Mostyn, Wales, dec. 6 /prnewswire/ -- Bubble Gums Days As An Urban eyesore May Be Coming To An End.

Revolymer Ltd., A Start Up Company Based In Wales, Uk, Has Developed A New chemical Base For Chewing Gum That Allows It To Be Removed From Pavements And other Surfaces With A Mild Soap Solution Or Simply Washing With Water.

"we Have Managed To Change The Surface Characteristics Of The Gum Base which Will Allow A Stream Of Water Or A Mild Soap Solution To Break The adhesion Between Chewing Gum Residues And Surfaces Such As Paving Stones, furniture, Hair, Etc.," Said professor Terence Cosgrove, Revolymers Chief scientific Officer.

The Company Has Located Its Headquarters And R>d Facilities In The flintshire Plant Of Warwick International Ltd., The Leading Specialty Chemical producer In The Uk. Warwick, A Subsidiary Of Sequa Corp., New York, A $2 billion Manufacturer Of Aerospace, Automotive And Chemical Products, Will Have exclusive Manufacturing Rights To The Polymer Used As The Gum Base.

Revolymer Develops New Polymers From Existing Commodity Polymers That potentially Have Applications In Medical Devices, Paints And Coatings, textiles And Personal Care Products.

Ipgroup And Sulis, British Venture Capital Firms That Specialize In commercializing Technologies Developed Within Universities, Have Funded revolymer. Richard Pettman, Revolymers Chief Executive Officer, Said That The support Of The Welsh Assembly Government Had Been Pivotal In The Decision To set Up Revolymers Headquarters In Wales. "we Could Have Located Anywhere In the Uk But Chose Wales Because Of The Support Of The Assembly Government, Its understanding Of Our Requirements And Its Response To Our Need To Expedite matters Swiftly," He Said.

"we Feel We Have The Ideal Business Model Here With The Obvious Synergy between Our Company And Warwick International -- We Are An R>d Company developing Novel Products With The Credibility Of A Manufacturing Partner To scale Up," Pettman Said.

"it Was Vitally Important To Identify A High Quality Manufacturing organization Like Warwick Which Can Supply Potentially Thousands Of Tons Of these New Revolymer Polymers."

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source International Business Wales