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| 1987 | Ski wax containing fluor was launched. |
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| 1995 | Recommendation of using mask and other security rules in ski wax guides was published. |
| 2009 | The STAMI report showed too high levels of particles in the work environment for ski waxers and recommended measures was made to professional ski waxers. |
| 2009 | Implemented direct suction from the work environment in our ski wax trailers and our ski waxers starts using masks. |
| 2010 | We start testing our employees for concentration of fluor. We still test our employees regularly. |
| 2009 | The Future Cera project starts, which the intention of phasing out C8. |
| 2011 | We start selling masks to the mass market. |
| 2012 | We start selling WAX VENT suction. |
| 2013 | C8 is phased out from Low Fluor (LF) products. Labeling of Future Cera (C6) is introduced. |
| 2016 | C8 is phased out from High Fluor (HF) products. |
| 2017 | "How to wax safely" is introduced in Norway in collaboration with the Norwegian Ski Federation and Norwegian Institute of Public Health |
| 2018 | 60% of all of our ski wax are now fluor free. |
| 2018 | "Fluor free" labels on our ski wax is introduced. |
| 2018 | New fluor free and C6 based liquid gliders is launched. |
| 2019 | All new products follow the EU 2020 rules. |
| 2019 | 70 % of all of our ski wax are now fluor free. |
| 2019 | Roto brush with suction is launched. |
| 2019 | Fluor free Marathon Ski Wax is launched. |
| 2020 | We remove fluor free from all ski wax. None of the ski we produce, sell or market in our own sales channels does not contain any fluor or other toxic chemicals. |
| 2020 | Pro by Swix is launched. A new product series with fluor free ski wax replacing the old Cera Nova system. |
We have contributed and still contribute in important projects about research on flour free materials.