Read on to learn more about odor-free clothing, bacteria on everyday items, peace of mind when using public transportation, sensible dust mite protection for your home, antimicrobial paints and why your favorite articles should be protected against bacteria, odors, mildew and material damage.
26.6.2018Effective use of resources: New antimicrobial treated fibers: Dynalen® – also suitable for underwear.
The French specialist for technical fibers AIN Fibres is launching the new fiber: Dynalen®. The light, soft and temperature-regulating properties of the fiber were specially developed for use in sportswear and underwear. This fiber’s special feature is the integrated Sanitized® hygiene function.
14.5.2018Bedtime stories: The Grimm side to Airbnb?
When you’re staying away from home, have you ever thought about who has slept in the bed before you or sat on the sofa without any clothes on?
20.3.2018Stinky sports bags
After you’ve worked out, you might fancy going for a drink with friends. Great idea, but maybe it’s not wise to take your sports bag with you, because the stench emitted from its contents is really quite offensive.
22.1.2018Integrating environmental awareness into everyday life: is this wash cycle really necessary?
Get on your bike more instead of using the car, don’t use plastic bags, reduce waste and many other environmentally friendly measures have become part of our everyday life. But there is not enough awareness among the public regarding the subject of textile hygiene.
22.1.2018Biofilm: Not on my T-shirt!
Biofilm sounds pretty harmless but it can cause a lot of different types of damage. Everybody has seen the nasty stains on a shower curtain coated with a thin slimy layer. It is just this kind of slimy layer, known as biofilm, that also forms on polyester clothing―especially on sports and functional textiles.
25.9.2017Transparency in the Supply Chain: For the Benefit of the Customer
Does the antimicrobial function claimed actually work? The protection of the consumer against false promises in terms of effectiveness and safety is increasingly regulated in more countries.
10.7.2017Trends from the Friedrichshafen Outdoor Show
As always, this show is the seismograph for outdoor products and the world’s leading trade fair, the Outdoor Show in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Exhibitors from more than 90 countries and over 21,000 visitors came to Lake Constance in June 2017.
10.7.2017Hygiene tips and knowledge: An interactive experience with the Sanitized® App
Bacteria, fungi, mites are completely unwanted. But we find them at home in our kitchens, beds and baths, in our clothing, when we are out and about and even when we exercise.
2.5.2017Sanitized® digital and interactive
Premiere for the Sanitized® App at Techtextil in Frankfurt am Main! The threat bacteria, mold and mildew, dust mites and their friends pose to textiles and plastic is presented as a 3-dimensional experience. A detailed 360° movie and 3D animation videos explain the Sanitized® hygiene function.
2.5.2017Added value through ingredient branding: The Sanitized® brand in the virtual house
Transparency in the production chain and confidence in all a product’s components. Textile and plastic products treated with the Sanitized® hygiene function fulfill these increasingly important customer requirements.
13.3.2017SANITIZED with a Speech and Booth at Techtextil 2017
Innovative textile technologies will be presented at the world's leading trade fair Techtextil from May 9-12, 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany.
16.1.2017Infection hazard: Hands as a source of transmission
Particularly during the cold season handshaking can become a ritual with consequences, for hands are a source of the transmission of a wide variety of pathogens that are hazardous to health. Person-to-person contact infections occur from handshaking as well as from contaminated objects.
