Performance apparel producer, ARC Outdoors, well-known for its ArcticShield cold-weather clothing brand, has launched a new line of anti-odour fabrics and yarns to be sold under the E47 Nano Technology brand. The brand offers advanced anti-odour fibre technologies for licensing by other manufacturers.

E47 Nano Technology has been developed to be safe, permanent and to utilise the oligodynamic effects silver has on microbes. The advancements come from silver nanoparticles integrated throughout the entire fibre, not just on the surface. This integrated technology is designed to create accelerated ion flux delivered through nanoscale particles to eliminate microbes and the odours they create.

Fibres integrated with E47 technology are said to retain all of the natural qualities of polyester and cotton fabrics, making them ideal for performance wear without complicating manufacturing processes or changing the look and feel of the fabric.

"E47's anti-odour properties are generated by nanoscale-engineered silver- bearing nanoparticles which permanently bond to specific target fibres at the molecular level," said NanoHorizons director of operations Daniel Hayes, PhD. "The antimicrobial functionality of E47 fibres is uniformly distributed throughout the fibre and specifically engineered not to flake off, rub off, or wash out - leaving all the other properties of the fibre unchanged."