathogen control of the concentrated salt water, “brine”, that rapidly cools this product from cooking temperature to cold storage packing temperature.
Costco had three major goals that led them to choose the BioIonix process. The first was to keep this brine reliably disinfected for food safety reasons. The second was to eliminate the cost and operating complications of chemical disinfection methods. And the third was to permit this brine to be reused for up to three weeks at a time to minimize water use in this water poor area of country. Most other meat processors discharge their brine every day or every other day. The BioIonix installation has successfully met all of these objectives.
BIOIONIX WINS CLEAN-TECH INNOVATION COMPETITION
McFarland, Wis., October 4, 2010
BioIonix, Inc. won first place in the Brinks Innovation Competition during the Midwest Clean Tech 2010 Conference, held at McCormick Place in Chicago on September 14-15, 2010. Midwest Clean Tech is a program of the Global Midwest Alliance.
BioIonix manufactures advanced food safety process water disinfection systems. The patented electrochemical process eliminates the use of added disinfection chemicals and is effective even in turbid liquids containing solids and color. The BioIonix process generates safe and powerful SuperOxidants™ within the liquid stream that destroy pathogens, including E-coli, Salmonella and Listeria, while providing residual disinfection performance. No odors or flavors are imparted to food products with water treated by the BioIonix process.
This technology provides safe extended reuse of water used for washing and chilling meat, poultry and vegetables. Food processors value its simplicity, effective and reliable control, and very low maintenance and operating costs. More information is available at www.bioionix.com.
McFarland, Wis., July 1, 2010
FOOD ENGINEERING INTERVIEWS BIOIONIX's DR. AJIT CHOWDHURY
McFarland, Wis., March 10, 2010
Food Engineering magazine, one of the leading trade magazines serving the overall food processing industry, interviewed BioIonix's Dr. Ajit Chowdhury on the development process of BioIonix's exclusive electrochemical food safety disinfection technology. That Food Engineering chose to do this interview demonstrates the high priority being given by the industry to identifying new methods of ensuring food safety. The key take home messages are that U.S. and international pathogen control regulations are being tightened, even prohibiting many current disinfection practices, and that the patented and patent-pending BioIonix process offers unique advantages over these methods and other alternatives. In addition, the article also discusses the many challenges that BioIonix successfully addressed in turning a research discovery into a robust, reliable commercial process.
NEW BIOIONIX PATENT ISSUES
McFarland, Wis., October 20, 2009
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office today issued the fourth patent owned by BioIonix, Inc. as part of its expanding intellectual property portfolio. This new patent covers both and apparatus and method for generating hydrogen or oxygen from an aqueous solution, and a method of generating hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution. This patent has 14 protected claims and expands the company's technological strengths in potential additional uses for its core technology.
NEW BIOIONIX PATENT ISSUES
McFarland, Wis., February 24, 2009
The intellectual property portfolio of BioIonix, Inc. expanded today when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued an additional patent to the company. This patent covers additional electrode configurations designed to increase the operating efficiencies of the BioIonix electrochemical process. The new patent has 24 protected claims. BioIonix has other patents pending and new patent applications are planned for the year.
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL ARTICLE:
ZAPPING WASTE FOR PROFIT.
McFarland, Wis., November 22, 2006.
Judy Newman, business editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, featured BioIonix in this plant visit and interview.
BIOIONIX NEW U.S. PATENT ISSUES
McFarland, Wis., April 25, 2006
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today issued another new patent to BioIonix, Inc., a high-technology company based in McFarland, Wisconsin. This new patent gives our company very broad protection of our intellectual property, said Jim Tretheway, BioIonix president. We also recently applied for two new U.S. patents that improve the energy efficiencies of our process and extend the applications of our technology to new markets. I
U.S. PATENT OFFICE ALLOWS ALL CLAIMS IN NEW BIOIONIX, INC. PATENT
McFarland, Wis., December 16, 2005
BioIonix, Inc. has been notified that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has allowed all 45 claims of the company's latest patent application. This new patent represents an important risk-reducing milestone for the company, said Jim Tretheway, BioIonix president. This patent gives BioIonix key intellectual property protection for our products, and at the same time enables us to license our technology outside of our core markets. He noted that this is the second patent the McFarland-based company has obtained. Two more patents are in the works.
BIOIONIX, INC. RECEIVES INVESTOR TAX CREDIT APPROVAL
McFarland, Wis., June 1, 2005
The Wisconsin Department of Commerce today certified BioIonix, Inc. as a Qualified New Business Venture. This designation makes investors in the company eligible for Wisconsin income tax credits in the amount of 25% of their investment. These credits are granted at the rate of 12.5% per year over a two year period