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Sanitized honoured in Swiss Technology Awards

21/11/2013
The Swiss Economic Forum has named textile technology company Sanitized as the winner of the Swiss Technology Award in the ‘Sustainable Leader’ category. Sanitized will receive the award at a ceremony in May.

Sanitized won the accolade for a new development it calls Pluma. The company’s innovation manager, Dr Heinz Katzenmeier, has described it as “a new milestone in textile finishing”.

It works by forming a polymer film from an aqueous solution on the textile surface. This polymer coating fixes a microscopically thin film of water on the textile surface that acts as a barrier against bacterial colonisation.

Any bacteria present on the textile surface will float on this film and can be eliminated by low-temperature washing. Sanitized has said this will save energy and water and extend the life of textiles.


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