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MARKET WATCH 29 JULY, 2017

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Hard rains: Industry units take a hit Raymond subsidiary sets up garment factory in Ethiopia

Ahmedabad: Heavy rains on Thursday early morning affected production of industrial units in the city as worker turnout was poor, and movement of goods affected by flooding and watelogging. According to industry estimates, units in Naroda, Vatva, Narol and Odhav industrial estates witnessed a 20% drop in production due to the torrential rain. "Industrial estates on outskirts of the city saw their production getting affected by at least 20%-25% due to heavy rains. Naroda, Vatva, Narol and Odhav mainly house chemical manufacturing units. The worker turnout was 30% lower on Thursday morning," said Shailesh Patwari, president, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI). Industry players also pointed out that dispatches of finished goods and supply of raw material was also disrupted as transportation came to a grinding halt. "Many garment manufacturing units, especially those located in areas such as Vastral and Naroda, remained shut," said Vijay Purohit, president, Gujarat Garment Manufacturing Association (GGMA). This situation is the same in several other parts of the state. "As far as chemical industry is concerned, raw materials are yet to reach various production houses and at present they are managing with whatever surplus stock of raw materials they have," said Jaymin Vasa, vice-president, GCCI. "If the situation remains unchanged for coming three to four days, many units will have to stop production," he added. "MSMEs in the chemical industry are the worst affected at present in absence of raw materials. Estimates suggest that stocks to the tune of 500 to 1,000 tonne is currently stranded on the roads," Vasa said. Industry experts said that while markets had barely begun to start operating after the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST), floods have added to their woes. "Our exports have already declined and now the domestic market is taking a hit as raw materials haven't reached the production units. We hope that water begins to recede soon so that businesses recover," said Bhupendra Patel, Gujarat Dye Stuff Manufacturing Association.

Source: PTI

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Technocraft Ind stops production at Thane textile plant

Technocraft Industries (India) has informed the exchanges that production at its textile plant in Murbad, Thane, had been stopped to enable it to upgrade its effluent treatment plant as required by the Pollution Control Authority. The management is taking all necessary steps for the same and production is likely to re-start in a few days. The stock of Technocraft Industries gained about 1 per cent at ₹464.05 on the NSE.

Source: Business Line

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Leather industry needs overhaul

The leather and footwear industry is eagerly awaiting an incentive package which is likely to be along the lines of the one offered to the textiles sector last year. Prateek Kukreja looks at the industry in this light, as also the context now provided by the recently-introduced GST regime. India's leather and footwear industry is geared up for a revamp as the incentive package for the industry will soon be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval. The scheme is supposed to be on the lines of the special package, introduced for the garment industry last year and shall be implemented over a period of three years. The department of industrial policy and promotion (DIPP), which mooted the proposal in May this year, sought ₹4,000 crore package, including both tax as well as non-tax benefits for leather manufacturers. The finance ministry is likely to approve ₹2,500 crore for the industry. The scheme is seen to be a part of the recently overhauled Indian Leather Development Programme (ILDP), with an aim to increase export of leather and its products to the tune of $15 billion by 2020 from the current $7 billion. Currently, the sector provides employment to about 30 lakh people. With a view to increase jobs as part of the reform agenda, the package may include relaxations in labour laws as well as provisions for imparting skills to the rising workforce. We have recently migrated to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, under which most leather goods like bags, handbags, wallets, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, etc, have been classified as luxury items, and will be taxed at 28 per cent. This accounts to more than double the 13.5 per cent tax levied on leather products earlier. This is likely to hit the sector adversely. India is currently the world's second largest producer of footwear and leather garments in the world and accounts for 9 per cent of world's footwear production. The sector is also a significant contributor towards overall manufacturing employment and holds huge potential for job creation. According to an estimate, a ₹1 crore investment creates jobs for about 300 people in this sector. Higher tax rate under the new regime is likely to bring about slowdown and may lead to loss of jobs. The Economic Survey 2017 has rightly pointed out that the tax and tariff policies in the country create distortions, particularly in the leather and apparel sectors, which otherwise provide immense opportunities for creation of jobs for the vulnerable sections of population, especially women. The package set to be introduced amidst the new tax regime, should therefore aim at providing enough incentives for the leather manufacturers so as to offset distortions brought about by the rise in costs. The key measures introduced as part of the special package for textiles last year included certain additional benefits such as duty drawback scheme for garments, some amount of flexibility in labour laws in order to increase the productivity as well as tax, along with some production incentives for job creation in garment manufacturing. While the measures were introduced efficiently and successfully, the available data on exports suggest that there is, in fact, very little to cheer about. Textile and clothing exports increased by a mere 0.9 per cent during FY16-17. The major reason for this stagnation in exports has been the lack of competitiveness. Faced with strict labour regulations, low skilled workforce, high costs of technology and infrastructure and above all, a complex structure of taxes and tariffs, domestic manufacturers often find it difficult to compete in the international market. The challenges or bottlenecks faced by the leather industry are similar to that of the textile sector. The incentive scheme will come in the wake of what has been one of the major tax reforms that the country has seen in the recent past. Therefore, it becomes all the more important to make sure that the provisions of the scheme complement the new tax regime and provides the manufacturer with incentives to increase production, contributing towards increased exports and job creation. Leather exporters would particularly be eyeing the duty drawback scheme under the new incentive package, which was introduced for the textile sector as part of the special package. Under the duty drawback scheme, the duty paid by the exporter on the products they import, is refunded in the form of duty drawback. As per the recent post-GST notification by the CBEC, the extant duty drawback scheme is to be continued for the initial three months, in order to allow smooth transition. However, there still exist certain levies, like electricity tax, market committee fees and VAT on fuel, which are not subsumed in GST. These often act as export barriers, since they significantly increase the cost of production. Thus, the package for leather industry must encapsulate provisions to benefit exporters, which could in some way bring down the costs associated with production. These initiatives, if implemented, can go a long way in reviving growth and generating gainful employment in the leather industry. It is therefore hoped that the ministry of commerce and industry will get the new scheme approved and speed up the reform process to boost leather exports.

