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7/9 Kaltech’s photocatalytic sanitizer/deodorizer

Next, I would like to explain TURNED K, a photocatalytic sanitizing and deodorizing machine, which has been developed and sold by Kaltech. First, let me explain Kaltech. Kaltech is a venture company launched in 2018, led by Junichi Somei, a former Sharp Corporation engineer. Using proprietary photocatalytic technology, Caltech provides the world with environmental products for the purification of air and water. As Excel invested part of the startup funds in Kaltech, we agreed to expand this relationship to the entire Kaga Electronics Group and collaborate in product sales and parts procurement. In the future, we are looking to collaborate on production by using our EMS network. Next, I will explain the technical matters. Although it does not use new technology for photocatalysts, the points of the company's technology are its proprietary coating technology for titanium oxide as a photocatalyst and its use of visible light LEDs as light sources. This has resulted in world-class response efficiencies in decomposing viruses and germs, which are floating in the air, into water and CO2. In the case of influenza viruses, the Kaltech technology is confirmed to have eliminated 99.9% in five minutes. In recent collaboration with RIKEN and Nihon University School of Medicine, the company conducted a trial of the efficacy of photocatalysts against the novel coronavirus within a certain space, and it was confirmed that more than 99.9% of the virus was removed in about 20 minutes. The result has already been announced by the company and has been covered by various media reports, such as newspapers and television. The deodorizing and sanitizing product is being sold very well at electronics mass retailers and on mail orders. There is a wall-hanging type and a neck-hanging type that I am wearing.