It orginated at Lockheed in the 1970's when a coatings engineer, Calvin Fong, was researching ways to strip paint from aircraft. The technology did not become commercially available until Alpheus bought the licence and patents from Lockheed and introduced it into the US marketplace in 1987. CryoGenesis UK Ltd were the first company in the UK to introduce this new cleaning technology into the United Kingdom in 1994.
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