HOW WE WORK

Adding value with chemistry

We use functional chemistry to add value to our brand partners and for their end users. This value is both direct and indirect. There are direct benefits in terms of increased hygiene, odor reduction, enhanced fragrance, or anti-counterfeit protection. But just as powerfully – if not more so – are the indirect benefits of making a smaller CO2 footprint and creating less waste in the world.

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OUR MODEL

Sustainable partnerships – we’re in it together

It’s not enough to rely on our technology to tell its own story. Our success can be attributed not just to our innovative technologies and our brand, but also to our commercial commitment to our partners. We support every partner through Innovation, Trust, Know-how, Quality and Service, creating value for our customers, and turn creating value for ourselves.

There are three critical pillars to our partner support – Technical, Marketing and Sales. We call this our Trinity Business Model.

We get inside your business to help identify opportunities, define project plans and coordinate the application process. From there we support you with co-branding and communication so you can ace your sustainability messaging. We’ll constantly work with you to improve the relationship and grow your business.

Our professional team of marketers knows how to build awareness, desire and action. We’ll help you leverage the Polygiene brand to the max, providing hang tags and sew-in labels to spread the good news that our technologies bring. They’re with you to assist with PR, training, POS materials, events, digital campaigns and so much more. Whatever it takes to educate and inform end consumers about the benefits you’re adding to your products, we’re in it to deliver.

Our team of technical experts is there to make sure proper and effective treatment is carried out, ensuring total compliance with quality and environmental requirements and advising you on regulations and legislation in the markets in which you operate. We’ll partner with you on certification programs, testing and hands-on support from start to long-term development and innovation. We’re in it for the long haul.

OUR STRATEGY

Towards 2026

As the leading ingredient brand for Freshness and Protection, we have a clear roadmap towards 2026 that is focused on growth, with a topline target of SEK 1 billion within five years. As sustainability becomes an increasingly hot topic, we will be more relevant than ever.

By building long-term, trust-based relationships throughout the value chain, and defining a clear category model with marketing support based on a pull and push strategy, we will support our manufacturing and brand partners in growing their businesses.

We will continue to be the partner of choice with our existing clients and continually assess opportunities to extend our product offering where relevant. At the same time, we will cross sell existing products between the Freshness and Protection business areas.

There are significant opportunities in opening up new areas of use for our technologies where we have not yet gained sufficient market share. By ensuring that we have expert Business Development Managers by categories, we will open new doors as a trusted, expert supplier.

As a growth and innovation company, we are always on the lookout for gaps in the market where we can add value to existing and potential partners. We want to understand where the market and regulations are going, so we’re in tune with our brand partners innovation plans with technologies that work.

After a successful acquisition of Addmaster UK in 2021, we have laid the foundation to support the organic growth of the business by acquiring additional companies under the Freshness and Protection categories. With a clearly defined vision, mission and a trusted reputation, we aspire to become the leading global ingredient brand across hard and soft surfaces.

Building sustainable partnerships

We build long-lasting partnerships that help you meet your sustainability goals by turning your products from fast consumables to durables. With Polygiene technologies in your products, you’ll be unstoppable.

Meet the team inside Polygiene

We’re a small company but with a global reach. Our team is at the heart of our mission toward more Mindful Living® – find out more about the people that drive Polygiene.

Meet the team

The history of Polygiene

2021

Polygiene® acquires Addmaster Holdings Limited

Polygiene® acquires Addmaster Holdings Limited, making it a comprehensive supplier of antimicrobial solutions for both hard and soft surfaces.

2020

Polygiene launches Polygiene ViralOff™

In response to the global pandemic, Polygiene® launches the antimicrobial technology Polygiene ViralOff for treatment of materials and products that reduces tested viruses by 99%.

2019

Polygiene OdorCrunch™ wins sustainability award

Polygiene OdorCrunch wins the coveted Sustainability Award presented by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG). Polygiene sees a high growth in fashion and home textiles and the subsidiary in China is established.
2018

Polygiene OdorCrunch™ technology is launched

With a revised Sales and Marketing strategy, the Polygiene® brand is not just seen as a consumer benefit but also as an added value that prolongs a product’s life and contributes to a more sustainable lifestyle. Polygiene OdorCrunch technology is launched.
2016

Polygiene is listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market

Listed on Nasdaq First North Growth Market. Breakthrough in the Footwear segment with Converse in Japan and in the Home Design segment with Evezary and Fogini in South Korea.
2015

Expansion within the Lifestyle and Fashion segments globally

Further consumer research helps Polygiene® define initiatives to establish leadership within the Stays Fresh category for the Lifestyle and Fashion segment globally.

2013

Breakthrough in the global sportswear market

Breakthrough in the global sportswear market due to cooperation with Adidas.
2012

Breakthrough in the U.S. Sport & Outdoor segment

Breakthrough in the U.S. Sport & Outdoor segment due to cooperation with key outdoor brands.
2009

The next steps

Consumer research is conducted. The Company discovers how to go to market and which brands to focus on.
2007

Entering the Sports segment

Sports and outdoor brands approach Polygiene® to find a solution to the odor problem.
2006

Polygiene® is established

Polygiene® is established. Initially, the focus is on hard surfaces and materials for hospital environments.

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Headquarter

We’re in Malmö – and wherever you are

Our headquarters are in Malmö, Sweden. But we’re a company with a global reach and with partners all over the world, in virtually every sector. We’re only a visit, an email, a Zoom or a phone call away. Wherever you are, we’re here to help.

+46 (0) 40 26 22 22
Info@polygiene.com

Polygiene Group AB
Styrmansgatan 2
SE-211 18 Malmö
SWEDEN

Certifications

More than 18 certifications across our products

Safety and sustainability are our top priority. That’s why our technologies always get the hardest-to-achieve certifications.

Our global technical team is always on hand to support mills, processors, compounders and material partners both at the start-up and during the production stages. This is to ensure treatments are carried out in the correct manner and guarantee that the Polygiene values are met on behalf of our partners. The technical team forms an integral part of the global framework working with the Polygiene commercial and marketing teams and supporting our partners.

When Polygiene partners decide to work with us, we ensure the technologies work as they should – and not just in terms of functionality. We take care to use just the right amount of treatment, ensure that we fit our partner’s production method, and aim to apply the technology at the same time as other steps in the production process – all to keep water and energy usage to a minimum.

Generally a very low dosage of Polygiene’s technologies is needed, most often added during the production process.