Source: Fibre2Fashion

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Clothes with wearable sunscreen to anti-bacterial fabrics, how nanomaterials are changing lives

Hyderabad: A silent revolution is on in the business of textiles. Fabrics are coming into the market with novel properties that were totally unexpected a few years ago. While some may have anti-bacterial properties, others may give the wearer protection from harmful ultraviolet rays or for that matter be self-cleaning. The list is rapidly expanding. The International Advanced Research Center for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) in Hyderabad is at the forefront of research in this area. It has developed and commercialised nanomaterials that endow fabrics with special properties. Two of its most popular innovations are nano-silver suspension and nano-titanium dioxide material. The nano-silver suspension, called N9, is being widely used by the textile industry to produce antibacterial fabrics for hospitals, innerwear, sportswear, socks, baby care products and other such use. The nano-titanium dioxide material — also called nano-titania — has high photocatalytic activity and is used to impart self-cleaning property to the textile and to make them ultraviolet proof. The technology of two nanomaterials has been transferred to Bangalore-based Resil Chemicals for commercialisation. The company has launched garments treated with the nano-silver suspension under the brand name “N9 Pure Silver” and those treated with nano-titania material under the tag names of “Sun Wash” and “Wearable Sun Screen”. Several leading denim brands including Splash, Flying Machine and Colour Plus have adapted this technology. ARCI has also undertaken a major task to improve the efficiency and performance of Lithium Ion Battery (LIB) technology for electric vehicles. It is trying to figure out whether it can use its experience and expertise in the areas of nano-material and carbon coating on electrode to achieve this. In addition, it is engaged in looking at the possibility of developing a new range of batteries that performed better than Lithium Ion for electrical vehicles. “We should look for alternate cheaper battery materials. We have all the fabrication technology. We can perhaps make them better. I see a great challenge and requirement to make cost effective batteries,” ARCI Director Dr G.Padmanabham said in an interview. As a major research centre in the field of material sciences, ARCI specialises in areas such as solar and automotive energy materials, engineering coatings, ceramic processing, fuel cell technology, and laser processing of materials. The Institute, among other things, works on a very important and interesting topic: welding. “Yes, welding may sound too low end for an institution like us to work on but it is really not so’’, chuckles Dr Padmanabham. He explains, “One can and must look at welding from a broader sense. It has taken a larger meaning in recent years with the development of various new materials such as ceramics, polymers, and composites. It is true that traditionally welding meant just joining of metal pieces. No more.’’. Even with regard to traditional welding, he says, much remains to be understood and there is a need to have deeper knowledge. “High-tech products have no doubt been making their way into the society and the economy. But, traditional ones cannot be wished away. For instance, we cannot do away with trucks and tractors for moving goods and for farming.” File image of Dr Padmanabham. Image courtesy: India Science Wire Explaining further, he said, “Let us start from the basic, with the rods or sheets that come out of steel plants. They undergo some processing or other, such as casting, rolling or forging and due to that they acquire certain strengths and microstructure characteristics. When we weld two metal pieces, we actually melt the edges and allow them to solidify again. This may result in some inhomogeneity at the junctions where the welding has taken place. Also, in the process of fusing and solidifying, atmospheric gases can get inside the welding site. On cooling, the gases can exert pressure leading to cracks. All these can have a significant effect on the overall performance of the welded materials. The problem can be different for different material. For instance, while stainless steel may lose corrosive resistance, structural steel may develop clod cracking at the location of the welding. Scientists have developed a lot of understanding on the issue. However, more studies can be done”. Dr Padmanabham is a renowned material engineer. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Andhra University and Master’s degree in metallurgy from NIT Warangal. After that, he did his PhD in welding technology from IIT Delhi. His professional career started in 1987 as a design and development engineer at Bharat Dynamics Limited in Hyderabad where he was involved in indigenisation of a strategic product. He joined ARCI, Hyderabad in 2005 and made outstanding research contributions in the fields of Materials joining and Laser Processing of Materials. He was also involved extensively in promoting technology transfer and commercialization. Under his leadership, the Centre for Laser Processing of Materials not only developed as a nationally unique facility but also provided expert help to several other organisations in setting up laser processing facilities. He also provided overall leadership to ceramics processing, sol-gel nanocomposite coatings. Dr Padmanabham has more than 80 research publications, and 8 patents to his credit. Apart from this he is a recipient of Materials Research Society of India Medal and German Academic Exchange (DAAD) Fellowship.

