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{{Short description|Swiss air quality technology company}}
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'''IQAir''' is a Swiss air quality technology company, specializing in protection against airborne pollutants, developing air quality monitoring and air cleaning products.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shareholder Agenda: Tea and Blank Pages |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/24suits.html |date=23 August 2008}}</ref> IQAir also operates AirVisual, a real-time air quality information platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=IQAir Perfect 16 |publisher=Extreme Makeover |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8cxQ_VvboQ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAgVbqDoIZo|title=Baby Jaelyn Gets a Heart|publisher=Anderson Cooper Live}}</ref> As of February 2020, it had around 500 employees worldwide, 150 of them in China, and its most important markets were Asia and North America.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Bürgi|first=Marc|date=2020-02-25|title=Luftreiniger: Der heimliche Verkaufsrenner in der Corona-Krise - HZ|url=https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/luftreiniger-der-heimliche-verkaufsrenner-der-corona-krise|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Handelszeitung|language=de|quote=Das KMU produziert seine Produkte am Firmensitz sowie in Süddeutschland und zählt rund 500 Mitarbeiter weltweit. Asien und Nordamerika sind für IQAir die wichtigsten Märkte. In China hat die Firma 150 Angestellte, 14 Niederlassungen und einen Marktanteil von rund 5 Prozent.}}</ref>
'''IQAir''' is a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] air quality technology company, specializing in protection against airborne pollutants, developing air quality monitoring and air cleaning products.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shareholder Agenda: Tea and Blank Pages |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/business/24suits.html |date=23 August 2008}}</ref> IQAir also operates AirVisual, a real-time air quality information platform.<ref>{{cite web |title=IQAir Perfect 16 |publisher=Extreme Makeover |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8cxQ_VvboQ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAgVbqDoIZo|title=Baby Jaelyn Gets a Heart|publisher=Anderson Cooper Live}}</ref> As of February 2020, it had around 500 employees worldwide, 150 of them in [[China]], and its most important markets were [[Asia]] and [[North America]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Bürgi|first=Marc|date=2020-02-25|title=Luftreiniger: Der heimliche Verkaufsrenner in der Corona-Krise - HZ|url=https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/luftreiniger-der-heimliche-verkaufsrenner-der-corona-krise|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Handelszeitung|language=de|quote=Das KMU produziert seine Produkte am Firmensitz sowie in Süddeutschland und zählt rund 500 Mitarbeiter weltweit. Asien und Nordamerika sind für IQAir die wichtigsten Märkte. In China hat die Firma 150 Angestellte, 14 Niederlassungen und einen Marktanteil von rund 5 Prozent.}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
IQAir was founded 1963 by brothers Manfred and Klaus Hammes, who introduced an air filter system for residential coal ovens in Germany to help reduce black dust build-up on the walls behind ovens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} IQAir |url=https://www.iqair.com/us/about-iqair/our-history |website=www.iqair.com |language=en}}</ref> Manfred Hammes, a lifelong asthma sufferer, noticed that the filter reduced his flare-ups during the winter months.
IQAir was founded 1963 by brothers Manfred and Klaus Hammes, who introduced an air filter system for residential coal ovens in [[Germany]] to help reduce black dust build-up on the walls behind ovens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} IQAir |url=https://www.iqair.com/us/about-iqair/our-history |website=www.iqair.com |language=en}}</ref> Manfred Hammes, a lifelong asthma sufferer, noticed that the filter reduced his flare-ups during the winter months.
Klaus Hammes continued through the 1960s and ’70s to adapt the air filter for other heating systems such as radiators, baseboard heating and forced-air heating and cooling systems. In 1982, Klaus Hammes relocated the company headquarters to Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} IQAir |url=https://www.iqair.com/us/about-iqair/our-history |website=www.iqair.com |language=en}}</ref>
Klaus Hammes continued through the 1960s and ’70s, to adapt the air filter for other heating systems such as radiators, baseboard heating and forced-air heating and cooling systems. In 1982, Klaus Hammes relocated the company headquarters to Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} IQAir |url=https://www.iqair.com/us/about-iqair/our-history |website=www.iqair.com |language=en}}</ref>


