HeiQ, a Switzerland-based company known for material innovation, has now come up with a 100 per cent bio-based, proprietary textile technology, HeiQ Allergen Tech, which aims to improve the lives of all those who suffer from allergies.
Building upon its tested and proven, proprietary Synbio ingredient, HeiQ Allergen Tech is a new textile finish for home textiles, and textiles used for furniture and public transportation.
In a statement, the company claims that this technology reduces inanimate allergens, like house dust mite matter and pet allergens, and can be easily added in the finishing stage of the manufacturing process of textiles for bedding and furniture purposes.
100 per cent bio-based HeiQ Allergen Tech creates an invisible protective layer that lasts at least 20 washing cycles and beyond according to performed tests.
Its main advantage is cutting down the proliferation of allergens such as house dust mite matter and pet allergens (pet hair, dander, saliva), and creating conditions for reducing the health threats they pose to millions of people.
Dr. Robin Temmerman, CEO of HeiQ Chrisal and Ph.D. in microbiology, “Our proprietary HeiQ Allergen Tech achieves an impressive reduction of allergens that can become airborne in our living and sleep environments, in nature’s way. It has a full biologic origin and utilises the natural process of probiotic colonisation on the textile surface to effectively reduce inanimate allergens.”