Source: Firstpost,

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Rupee in reversal mode, down 4 paise at 64.15 a dollar

After a big overnight rally, the rupee on Friday retreated by 4 paise to end at 64.15 against the US dollar even as the greenback struggled to bounce back globally. A strong month-end dollar demand from importers and corporates largely weighed on the forex trade. However, robust capital inflows into equities and debts largely cushioned the fall. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net Rs 1,869.92 crore yesterday, as per provisional data. The home currency opened weak at 64.19 from Thursday’s closing value of 64.11 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market. It was trapped in a narrow-range against the dollar and moved between 64.12 and 64.24 most part of the day before ending at 64.15, showing a modest fall of 4 paise, or 0.06 per cent. Yesterday, the local unit had appreciated by a solid 26 paise. For the week, the rupee consolidated gains by a good 17 paise. The RBI, meanwhile, fixed the reference rate for the dollar at 64.1483 and for the euro at 74.9829. In cross-currency trades, the rupee recovered smartly against the pound sterling to end at 83.98 from 84.23 per pound but dropped further against the euro to settle at 75.15 from 75.05 earlier. The local unit also fell back against the Japanese yen to finish at 57.66 per 100 yens from 57.58 yesterday. The rupee yesterday rallied to a fresh 2-1/2 month high after the US Fed hinted that it would move slow on monetary policy tightening. The US dollar is facing a sustained pressure after Trump’s disappointing result in the Senate on voting down Obamacare and also some caution ahead of US GDP announcement later in the day. In the meantime, domestic bourses remained under modest selling pressure for the second-straight day and showed signs of fatigue following the series of record-breaking rally amid profit-taking at higher levels even as disappointing quarterly earnings weighed on bank and pharmaceutical shares. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies was down at 93.25 during Asia trade — its lowest since May last year. In forward market today, premium for dollar eased on mild receivings from exporters. The benchmark six-month premium payable in December edged lower to 119-121 paise from 120.5-122-5 paise and the far forward June 2018 contract also moved down to 265-267 paise as compared to 266.5-268.5 paise. On the International commodity front, crude prices edged higher for a fifth straight session on Friday to hit a fresh two-month high and on track to post the strongest weekly gains this year as investors digested signs of an easing oversupply picture. US crude and gasoline inventories fell much more steeply than expected this week and the world’s biggest oil exporter Saudi Arabia said it would further reduce oil output in August. Brent crude futures were up 18 cents at USD 51.67 a barrel in early Asian trade.

