NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 8, 2026--
SharkNinja (NYSE: SN), a global product design and technology company, today introduced Shark® BreatheClear™ Max with NeverChange™, a new air purifier designed to help consumers maintain cleaner indoor air and support a healthier home environment.
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The launch comes as new research commissioned by SharkNinja highlights an opportunity to rethink how Americans approach wellness at home. While 86% say air quality can impact wellbeing as much as diet or exercise, only one in three have considered it as part of their everyday health. Many still rely on simple solutions—like opening a window, which 71% believe is enough—despite everyday activities like cooking, pets, and household products introducing pollutants into the air inside the home.***
Shark® BreatheClear™ Max addresses those everyday changes while giving consumers greater visibility into the air around them. Unlike some purifiers that react only after air quality drops, BreatheClear™ continuously scans the environment 3,600 times per hour, detecting cues such as motion and activity that can signal changes in indoor air quality. The system automatically adjusts in real time to capture airborne particles before they become a problem.
A built-in real-time display provides visibility into air quality, identifying pollutant categories such as dust, allergens**, smoke, harmful VOCs, and other airborne particles, so consumers can see what the system is detecting and filtering as it happens. The display also provides daily and weekly air quality views, giving consumers a clearer picture of how everyday activities impact indoor air over time and added reassurance that the air is being continuously purified.
“Creating a healthy home goes beyond what we eat or the products we use — it includes the air we breathe every day,” said Neil Shah, Chief Commercial Officer at SharkNinja. “Most air purifiers are reactive by design. They wait for irritants to spike, then respond. With BreatheClear™ Max, we asked a different question: what if your purifier could anticipate changes in your environment and adjust before air quality drops? This is a system that works continuously and intelligently in the background, helping support a healthier home day and night.”
Shark® BreatheClear™ Max delivers uncompromising performance. Unlike other purifiers that optimize filtration only at higher speeds, BreatheClear™ Max maintains advanced filtration performance across all settings to ensure consistent protection. It exceeds HEPA standards at every fan speed, capturing 99.98% † of airborne particles, including dust, microplastics, and allergens** like pollen.
Many traditional air purifiers require filter replacements every 6–12 months. Shark® BreatheClear™ is designed to last up to six years without routine filter replacement, allowing consumers to save up to $350 over time. *
BreatheClear™ Max features a clean, streamlined silhouette designed to integrate naturally into the home. From families managing seasonal allergies to new parents preparing nurseries, pet owners tackling dander, and urban households navigating airborne irritants, Shark® BreatheClear™ Max is built for consumers who want a healthier home.
Shark® BreatheClear™ Max with NeverChange™ will be available beginning April 8 for $449 via SharkNinja.com, Amazon.com, and Costco, both online and in-stores. Additional sizes will be added to the BreatheClear™ family later this spring. For more information, visit SharkNinja.com.
About SharkNinja
SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja, the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,000 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. For more information, please visit sharkninja.com.
Unlike some purifiers that react only after air quality drops, BreatheClear™ continuously scans the environment 3,600 times per hour, detecting cues such as motion and activity that can signal changes in indoor air quality.
An intelligent air purifier that proactively scans the environment 3,600 times per hour, exceeds HEPA standards at every fan speed, and features NeverChange™ filtration designed to last up to six years—capturing 99.98%† of airborne irritants, including dust, microplastics, and allergens** like pollen.
The risk of a catastrophic explosion at a damaged chemical tank in Southern California has been eliminated following a close overnight inspection that confirmed a crack in the tank relieved pressure and cooled the chemical, authorities said Monday.
The results of the evaluation was “incredibly positive news,” and allowed officials to turn the corner after days of concern about a possible explosion, said Orange County Fire Authority division chief Craig Covey.
However, evacuation orders remained in place for about 50,000 people in Garden Grove, California, located south of Los Angeles. There has been no chemical leak as of early Monday, but the Orange County Fire Authority said the risk to public safety is “ongoing.”
Covey didn’t say in the recorded message what the most likely outcome might be but officials had previously said they hoped to cool off the chemical inside the tank so it wouldn't leak or explode. The tank’s interior had cooled to 93 degrees F (33.9 degrees C), Covey said, down from 100 degrees (37.7 Celsius) Sunday.
After the tank overheated Thursday and began venting vapors, firefighters have repeatedly sprayed the tank with water in an attempt to cool the chemical inside, methyl methacrylate, which is used to make plastic parts. As the interior temperature rises, methyl methacrylate converts from a liquid to a gas and increases the pressure, according to Purdue University engineering professor Andrew Whelton.
The tank is at a site owned by GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems, which makes cockpit windows, canopies and windshields for military and commercial aircraft.
The tank holds 6,000 to 7,000 gallons (22,700 to 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate used to make plastic parts.
GKN Aerospace, a British industrial company, says on its website that it employs about 16,000 people across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries and supplies technologies and components used by major commercial and military aircraft manufacturers worldwide.
It remained unknown when the operation would reopen.
Disruptions at facilities producing specialized aircraft components can be difficult for the global aerospace industry to absorb because supply chains are highly concentrated globally and already strained, said Richard Aboulafia, managing director of the aerospace consulting firm AeroDynamic Advisory.
Aboulafia said aerospace manufacturing differs from many other industries because aircraft production rates are relatively low, leaving only a small number of suppliers for many specialized parts and systems.
“There’s just not a lot of margin in the system,” he said.
Aerial photos taken by The Associated Press showed streets in the area were empty Sunday, while several evacuation shelters were open.
Garden Grove is next to Anaheim, home to Disneyland’s two theme parks, which were not under evacuation orders. Park officials said they were monitoring the situation.
Exposure to methyl methacrylate can cause serious respiratory problems, neurological problems and irritation to the skin, eyes and throat, according to fact sheets about the chemical.
Orange County health officials said the chemical is easy to smell and people may notice it over a large area without being harmed.
Some Garden Grove residents filed a class-action federal lawsuit Saturday against GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems. Lawyers for the residents argued that regardless of what happens, property values in the surrounding community are sure to be impacted.
GKN Aerospace did not comment on the lawsuit but has apologized to residents and businesses forced to evacuate. It said Sunday it was “working around the clock to mitigate the risk of a leak.”
GKN Aerospace agreed in 2025 to pay state regulators more than $900,000 to settle violations involving recordkeeping, permitting issues and nitrogen oxide emissions, according to a report on the South Coast Air Quality Management District website.
Associated Press journalist Ethan Swope in Garden Grove, California, contributed to this report.
An evacuation map is displayed at the incident command post at the Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Water is sprayed on a damaged tank at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026, after the tank containing a chemical used to make plastic parts overheated Thursday. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
The streets remain empty in Garden Grove, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026, after a storage tank containing a chemical used to make plastic parts overheated Thursday at an aerospace plastics facility. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Emergency personnel work at the incident command post at the Los Alamitos Race Course Sunday, May 24, 2026, in Cypress, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Water is sprayed on a damaged tank at GKN Aerospace in Garden Grove, Calif., on Sunday, May 24, 2026, after the tank containing a chemical used to make plastic parts overheated Thursday. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
