Flagship Enterprise Center

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ANDERSON, Ind. — David Parker has always believed deeply in the product he and Coeus Technology partner Nate Richardson developed  — Ultra 7 Mold Block Plus.

But when the Flagship-based business partners discovered that a national retailer felt the same and added it to their website for sale, Parker was ecstatic.

“We are very excited and honored,” Parker said of Ultra 7’s availability on Home Depot’s website. “We really wanted to provide a consumer-friendly retail line and Ultra 7 was that product.”

This is the second major product development for the service disabled veteran-owned business Coeus Technology. Parker and Richardson have known each other for more than 30 years, growing up together in Bloomington but going into business together just more than three years ago. The first product — Monofoil — has gained some national attention, and the duo continue to work with clients to try to determine how to integrate the product into clothing, making it last longer and smell less.

Monofoil and Ultra 7 are both multi-purpose green products aimed at reducing mold and microbial with the ultimate goal of providing consumers with more quality time.

“The durability profile is key,” Parker said. “We have developed a product that will help consumers get time back because they are having to clean less. Instead of using another cleaning product daily you can go weeks without cleaning something after applying Ultra 7, and it is an affordable price.”

Both products were developed by Parker and Richardson and are manufactured in Anderson. The company, Parker said, has worked very closely with the Flagship Enterprise Center and Anderson University’s chemistry department.

Right now, the company employs eight others but within the next two years the company expects to add 50 to 75 jobs for the area.

One of the uses Parker provided for Ultra 7 was to apply it to a deck or home to keep mold from developing. The product, he said, is very flexible and can be applied to a home’s wash cycle to treat clothing, camping gear, athletic equipment and other items to keep mold from forming.

“Our goal is to redefine people’s definition of clean,” Parker said. “We get into a routine where we think we need to clean every day. The is no reason that needs to happen. The consumer’s home can be as clean is it has ever been allowing them to relax and enjoy the technology we are offering them.”

Parker described Ultra 7 as a “powerful tool to combat all types of mold, even deadly black mold” that “provides an effective, durable, non-toxic, non-caustic, invisible barrier that can last for up to six months on treated surfaces.”

And the products, he stressed, are green, made with earth elements. The production and use of the products causes no harm to the environment but functions well, Parker said.

Michele Hockwalt swears by the products. With two young sons suffering from asthma, keeping her home mold free and clean is a priority. She lives in west Anderson near the river in a damp and shaded area, making it ripe for mold.

“This product has literally changed our life,” Hockwalt said.

Initially she just used the products to treat her deck, where normally she battled to keep the mold at bay. A couple of treatments a year and she sees no mold. Hockwalt continued to try other uses for the product.

She treated her home’s air filter with it saying her home has never smelled better. Her son would often return home from Boy Scout camping trips with bags of mildewed clothes. Before she would just throw them away, now she knows she can wash the items in the product and save them.

“The biggest thing for me has been the change it has caused with my sons,” Hockwalt said. “They’ve had their best attendance ever at school this year and this is the only thing I’ve changed. When they are coming home to a cleaner, safer environment it has made things so much better. It has been a huge benefit.”

She said she hopes others discover the benefits of the product, one she believes in.

“I can’t say enough about how awesome it is,” Hockwalt said excitedly.

Contact Abbey Doyle, 640-4805, abbey.doyle@heraldbulletin.com.