In the early 1990s, Frank Hammes, Klaus' oldest son, joined the company and expanded research and development as well as in-house manufacturing. In the spring of 1998, IQAir shipped its first high-performance air purifier from its Swiss factory. In 2001, Klaus Hammes' second son, Jens Hammes, joined the business and helped expand IQAir to Asia and the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web |trans-title=Every week we receive takeover bids |url=https://www.cash.ch/news/top-news/wir-erhalten-jede-woche-ubernahmeangebote-111727 |work=Cash |date=12 August 2013 |title=Wir erhalten jede Woche Übernahmeangebote |first=Von Daniel |last=Hügli |language=German}}</ref>
In the early 1990s, Frank Hammes, Klaus' oldest son, joined the company and expanded research and development as well as in-house manufacturing. In the spring of 1998, IQAir shipped its first high-performance air purifier from its Swiss factory. In 2001, Klaus Hammes' second son, Jens Hammes, joined the business and helped expand IQAir to Asia and the [[Middle East]].<ref>{{cite web |trans-title=Every week we receive takeover bids |url=https://www.cash.ch/news/top-news/wir-erhalten-jede-woche-ubernahmeangebote-111727 |work=Cash |date=12 August 2013 |title=Wir erhalten jede Woche Übernahmeangebote |first=Von Daniel |last=Hügli |language=German}}</ref>


== Products ==
== Products ==
IQAir currently has products in four product categories, namely air purifiers<ref>{{cite web |publisher=IQAir |title=Compact Stand-Alone Air Purifiers |url=http://www.iqair.com/commercial-compact-stand-alone-filtration}}</ref>, HVAC-based air cleaning, air quality instruments and the global air quality information platform AirVisual.
IQAir currently has products in four product categories, namely air purifiers,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=IQAir |title=Compact Stand-Alone Air Purifiers |url=http://www.iqair.com/commercial-compact-stand-alone-filtration}}</ref> HVAC-based air cleaning, air quality instruments and the global air quality information platform AirVisual.


== Technology ==
== Technology ==
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== Company organization ==
== Company organization ==
IQAir is headquartered in Switzerland with major operations in Germany, the U.S., and China. Product development is based in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} IQAir |url=https://www.iqair.com/us/about-iqair/our-history |website=www.iqair.com |language=en}}</ref> As of 2020, manufacturing is based in Switzerland and Southern Germany.<ref name=":0" />
IQAir is headquartered in Switzerland with major operations in Germany, the U.S., and China. Product development is based in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} IQAir |url=https://www.iqair.com/us/about-iqair/our-history |website=www.iqair.com |language=en}}</ref> As of 2020, manufacturing is based in countries including Switzerland and [[Southern Germany]].<ref name=":0" />


As of 2015, IQAir was family-owned and did not publish concrete information about its revenue or profits.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Iseli|first=Marc|date=2020-12-02|title=Das saubere Geschäft mit der dreckigen Luft - HZ|url=https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/das-saubere-geschaeft-mit-der-dreckigen-luft-931917|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Handelszeitung|language=de|quote=Zu genauen Gewinn- und Umsatzzahlen schweigt sich der Familienbetrieb aus.}}</ref>
As of 2015, IQAir was family-owned and did not publish concrete information about its revenue or profits.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Iseli|first=Marc|date=2020-12-02|title=Das saubere Geschäft mit der dreckigen Luft - HZ|url=https://www.handelszeitung.ch/unternehmen/das-saubere-geschaeft-mit-der-dreckigen-luft-931917|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-13|website=Handelszeitung|language=de|quote=Zu genauen Gewinn- und Umsatzzahlen schweigt sich der Familienbetrieb aus.}}</ref>

== Research studies ==
'''Hospital Infection Control'''

A 2006 peer reviewed study reported that IQAir air purifiers reduced Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) contamination in hospital isolation rooms. The researchers concluded that "This portable HEPA-filtration unit can significantly reduce MRSA environmental contamination within patient isolation rooms, and this may prove to be a useful addition to existing MRSA infection control measures.”.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 March 2006 |title=Reduction in MRSA environmental contamination with a portable HEPA-filtration unit |url=https://www.journalofhospitalinfection.com/article/S0195-6701(05)00507-4/fulltext/ |publisher=The Journal of Hospital Infection}}</ref>
A 2010 peer-reviewed study conducted at Singapore General Hospital found that the use of IQAir air purifiers reduced the spread of invasive aspergillosis (IA) by 50%. The researchers concluded that "The cost of widespread portable HEPA filtration in hospitals will be more than offset by the decreases in nosocomial infections in general and in IA in particular"<ref>{{cite web |date=1 May 2010 |title=The impact of portable high-efficiency particulate air filters on the incidence of invasive aspergillosis in a large acute tertiary-care hospital|url=https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553(09)00946-8/fulltext |publisher=The American Journal of Infection}}</ref>

'''School Air Pollution Control'''

A 2013 peer-reviewed US government study conducted by researchers from the South Coast Air Quality Management District found that IQAir stand-alone air purifiers and HVAC-based air filtration was able to lower concentrations of ultrafine particles, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and black carbon (BC) between 87% and 96%..<ref>{{cite journal |date=23 October 2010 |title=Pilot Study of High-Performance Air Filtration for Classroom Applications|publisher=International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health|pmid=23137181|last1=Polidori|first1=A.|last2=Fine|first2=P. M.|last3=White|first3=V.|last4=Kwon|first4=P. S.|journal=Indoor Air|volume=23|issue=3|pages=185–95|doi=10.1111/ina.12013}}</ref>

