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HeiQ celebrates 10th anniversary

26/08/2015
Textile technology firm HeiQ is celebrating its 10th anniversary and has earned a place in the McKinsey ETH Venture Top 10 Hall of Fame.

The business began when Carlo Centonze and Murray Height were hiking in the Swiss Alps and realised a new silver material that Murray was researching at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology might offer a solution to smelly clothes.

Over the decade HeiQ has launched a range of innovative products, including odour-free technology PURE, cooling technology ADAPTIVE, tfluorine-free water repellent BARRIER ECO, and low-friction technology GLIDER. In 2010 HeiQ played a leading role in the creation of OILGUARD, a Swiss Technology Award winning technology for protecting beaches from oil spills.

The company has headquarters in Bad Zurzach (Switzerland) and subsidiaries in Geelong (Australia) and Hong Kong and supplies to brands including New Balance, Skins and Champion.

HeiQ has been recognized as one of the Top 10 McKinsey venture start-ups in Switzerland over the past two decades.

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