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If theres one thing this great little country of ours overachieves at producing, its practically-minded inventors and Graeme Robertson ranks amongst the finest and most ingenious of Kiwi out-of-the-box thinkers. Driven by parental concern, Graeme, a blue water yachtie himself, felt compelled to develop a sunscreen solution that would provide his fair skinned children with long-lasting protection from the harsh New Zealand sun. The brief he gave himself was to come up with a once-per-day application type gel suitable for an outdoor coastal environment that, unlike other sunscreens, would not wash off in the sea nor erode off with physical activity. That was back in the early 1980s. In addition to the skincare benefits of our Abzorba Technology, all of our products are Eco-Friendly. Our sunscreen SPF50 in particular, owing to its plant oil water free base, leaves absolutely no residues (including nano-particles) to contaminate the environment making it coral reef friendly. And, for those that prefer swimming pools there are no residues to clog the pools filtration systems. Graemes anhydrous sunscreen product was initially distributed to the local surfing and yachting community, a litmus test it passed with flying colours. Everyone including Olympic gold medallists, were highly impressed with both Abzorbas excellent sun-protection effectiveness and, almost as importantly, how easy it was to use and spread. Just one single application provided sufficient protection for a full days surfing or yachting in the sun and sea. Before long Graeme was selling his anhydrous sunscreen and moisturiser to the local community and beyond. Further development and trials led to Graeme winning a KPMG Business Award in the late 1980s. Word of Graemes breakthrough Abzorba sunscreen technology spread beyond New Zealand, and everything changed. In 1998 he was invited by a Canadian Businessman to a meeting in France which involved visiting several pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies. From there, Graeme was taken to Montreal Canada ...