'''In-Vehicle Air Pollution Control'''

A 2014 peer-reviewed passenger vehicle study funded by California Air Resources Board (CARB), conducted by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public found that an IQAir cabin air filter was able to reduce ultra-fine particle exposure by 93% while keeping carbon dioxide concentrations in the range of 620-930 ppm..<ref>{{cite web |date=28 January 2014 |title=Application of a High-Efficiency Cabin Air Filter for Simultaneous Mitigation of Ultrafine Particle and Carbon Dioxide Exposures Inside Passenger Vehicles|url=https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es404952q |publisher=Environmental Science and Technology}}</ref>

'''School Bus Air Pollution Control'''

A 2015 peer-reviewed study funded by CARB, conducted by researchers at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, found that an IQAir school bus air purifier was able to reduce harmful air pollutants by 88%.<ref>{{cite journal |date=22 March 2015 |title=Evaluation of a High Efficiency Cabin Air (HECA) Filtration System for Reducing Particulate Pollutants Inside School Buses|journal=Environmental Science and Technology|doi=10.1021/es505419m|last1=Lee|first1=Eon S.|last2=Fung|first2=Cha-Chen D.|last3=Zhu|first3=Yifang|volume=49|issue=6|pages=3358–3365|pmid=25728749|bibcode=2015EnST...49.3358L}}</ref>

'''In-home Air Pollution Control'''

A CARB-funded study by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory into reducing in-home exposure to air pollution found that IQAir MERV16 filtration provided the greatest reductions in outdoor pollutant levels of the study with indoor/outdoor reductions of 97-98% for PM2.5, 97-99% for UFPs, and 84–92% for BC and 97% for ozone<ref>{{cite web |date=21 May 2016 |title=Reducing In‐Home Exposure to Air Pollution|url=https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/classic//research/apr/past/11-311.pdf |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory}}</ref>

A two-year study conducted by UC Davis and funded by CARB focused on households with asthmatic children found that the use of high-efficiency filtration improved indoor air quality in the homes. Installation of IQAir stand-alone air cleaners and high-efficiency filters in central air conditioning systems were shown to improve indoor air quality across all particle size fractions, with the greatest improvement in the smaller size fractions. The study also found that while participants did not report reduced asthma symptoms, they did have fewer doctors’ visits and slept better if they also kept their bedroom door closed<ref>{{cite web |date=16 April 2018 |title=BENEFITS OF HIGH EFFICIENCY FILTRATION TO CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA |url=https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/classic//research/apr/past/11-324.pdf |publisher=Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory}}</ref>

== Awards ==
'''Air Purifiers:'''

*Parent Tested Parent Approved (USA) "Award Winning Product" 2017<ref>{{cite web |title=New Edition HealthPro Plus |url=http://www.ptpamedia.com/Product-page?PID=2252 |publisher=PTPA|date=2017-06-20 }}</ref>
* The Gadgeteer (USA) "Best Gadget of the Year Award" 2017<ref>{{cite web |date=26 December 2017 |title=IQAir Atem Personal Air Purifier |url=https://the-gadgeteer.com/2017/12/26/the-year-in-review-favorite-gadgets-of-the-gadgeteer-team-for-2017-part-3/ |publisher=ConsumerSearch}}</ref>
*International Housewares Association Global Innovation "Award for Product Design Personal Care" 2019<ref>{{cite web |date=2 March 2019 |title=IQAir Atem 5 in 1 Personal Air Purifier |url=https://blog.housewares.org/2019/03/02/13-companies-honored-gia-awards-product-design/ |publisher=ConsumerSearch}}</ref>
*TWICE VIP (USA) "Award for Home Care Devices" 2019<ref>{{cite web |date=19 August 2019 |title=IQAir Atem 5 in 1 Personal Air Purifier |url=https://www.twice.com/vip-awards/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2019-twice-vip-awards/ |publisher=ConsumerSearch}}</ref>
*Parent Tested Parent Approved (USA) "Seal of Approval" 2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Atem Desk Personal Air Purifier |url=https://product.ptpa.com/Product/Atem-Personal-Air-Purifier |publisher=PTPA|date=2019-12-09 }}</ref>
*Tom's Guide (USA) "Best Air Purifiers" 2020<ref>{{cite web |date=7 July 2020 |title=HealthPro Plus |url=https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-air-purifiers/ |publisher=ConsumerSearch}}</ref>

'''Air quality monitor:'''