Source: Financial Express

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Pakistan : Traders hail package for textile sector

Islamabad: Islamabad Chamber of Small Traders (IST) on Thursday lauded the decision of the government to provide Rs15 billion to the textile sector under the PM’s package. Textile sector is the mainstay of the economy which must be supported and the decision will infuse confidence in this sector which continues to lose the competitive edge in the international market, it said. The government should try the full implementation of the package and resolve the issue confronting textile sector that includes energy crisis, energy price, refund and taxation issues, said IST Patron Shahid Rasheed Butt. He said that decision to release Rs15 billion by August 14th is laudable and it should be implemented within time to give a message that government is giving priority to facilitating the textile sector. The move comes at a time when country’s overall exports have gone down from around $24 billion to around $20 billion per annum over the past few years of which textile exports constituted more than half of the total shipments. Shahid Rasheed Butt said that exports continue to slide since years while imports and trade deficit has crossed all the limits pushing country at the brink.The government should take steps to control imports and boost exports otherwise the country will face very serious problems, he added. He said that government has announced two packages for exporters but could not implement it which resulted in uncertainty among the exporters.The government had fixed the annual deficit target at $20.5 billion but missed it by a wide margin.

Source: The News International

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Philippines : BOI, DOLE order garment firms’ accreditation

The Board of Investments (BOI) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) signed on Tuesday a joint department order that would require garment firms to secure labor standards compliance certification before they could participate in preferential trade arrangements. This, according to the BOI, is a self-imposed restriction that is expected to “eventually become a competitive advantage” in the overseas market. In a statement, the BOI said the order provided the guidelines for the issuance, suspension or revocation of certificates of accreditation for garments firms. The accreditation would last for three years unless either revoked or suspended by the BOI, which would act as the DTI Accreditation Board. These accreditation guidelines would cover garment manufacturers, exporters, and subcontractors who want to avail themselves of preferential tariffs under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). “Despite the changing landscape of global trends, the production of goods and services must still conform to international labor standards for market access. This order will help promote labor laws compliance and standards in the garment industry via certification and decertification mechanisms for companies who want to avail preferential tariff under the GSP,” said BOI Chairman and Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez in a statement. A product of more than half a decade worth of consultations, the joint department order would make the certification mandatory for those availing themselves of privileges under the GSP and voluntarily for all other garment firms. The BOI said the order called for a Workers’ Rights Review Committee, which would be composed of four members representing the Department of Trade and Industry, DOLE, the labor sector and the employers sector. The committee would audit the applicant’s compliance with labor standards and submit its findings and recommendations to DAB. The order may later on pave the way for similar regulatory guidelines to be applied to other sectors, the BOI said. “In discussing with the garments sector, we saw that this is initially self-restricting but it would eventually be a competitive advantage. This would ensure that products made in the Philippines are produced by workers who are treated well,” BOI Managing Head and Trade Undersecretary Ceferino Rodolfo earlier said.

Source: Inquirer.net

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New Zealand : Kiwi firm against textile dumping

A Wellington company called The Formary, run by Bernadette Casey and Peter Thompson, tackling a global textile problem that is often swept under the rug, is looking to expand, the stuffreports. The company takes clothing destined for the rubbish heap, and turns it into reusable fabrics and textiles. "We deal with end-of life-textiles, so we are at the unglamourous end of fashion," Casey said. Textile waste was growing exponentially, with more than three-quarter of it ending up in landfill or being incinerated, she said. The rest was given to charities or exported to other countries, Casey said. “However, some East African countries had begun banning the importation of second-hand clothes because it decimated the textiles industry and was a big environmental issue.” "They are just getting flooded with clothing from the west, and you know, cheap dyes and toxic finishes [and] instead of it going to a landfill where it's contained, it just gets dumped on side of rivers. Ninety per cent of textiles can be reused, but they are just on a one-way road to landfill and the majority of that, I'd say, would be polyester, and that takes hundreds of years to break down," said Casey. "It's a huge environmental problem and a major issue within the clothing supply chain." Textile reuse programme To tackle the problem, The Formary started a textile reuse programme, where New Zealand corporates sign up and get advice on the best fabrics to use for uniforms. Some of the companies they have worked with are Air New Zealand, New Zealand Post, SkyCity, The Warehouse Group, Fonterra, Wellington City Council and Alsco NZ. In addition, Casey and Thompson ensure the uniforms are upcycled correctly by sending them to an aggregation centre in Auckland, which sorts the used material into fibre groups. At that point, the material is then turned into industrial textiles, such as moving blankets, stuffing, and geo-textiles. Thompson said one of the biggest challenges was the lack of solutions for each fibre. "It could be that the garment is so complicated you have to deconstruct it, so there is going to be clothing we can't deal with. [However], we become more and more aware, day-to-day, about more possible solutions for textiles.” New fibre-to-fibre technology would help that, Thompson said.

