Quest, which specialises in air sterilisation and treatment equipment, has been chosen to keep the air fresh at Chester Zoo's new quarantine unit.
Their move into the animal kingdom comes as Quest also prepares to take off with a deal to improve air quality for aircraft cabin crew.
The increasing range of the £1.2m-turnover business, which has seven staff, has encouraged founder David Hallam to plan a listing on AIM within five years.
The contract with Chester Zoo sees its sophisticated air treatment system used to cut the risks of infection - as well as to cut out bad smells - in the quarantine unit.
Today baboons are enjoying fresh air, thanks to Quest technology, but it will eventually benefit any animal at the zoo.
The Quest system was developed to keep the air sweet in nursing homes. However, investigations revealed that its treatment of both the chemical and biological causes of bad smells also kills more than 99 per cent of all bacteria and viruses.
Powerful
The system is so powerful that it even kills the deadly anthrax virus, and many spores.
David Hallam said: "Quest is getting bigger and bigger, and we need more investment and more people to help us grow.
"We now have a sister company in Denmark, we're working on the uses for our technology in the motor and pharmaceutical industries, and we're talking to British Aerospace about ways to protect cabin crew in aircraft.
"The business is getting bigger and the logic is that we float the company and expand. We're ideally placed to attract investment."
Quest will soon move to Cheadle.
General sales manager Ian Taylor said: "We need more manufacturing space, as well as more office space."
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