Byotrol hopes to clean up with disinfectant launch
INFECTION control products firms Byotrol has announced that it has signed a new heads of agreement to jointly develop an anti-microbial liquid disinfectant with detergents maker McBride.
The Manchester company said that the pair would jointly develop and sell the disinfectant when the product launches in Europe during the first half of this year. However, it did not disclose financial details of the agreement, which it said were “restricted due to the confidential nature of the negotiations”.
Byotrol said that it eventually hopes to sign full licence agreements with McBride later in the year as more products come on stream.
The company said that products licensed under the Tommee Tippee baby brand, announced in December, are already being sold in the UK and Ireland. These include a range of hand sanitizer gels, trigger-spray surface cleaner and sterilizing fluid.
Byotrol Consumer Products (BCP) has also signed a licence agreement with PZ Cussons to sell all-purpose cleaners in Nigeria under the Morning Fresh brand and said negotiations with a US-based firm remain “constructive”.
Gary Millar, chief executive said: “The consumer products sector is a fast- moving product area, as shown by the significant developments that we are seeing at BCP across a wide range of product areas and territories.
“This momentum is encouraging, and a vital contributor to our ability to negotiate with both existing and new partners for additional opportunities.
“At the announcement of our Interim results we outlined our refocused strategy and our core target markets. It is therefore pleasing to be able to demonstrate the successful outcome of our efforts through these agreements with highly respected consumer products organisations.
“Our strategy has always been to achieve scale and market reach through partnering with specialist distributors and partners with proven sector expertise and experience. These contracts endorse that approach.”
