About

PLiN Nanotechnology, founded as a spin-off of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, is a company that specializes in the fabrication and characterization of tailored metal and metal oxide nanoparticles. Our mission is to bring stable and functionalized nanomaterials to the market. PLiN’s research areas expand on Silver Nanoparticles for antibacterial applications, Copper Nanoparticles for Agriculture and Gold Nanoparticles as Nano-Delivery Systems. Nowadays, PLiN’s main focus is to establish, its own brand NanoSanitasTM, a para-pharmaceutical pet grooming line enhanced with Nanoparticles. This line features an effective composition of Nanomaterials, combined with nature’s purest ingredients.

Solution & Product

For us, grooming is not just about tending to your pet’s appearance. Featuring silver or gold nanoparticles, meticulously combined with a selection of natural ingredients (e.g. extracts and oils), NanoSanitas™ shields our four-legged companions from pathogens, offering a better & healthier future for them and your family. We envision a worry-free co-habitation of humans and companion animals, where pets are treated like a part of the family. To facilitate this, we created a line of products that allows you to treat your pet in a way that suppresses minor skin issue avoiding their manifestation into a condition that will require extensive treatment.

Innovation & Scalability

NanoSanitasTM is the first brand of pet grooming products that contains nanoparticles to provide advanced technology for ultimate care. Nanoparticles are produced in-house, ensuring high production standards and rigorous quality control. Silver has been used, since antiquity, for its inherent antimicrobial properties. Scientific and clinical studies about the topical application of nanoparticles highlight their antimicrobial and wound healing properties, underlining their ability to relieve and prevent irritations of various origins. The excellent surface/weight ratio of silver nanoparticles enhances these bactericidal/disinfectant properties, attenuating the need for antibiotics. The action of Nano-silver is based on its small size, allowing it to invade the cellular membrane of bacteria and prevent their proliferation. Based on the size, shape and surface functionalization of the particles, they can target specific microorganisms, thus providing a selective action, increasing the efficacy and user-friendliness of the product. Nano-gold, used in Liquid Gold Serum, is also a well-known delivery system found only in next-generation pharmaceuticals. NanoSanitasTM uses the power of nanotechnology to bring a fusion of meticulously engineered nanoparticles and nature’s purest ingredients.

Traction & achievements

Carefully designed and exhaustively tested, all our products undergo exhaustive testing, which include, among others, compatibility, stability, challenge, usability and performance tests, physico-chemical characterization, pre-clinical and clinical studies etc. As quality-conscious producers, we consider these necessary pre-cautions and integrate the highest safety and quality standards into our processes and products. To achieve this we have developed an extensive network of collaborations, including Universities and Research Institutes. PLiN Nanotechnology also participates in national and international scientific projects (NSRF 2014-2020), in international conferences (NANOTEXNOLOGY 2017, NANOTEXNOLOGY 2018, NANOTEXNOLOGY 2020, NANOTEXNOLOGY 2021, Euromat 2017) and exhibitions (Thessaloniki International Fair 2019, Interzoo 2018 and Interzoo Digital 2021), to promote and make well-known worldwide its scientific expertise and high-quality products. NanoSanitasTM is also an award-winning line. It has been awarded by Global Health & Pharma as the Best Nano-Enhanced Pet Grooming Product and by Pets Awards (bronze distinction) at the category Miscellaneous, due to its unique scientific formula and benefits.

Team & Why Us

The team is led by an award winning team of Academics. In 2015, their research experience (of more than 100 years combined) was propelled towards commercialization by 2 skilled entrepreneurs leading to the foundation of one of the three spin-off companies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. PLiN Nanotechnology consists of skilled personnel, including scientists with degrees of higher education and marketeers with years of experience in pet grooming products. The philosophy, expertise and vision of our people is what makes us grow, succeed and be competitive with products of high quality. Our brand strategy is to provide support and targeted marketing expertise to a wide range of professionals (groomers, veterinarians, distributors, pet shop owners) through training sessions, marketing campaigns and marketing material for product promotion (brochures, samples) and for the social media to create awareness. The rapid growth of pet-related markets, driven by pet humanization, leads to greater expenditures by pet owners. Pet conscious ownersselect products with high quality standards, with natural ingredients and without harmful chemicals. NanoSanitasTM is designed to meet the needs of pets and their families, developing products inspired by nature and nanotechnology, promoting pet’s health and wellbeing.

Funding Needs

Following the success of these products on a global scale, the company received VC funding in 2018 and 2019 by the Venture Capital Uni.Fund.An investment of 750K€ was spent to develop a Premium line of pet products with an even more effective composition of Nanomaterials (Silver and now Gold), combined with nature’s purest ingredients. PLiN Nanotechnology is always open to new collaborations, looking forward to new opportunities, in order to become well-known globally.