Fibre-to-fibre technologies

"There are technologies coming out now that are taking textiles and taking it right back to its original form, like taking polyester outfits and creating polyester pellets and provide that back into manufacturing industries." Casey said looking forward, they hoped to expand the textile reuse programme to Australia, but also further afield. "Fast fashion is quite a big issue and that shows no sign of slowing and so there's going to be more and more need for these systems to deal with the churn rate we are going through on textiles." The Formary, founded in 2008, was named the Emerging Gold Services winner at the Wellington Gold Awards on 7 July.

Source: Innovations in Textiles

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The Digital Textile Market

The global textile industry is a huge business. Grand View Research, Inc., a San Francisco-based consultant firm, places the overall global textiles market at $830.0 billion in 2015, reaching an estimated $1,237.1 billion by 2025. It is also a tremendous opportunity for printers and the ink industry. Printing is an important manufacturing technology, and digital printing is on the rise, as the ability to produce prototypes, customized products and short runs economically through inkjet printing becomes increasingly more common. In its report, “Digital Textile Printing Market: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2014-2022,” Allied Market Research places the global digital textile printing market at $1.245 billion in 2015, possibly reaching $3.9 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 17.9% between 2016 and 2022. In “The Future of Digital Textile Printing to 2021,” Smithers Pira places the value of digital textile printing at €1.17 billion in 2016, with 12.3% CAGR through 2021, reaching €2.42 billion in 2021. The capabilities of digital textile printing are becoming more exciting. For example, Epson hosts its annual Digital Couture event in New York City, bringing leading designers to create a line of apparel using the Epson SureColor F9200 dye-sublimation printer. As new presses with improved capabilities come online, more printers are entering this growing field, and ink companies are developing new technologies as well. There are many possibilities for using inkjet for printing textiles. From clothing and furniture coverings to soft signage and much more, printing is being adapted to new applications at a rapid rate.

The Digital Textile Ink Market

Mike Wozny, senior product manager, EFI Inkjet, spoke about the soft signage market as one opportunity. “Shortly before drupa 2016, at the Fespa Digital tradeshow in 2016, we unveiled our aqueous inkjet VUTEk FabriVU soft signage printer, and it was really a key addition to our portfolio to address the rapid migration happening in the market from traditional vinyl signage to fabric soft signage,” Wozny noted. “In many markets, that transition has continued to accelerate. Look at any major tradeshow today and the signage is almost all textile, and the premium look possible with soft signage makes it very popular in high-end point-of-purchase retail applications as well.” Dr. Christophe Bulliard, marketing director, Sensient Imaging Technologies SA, said that among industrial applications, textile printing has found the grounds to ensure strong growth of digital printing. “This is, of course, gearing the interest of many a player, now that the pioneers have created the environment,” Dr. Bulliard added. “Some of the technologies are maturing, but we expect to provide interesting developments in the improvement of some of the printing processes.” Tommy Martin, product manager, Textiles & Apparel Business Development for Mimaki USA, said that improvements in digital printing are driving gains in the textile market. “As digital textile printing gets faster and easier to integrate into new and existing operations, it will certainly be the talk of the town,” Martin reported. “Also, as new fabrics are being developed or optimized, it is easier to apply digital print solutions to those fabrics and add overall value to the finished product.” Tim Check, product manager, Professional Imaging, Epson America, Inc., said that Epson is seeing increased interest in digital textile from traditional textile printers looking at ways to increase profitability and offer greater capabilities to their customers. “In addition, we are also seeing interest from entrepreneurial-type customers looking to offer on-demand personalized apparel,” Check added. The expanding use of digital printing for textiles is opening up numerous opportunities. Jos Notermans, commercial manager digital textiles at SPGPrints, said that above all, the fast-fashion market has been a major beneficiary because inkjet printing brings the possibility of shorter lead times and cost-effective shorter runs that allow more frequent design changes.

