Panasonic: annual Global Shipments of nanoe™ Devices Exceed 10 Million Units

The history of nanoe™ has its origins in the research and development of air purification for living environments initiated by Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. in 1997. In 2001, focusing on water's ability to dissolve odor components, the development of nanoe™ generation technology began with the aim of applying it to air purification. In 2003, Panasonic succeeded in developing a nanoe™ device that can generate nano-sized particulate ions containing hydroxyl radicals [OH radicals] (highly reactive components) that can easily act on various substances by applying a high voltage to water, and consequently launched Air Refresh, an air purifier equipped with nanoe™.