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International cricket’s premier short-form competition has returned with Polygiene® partner TYKA selected as the official apparel supplier for the tournament.
Evidence is mounting about the importance of changing consumer behavior in reducing the environmental impact of textile and clothing products. Many brands are now turning to the Swedish firm Polygiene® for technologies that help provide a solution.
With more than 20 years of experience in the fashion product development sphere, the founders of Dutch brand Girav felt that there was a gap in the clothing industry for taller men. While the Netherlands has the tallest average population globally, they found it hard to purchase a good quality sports t-shirt that is not too short or not too wide and is comfortable.
Every September, Recycle Week reminds us to be more conscious of what we do with clothes and other garments that cannot be used anymore. Recycle Week aims to encourage the public to recycle more by demonstrating the benefits of recycling items found around the home. Here are some tips on how to recycle and repurpose your old garments.
Catchbox, creators of the world's first throwable microphone, have partnered with Polygiene® to create an antimicrobial cover for its wireless microphones. Both the Catchbox cover fabric and microphone foam cap are treated with Polygiene ViralOff™, which reduces micro-organisms on the material by over 99%*, which means that the material will be self-cleaning, in regards to microbes.
Back in 2019, UK charity Oxfam launched its new Secondhand September campaign. The aim is to help rethink consumers’ habits and encourage us to buy secondhand or vintage clothes instead of new items as the autumn season begins.
Global sportswear brand Mizuno has begun a partnership with Swedish firm Polygiene® targeting the rapidly growing demand for durable and high-performance activewear in the Chinese market.
Gregory Mountain Products is one of the most iconic names in American outdoor culture. Anyone even remotely familiar with hiking, backpacking, or outdoor pursuits in general has heard of them, as they have been designing some of the most widely used equipment in the backpacking space for over 40 years. Certainly, they were no stranger to Polygiene when they first approached us with the problem of microbial odor build-up on packs.
Polygiene®, the global leader in branded stays fresh technologies, partners with Brazilian brand KVRA to become the first company in the world to offer jiu-jitsu gis treated with Polygiene® Stays Fresh technology.
Last month we caught up with Charles Ross, a well-known expert in sustainability and performance sportswear design based in the UK. Charles shared his thoughts on how the pandemic has changed the relationship we have with our clothes, and what both the industry and consumers need to do to ensure we have a sustainable future.
The Polygiene® partner Colors is now launching the Regenesis ViralOff® Trigger Shield sprays and other ready-to-use products for consumers, with Polygiene ViralOff® as the active ingredient.
Muirhead Active Hygiene Leather is a sustainable natural leather with built-in antimicrobial technology designed to improve the hygiene of aircraft cabins. The Scottish-Swedish partnership between Muirhead and Polygiene® will help customers and partners in the aviation, bus, coach and rail sectors create safer cabin environments, reassuring passengers that they can once again travel safely.
Over the last 20 years, Charles Ross, who lives in the UK, has been helping develop the next generation of designers. He now lectures at the Royal College of Art; acts as a mentor for the Design Council; sits on the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) textile committee. WRAP wrote the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP), which formed the basis for the European Clothing Action Plan (ECAP); and contributed to Fixing Fashion (the UK Parliament’s report on fast fashion).
Calik Denim, our material partners in Turkey, have launched their new collection of fabrics for Spring/Summer 2022. The new ranges feature several fabrics treated with Polygiene ViralOff technology.
For the spring and summer season 2021, a number of Descente training products for men and women, with Polygiene® Stays Fresh BioStatic Technology, will be sold online and in stores. With these initial orders, the focus is set for ongoing business and increasing volumes from this renowned brand, in the Chinese sports market.
The fashion brand MOS MOSH now launches their new men’s line MOS MOSH Gallery by introducing shirts and tees for modern men on the go. Their spring collection 2021 is available now and these well-tailored styles have the added value of the Stays Fresh technologies Polygiene OdorCrunch and BioStatic. By taking the functionalities that work well in athletic wear and mix it with fashion, the result is a shirt without odor that stays fresh even after a long day at work.
Tomorrow, January 26, Casall in collaboration with Polygiene launches a completely unique training glove treated with Polygiene ViralOff® technology. The treatment has in an ISO18184:2019 test* shown a reduction of virus by over 99% within 2 hours on treated materials. The test has been performed on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, causing COVID-19, among other viruses.
Body Doctor specializes in eye-care, eyelid hygiene products and has transformed the market for eye compresses and continues establishing a pedigree of bringing innovation to the sector with an antibacterial fabric thanks to the partnership with Polygiene®. In addition, Body Doctor will offer their AB+ face masks with Polygiene ViralOff® antimicrobial technology with a launch date in December.
Caterpillar® is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. It has grown to become one of the highest valued brands in the world*, making workwear and casualwear that embodies their essence of getting the work done. Now Polygiene and CAT® have started a partnership to protect clothes from bacteria and other microbes – to reduce the need for washing and by that prolonging the active life of the garment. The partnership starts in the casual wear collection, ramping up for 2021 and beyond.
Polygiene is launching its newly developed formula of ViralOff® with a lifetime of garment washability1, proving performance against SARS-CoV-2 with over 99% reduction of microbes in the material within two hours2. This also results in longer-lasting products, which means a reduced impact on the environment. The new formula is being applied by a number of partners as we speak and is ready for high volume deliveries in January 2021.
