New company looks to bring new jobs
By Kenny Connolly (NCC News)
Oct. 28, 2010, 4:45 p.m.
An Ohio-based company which produces a product that kills airborne germs has relocated to Syracuse.
Haledyne LLC was founded in 2007 and is an air quality company that specializes in the medical industry.
Haledyne is in the the process of commercializing a device that combines airflow technology with ultraviolet light to destroy bacteria and viruses.
The company will open its research facilities at Tech Garden in donwtown Syracuse. It aims to reach 100 new employees so the company can begin production in Onondaga County.
"If it performs as advertised this is a game changer," said Kevin Schwab, a Haledyne representative. "And we are very confident in fact that they will reach their goals and ultimately surpass them of having more than 100 employees here with in three years."
State of the art technology
Haledyne has developed a cutting-edge technology that keeps infectious diseases from spreading in public places, such as hospitals -- where the problem of airborne acquired viruses are most common.
"There is a significant issue in hospitals around the U.S. and around the world with hospital acquired infections," Schwab said. "Perhaps you go in for surgery or for a broken bone, and while your in there you become exposed to an airborne contaminent."
According to Schwab, the technology used by the company is more efficient and cheaper than existing systems.
"Haledyne has come up with a new approach that still moves the air, but doesn't have to move the air to the same degree because it moves the air with ultraviolet lighting that will kill many of these airborne contaminents," Schwab said. "So in fact it will do a better job of moving the air and use much less energy in the process."
According to Schwab, the technology used by the company is more efficient and cheaper than existing systems.
"Haledyne has come up with a new approach that still moves the air, but doesn't have to move the air to the same degree because it moves the air with ultraviolet lighting that will kill many of these airborne contaminents," Schwab said. "So in fact it will do a better job of moving the air and use much less energy in the process."
Haledyne teamed up with researchers at Harvard University and at St. Vincent's Medical Centers in Manhattan to develop this new technology.
Sale of the product
Schwab added that there is an increased market for products like this because of the continued problems hospitals are having to deal with. He added that the bills of airborne acquired diseases add up to the billions of dollars.
Sale of the product
Schwab added that there is an increased market for products like this because of the continued problems hospitals are having to deal with. He added that the bills of airborne acquired diseases add up to the billions of dollars.
"The fact that out government put out new guidelines and new standards mandating that hospitals do a better job of keeping a clean indoor air environemnt to combat these hospital acquired infections is a sign," Schwab said.
Photo courtesy of Syracuse Tech Garden
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