Big Blue announces ActivePure Partnership with New Zealand Team for Tokyo Olympics 2020

Leading New Zealand water solutions company, Big Blue Limited, has been appointed as the exclusive partner to bring ActivePure – the leading global health and hygiene technology of its kind – to New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands. Using technology originally developed by NASA, ActivePure keeps the indoor air you breathe and surfaces you touch cleaner and safer 24/7 and is set to change the way New Zealanders stay safe and healthy.

The only technology of its kind in the world to be tested and shown to be effective against the actual SARS-CoV-2 virus (the virus that causes COVID-19), ActivePure is already used by millions of people worldwide and is arriving in New Zealand just as we enter a new kind of ‘clean revolution’.The New Zealand Olympic Committee have already seen the benefits and will be installing ActivePure in the New Zealand Team’s Tokyo residential locations for the 2020 Olympic Games to add another layer of infection prevention for New Zealand’s 211 athletes.

In partnership with the New Zealand Olympic Committee, Big Blue will be supplying the athletes with 100 units.

New Zealand Team Chef de Mission for the New Zealand Olympic Team Rob Waddell is grateful for the addition of ActivePure to the hard work to protect New Zealand’s athletes and the wider Olympic team at the games.

“The health of our 211 athletes is our number one priority and this extra level of environmental control and infection protection to keep them safe, means everything to us, them and their families.”

Big Blue managing director Paul Wiggans says after seeing the extensive testing and having the literature reviewed and accepted by leading New Zealand clinical microbiologist Dr Arthur Morris, the health benefits of bringing this tech down under for New Zealanders to place in their workplaces, homes and now in Tokyo with our athletes, became clear.

“I am the first to admit that ActivePure sounds too good to be true however everything we have seen clearly demonstrates that ActivePure will help safeguard New Zealanders from a range of viruses and bacteria, think Staph and Listeria right down to the common cold,” Wiggans says.

Dr Arthur Morris was impressed by the efficacy of the technology when combating a wide range of indoor hygiene-related issues such as mould/fungi, staph in sports facilities and gyms, and offers an infection prevention and control option for hospitals, aged care facilities, schools and hotels.

“I am entirely satisfied that ActivePure Technology is supported by high levels of efficacy and safety testing. The technology operates to provide continuous air and surface disinfection against a range of clinically important bacterial and viral pathogens.

“The reports I reviewed showed high levels of efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 in the air and on surfaces,” says Dr Morris.

Founder of Big Blue, Rob Croft, has been looking at automated hygiene technology that could be effective and affordable in both homes and businesses since 2016. Croft saw that a new model of clean was emerging in the global commercial sector which was going to play a critical part of an organisation’s commitment to the health and wellness of staff and customers.

After trialing and discarding a range of options it was during the 2020 Level 4 lockdown that Croft gained access to Cris Brunetti, the managing director of global development for ActivePure Technologies.

Croft says the connection was immediate. Cris has been at the forefront of health and hygiene technology for over 20 years and ActivePure was already ramping up their global manufacturing capacity to meet the huge demand for the technology.

“Getting into their schedule was hard given the scale they operate at but ‘NZ Inc.’ is a powerful brand and we were able to make it happen – they have been incredibly supportive,” says Croft.

Portable and cost-effective to run, an ActivePure unit can sanitise an area of up to 180m2. Simply plug it in and walk away. Units are available to rent or own. For more information visit www.activepure.co.nz.