*AirParif "AirLab" Microsensor Challenge Laureate 2019 <ref>{{cite web |date=1 January 2020 |title=IQAir AirVisual Pro |url=https://www.airparif.asso.fr/actualite/detail/id/277/ |publisher=ConsumerSearch}}</ref>
*BK Magazine awarded AirVisual "App of the Year" 2019 <ref>{{cite web |date=28 February 2020 |title=The BK Awards |url=https://issuu.com/bkmagazine/docs/pdf-781-feb-28-20/ |publisher=ConsumerSearch}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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[[Category:Consumer electronics brands]]
[[Category:Consumer electronics brands]]
[[Category:Air pollution control systems]]
[[Category:Air pollution control systems]]
[[Category:1963 establishments in Germany]]
[[Category:1963 establishments in West Germany]]
[[Category:German brands]]
[[Category:German brands]]
[[Category:Swiss brands]]
[[Category:Swiss brands]]

Latest revision as of 17:10, 23 November 2024

IQAir
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnvironmental technology
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
Germany
FoundersManfred Hammes
Klaus Hammes
Headquarters
Steinach
,
Switzerland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Frank Hammes
Jens Hammes
Glory Dolphin-Hammes
ProductsAir purifiers
Air quality instruments
Number of employees
ca. 500 (February 2020)[1]
Websiteiqair.com

IQAir is a Swiss air quality technology company, specializing in protection against airborne pollutants, developing air quality monitoring and air cleaning products.[2] IQAir also operates AirVisual, a real-time air quality information platform.[3][4] As of February 2020, it had around 500 employees worldwide, 150 of them in China, and its most important markets were Asia and North America.[1]

History

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IQAir was founded 1963 by brothers Manfred and Klaus Hammes, who introduced an air filter system for residential coal ovens in Germany to help reduce black dust build-up on the walls behind ovens.[5] Manfred Hammes, a lifelong asthma sufferer, noticed that the filter reduced his flare-ups during the winter months. Klaus Hammes continued through the 1960s and ’70s, to adapt the air filter for other heating systems such as radiators, baseboard heating and forced-air heating and cooling systems. In 1982, Klaus Hammes relocated the company headquarters to Switzerland.[6]

In the early 1990s, Frank Hammes, Klaus' oldest son, joined the company and expanded research and development as well as in-house manufacturing. In the spring of 1998, IQAir shipped its first high-performance air purifier from its Swiss factory. In 2001, Klaus Hammes' second son, Jens Hammes, joined the business and helped expand IQAir to Asia and the Middle East.[7]

Products

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IQAir currently has products in four product categories, namely air purifiers,[8] HVAC-based air cleaning, air quality instruments and the global air quality information platform AirVisual.

Technology

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IQAir employs a wide range of particulate and gas-phase removal technologies in its air purifiers and air filters. The company has been a vocal opponent of ionizing and ozone-producing air cleaning technologies. IQAir’s air quality information platform uses artificial intelligence (AI) to calibrate and validate thousands of governmental and non-governmental air quality monitoring stations.

Company organization

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IQAir is headquartered in Switzerland with major operations in Germany, the U.S., and China. Product development is based in Switzerland.[9] As of 2020, manufacturing is based in countries including Switzerland and Southern Germany.[1]

As of 2015, IQAir was family-owned and did not publish concrete information about its revenue or profits.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Bürgi, Marc (25 February 2020). "Luftreiniger: Der heimliche Verkaufsrenner in der Corona-Krise - HZ". Handelszeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 September 2020. Das KMU produziert seine Produkte am Firmensitz sowie in Süddeutschland und zählt rund 500 Mitarbeiter weltweit. Asien und Nordamerika sind für IQAir die wichtigsten Märkte. In China hat die Firma 150 Angestellte, 14 Niederlassungen und einen Marktanteil von rund 5 Prozent.
  2. ^ "Shareholder Agenda: Tea and Blank Pages". The New York Times. 23 August 2008.
  3. ^ "IQAir Perfect 16". Extreme Makeover.
  4. ^ "Baby Jaelyn Gets a Heart". Anderson Cooper Live.
  5. ^ "Our History | IQAir". www.iqair.com.
  6. ^ "Our History | IQAir". www.iqair.com.
  7. ^ Hügli, Von Daniel (12 August 2013). "Wir erhalten jede Woche Übernahmeangebote" [Every week we receive takeover bids]. Cash (in German).
  8. ^ "Compact Stand-Alone Air Purifiers". IQAir.
  9. ^ "Our History | IQAir". www.iqair.com.
  10. ^ Iseli, Marc (2 December 2020). "Das saubere Geschäft mit der dreckigen Luft - HZ". Handelszeitung (in German). Retrieved 13 September 2020. Zu genauen Gewinn- und Umsatzzahlen schweigt sich der Familienbetrieb aus.
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