| IQAir is the gold standard in the world of air | | | | quality and effectiveness. |
| purifiers the Swiss based company combines | | | | Many Americans know IQAir from the hit TV |
| German technology and Swiss craftsmanship to | | | | show Extreme Makeover Home Edition. In 2004 |
| make the world's finest air purifiers. | | | | the producers of that show asked IQAir to |
| IQAir is a family company started in 1963 by two | | | | create America's healthiest home for the family |
| German brothers, Manfred and Klaus Hammes. | | | | of a little girl who had received a heart transplant. |
| The brothers originally made large air purification | | | | The girl needed extra protection because |
| systems for commercial buildings and hospitals. In | | | | transplant patients are more likely die from |
| 1981 Manfred died and Klaus moved the company | | | | airborne infections. Extreme Makeover Home |
| to Switzerland. Klaus Hammes is still active in the | | | | Addition regularly gives IQAir products to families |
| company which is now run by his sons Jens and | | | | with members who have serious health problems. |
| Frank. | | | | IQAir makes a full time of air purification systems |
| IQAir has always been concerned with health | | | | in its plant on the shores of Switzerland's Lake |
| Manfred Hammes started the company because | | | | Constance. All IQAir products are made with the |
| its filters improved his asthma. Today IQAir's | | | | highest standards of Swiss craftsmanship. These |
| products are used hospitals around the world to | | | | systems include standalone room units, furnace |
| protect the lungs and throats of the sick. In 2003 | | | | filters and whole house air cleaning systems. IQAir |
| the government of Hong Kong used IQAir | | | | products give families the kind of clean air once |
| technology to clear the air in hospitals and protect | | | | only found in hospitals and factories that make |
| patients from the deadly SARS virus. | | | | high tech electronics. |
| In the 1990s IQAir's team of Swiss and German | | | | IQAir products can help people suffering from |
| engineers developed the world's effective line of | | | | asthma, allergies, respiratory infections and many |
| home air purifiers. These devices were designed | | | | other ailments. Its filters are often the only thing |
| to protect asthma and allergy sufferers from air | | | | standing between these people and serious |
| pollution. IQAir's home air purifiers are the only | | | | breathing problems. |
| such products to carry the prestigious H1 2/13 | | | | Anyone who wants to breath clean healthy air |
| certification which means they are of the highest | | | | needs to look into the possibility of adding an |
| quality. IQAir's products have been recognized by | | | | IQAir filtration system to their home. |
| the American Lung Association because of their | | | | |