Puro Chile is a private company established in 2009 to sell and promote the best products and services that Chile has to offer to the city of New York and to the United States.
Copper is an essential part of Chilean culture and commerce, and Puro Chile recently took steps to highlight the importance of this metal by installing copper door hardware. Puro Chile's new copper hardware not only looks good, it also continuously kills harmful bacteria* like MRSA and E. coli.
By installing "Antimicrobial Copper" surfaces, Puro Chile can showcase an important part of Chilean culture while also protecting their customers and staff from bacteria that cause infections.
Jorge Pizarro, General Manager and director of Business Development at Puro Chile, elaborates on the new hardware additions: "It has been great for us to be able to showcase the Antimicrobial Copper installations. Our customers have shown great interest in the quality, design and advantages of this technology, which has brought a particular value to our space."
Puro Chile is located in the SOHO district of New York City and sells a wide range of high-end products; from handcrafts and jewelry to gourmet products and textiles. Puro Chile also serves as an event center and acts as a private commercial liaison between Chile and the U.S.
Puro Chile - 221 Centre St., NYC, NY 10013 - 212-295-7871- Info@puro-chile.com
*Laboratory testing shows that, when cleaned regularly, Antimicrobial Copper surfaces kill greater than 99.9% of the following bacteria within 2 hours of exposure: MRSA, Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE), Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and E. coli O157:H7. Antimicrobial Copper surfaces are a supplement to and not a substitute for standard infection control practices and have been shown to reduce microbial contamination, but do not necessarily prevent cross contamination; users must continue to follow all current infection control practices.