Key GrowthMarkets for Inkjet Textile Printing

“However, it must be noted that inkjet printing is being used for high-end markets as well, as it enables enhanced margins when supplying limited editions and one-offs,” Notermans added. Tony Cox, business manager, Sun Chemical, said that the company is continuing to see solid growth in the digital textile printing market. “The key areas where digital printing of textiles is making gains include apparel and fashion, sportswear, home furnishings and soft signage, including flags and banners,” added Cox. Jim Lambert, VP, GM - Digital Division of INX International Ink Co., said that most of the interest INX has seen globally is with dye sub and pigmented inks, with less interest in dye. “A new focus on the upholstery market has become apparent with digital printing on a multitude of applications,” said Lambert. “It includes furniture, carpet, curtains, blinds and more.” “Nowadays a major part of sublimation printing is done digitally,” Dr. Bulliard added. “We expect reactive to go from the current 3-5% digital to 10-15% within the next few years.”

Source: ink world

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Investigating odour management in textiles

Perspiration is an unavoidable part of many sporting, working and everyday situations. Therefore, the question arises of how skin-friendly textiles remain when subjected to increased levels of perspiration during wear. As the temperature rises, human beings produce more sweat. Heat puts the body under great strain, which can reach dangerous levels – especially for the elderly. Hohenstein Institute has put together consumer guidelines with behaviour and protection measures, as well as recommendations for clothing that also take physiological findings from “body mapping” into account. There is also the question of whether textiles convince consumers in terms of safety (skin compatibility) and performance (odour management). Hohenstein has been investigating questions regarding clothing that is worn close to the body: How skin-friendly are the textiles? And: To what extent do the textiles reduce sweat odour? Test series Certified test series offer textile manufacturers the opportunity to test the skin compatibility and odour management of textiles from the development phase onwards. The skin compatibility test uses laboratory conditions to test live cells and record adverse effects of toxins that could be released from the sample material by sweat. The method allows evaluation of the danger that could be posed by damage to the skin cells. The test is particularly suitable for: body-contact clothing, e.g. sports clothing, underwear, fitness and functional textiles; textiles for sensitive persons such as those with allergies, small children, invalids and elderly persons; and reclaimed textiles.

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If this test is passed in conjunction with the Standard 100 by Oeko-Tex product test, the textile is awarded the Hohenstein Quality Label “Skin Friendly”. Textile manufacturers receive an established label that can be used effectively for supporting advertising and attests to independent checks and trade safety for the consumer. To what extent domodern textiles reduce sweat odour? When a person starts to perspire, this leads to the production of sweat to eliminate excess heat and regulate the body’s temperature. Textile manufacturers are working on optimising the performance of their products. As sweat is diffused through the textile, the interaction of bacteria, fluid transport and the adherence and release of odour molecules all affect the level of sweat odour in the textile. All of these areas must be taken into account to achieve optimum results in odour management. “As the only institute able to investigate all of these aspects, Hohenstein provides a three-stage check procedure to determine the reduction properties for sweat odour,” the institute explains. How well, or how poorly, do odour-producing dermal germs multiply on the textile, measured during an application period of four hours, to get results as close to reality as possible? What percentage of sweat odour molecules adhere to the textile and therefore cannot be smelled? How strongly does the textile actually smell of sweat? In this practical experiment, test subjects wear sample textiles, which are then evaluated for the strength of sweat odour by odour testers.

Labelled “All Day Fresh”

“The test procedure described above allows Hohenstein to thoroughly investigate the topic of odour management in textiles. This involves testing materials in conditions that mirror reality, and the results help textile manufacturers to optimise their products,” the institute says. Products that can prove their contribution to reducing sweat odour are awarded the Hohenstein Quality Label “All Day Fresh”.

Source: Innovations in Textiles

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