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ActivePure® Technology is developed and owned by Aerus Holdings and distributed exclusively by its affiliate companies. ActivePure is the only air cleaning technology awarded the prestigious Certified Space Technology seal by the Space Foundation, and it is the only Certified Space Technology that works to continuously clean and protect air and surfaces 24 hours a day.
- 1924
Electrolux USA established, and has operated as a Smithsonian-honored company since then
- Early 1990s
NASA-funded Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics (WCSAR) begins solving for problem of built-up ethylene gas around plants grown in the closed environment of spacecraft, which caused premature plant decay and spoilage. PCO technology is discovered.
- 1995
WCSAR team created a device that was successfully flown and operated on Space Shuttle Columbia
- 1998
Electrolux USA is purchased by a group led by Joe Urso
- 2000
Electrolux USA is re-branded as Aerus, a healthy living company
- 2001
Aerus introduces air purification products
- 2009
Aerus invests in early generation of ActivePure®, a NASA Space Foundation Certified Space Technology
- 2016
Aerus greatly advances efficacy of ActivePure® and is awarded US and global patent protections
- 2017
Aerus' ActivePure® Technology is inducted into the Space Technology Hall of Fame, one of only 75 technologies to receive such an honor in 30 years
- 2020
The ActivePure Medical Guardian with ActivePure® Technology received Class II Medical Device U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance
- 2021
Dr. Deborah Birx joins the company as Chief Medical and Science Officer
