AQblue (Malta -EU) was started in 2015 by American entrepreneurs, Jeff Bauer and Thomas Druk, while living at ground zero for air pollution, in Beijing, China. Finding that many of the pollution masks available were uncomfortable, untrustworthy, and uninformed, we set out to design a better air pollution mask for children and adults and built our own mask manufacturing factory to do it.

After more than a year of rigorous laboratory and consumer testing, the team at AQBlue created a mask that is comfortable to wear for long periods of time without sacrificing filter efficiency. It wasn’t enough just to make a more practical mask, we also wanted our masks to be fun to wear with lots of color options.

AQblue was founded on the idea of creating a modern pollution mask, not only in the sense of our mask’s technology and features, but also in our goals related to social and environmental responsibility.

Besides our consumer retail products, we encourage the free distribution of masks through our B2B sponsored masks program. We also work to reduce our mask's environmental impact through our factory's plastic recycling initiatives. Great masks, built onthe accumulation of data-backed science, and made by a responsible company withan American level of quality assurance is what makes AQblue truly special.