Although we don't usually give it importance on a day-to-day basis, Air and water are two fundamental factors in our lives, and the Winix brand is a specialist in the treatment and cleaning of both elements.

Winix History

Winix is ​​a Korean brand that develops and produces solutions for air treatment in the home, office or business. Headquartered in the capital, Seoul, it has factories in Korea itself, as well as in Thailand and China, and logistics warehouses and offices in Asia, America and Europe (the European headquarters is located in the Netherlands).

The company was founded in September 1973, initially under the name Yooshin Enterprise, being the first manufacturer in the country to have its own heat exchanger technology.

Over the years, the company grew and automated production processes, and in 1987 launched a line of hot and cold water dispensers on the market with great success.

In 1997 it expanded its product portfolio with dehumidifiers, in 2000 it launched its heaters and in 2001 its hot and cold water purifiers.

In 2002 the company's most successful line began and for which it is known in many countries, the purifiers, and in 2008 it launched Air Washers, devices that allow you to "wash with air", sanitizing and removing odor from clothes without using water or detergent (a function that some washing machines and dryers include today).

From there, Winix would become one of the leaders in air cleaning, with such outstanding products as the powerful Tower manageable through an app, presented in 2015, or new generation devices such as the powerful ZeroPro or the stylish A330.

Currently, Winix is ​​one of the most prominent and appreciated brands in the competitive Korean market. (With coway), having been ranked as the favorite by consumers for two consecutive years and ranking as one of the top 100 brands in the country.

Furthermore, its constant growth and the quality of its products has allowed it to position itself among the top five purifier brands in the United States.

The brand offers high quality and performance when purifying, counting on the most outstanding endorsements in this area, such as that of the European Center for Allergy Research (ECARF), the British Allergy Foundation (BAF), the AHAM manufacturers association, or the California Air Resources Board.

For his commitment and contribution to caring for the environment and its social responsibility program, Winix has won the Energy Winner Awards for four consecutive years.

As well has won important international design awards, such as the iF Design Award, the reddot Design Award, the Good Design Award, or the International Design Excellence Awards.

PlasmaWave® Technology

PlasmaWave technology is one of the aspects that distinguishes Winix from other brands. Winix purifiers They have an excellent multi-layer filtering system, which allows you to capture a wide variety of allergens, dust, pollen, mold and other particles, gases, fumes, odors and volatile organic compounds, and all this is complemented with PlasmaWave.

PlasmaWave technology generates positive and negative ions that are transformed into hydroxyl radicals (OH), which They decompose the molecular hydrogen of bacteria, viruses and other germs to kill them naturally, safely and effectively.

This technology is superior to that of a common ionizer, since what it does is generate ions that adhere to suspended particles so that they fall under their own weight, while PlasmaWave neutralizes germs with an efficiency that reaches 99,9%, according to tests carried out by the prestigious Korean Yonsei University, an institution with more than 130 years of history.

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