HeiQ announces the launch of a new dual-action textile cooling technology named HeiQ Cool. The HeiQ Cool is the world’s first textile technology to deliver instant contact cooling and continuous evaporative cooling. HeiQ Cool uses a bio-based vegetable oil-derived thermo-functional polymer that absorbs heat energy, giving an instant cooling sensation. If the body continues to heat up, perspiration is generated.
The patented hydro-functional polymer transports moisture away with the heat, creating a continuous cooling effect that stops once cooling is complete. Combining a hydro-functional polymer with bio-based vegetable oil-derived thermo-functional polymer formulation of HeiQ Cool contains more than 50% USDA® certified bio-based content. It is also OEKO-TEX class 1 suited and meets most brand RSL (restricted substances list) requirements.
HeiQ Cool powered fabrics constantly regulate the skin temperature with a dual cooling capability.
In a first step, melting energy absorption delivers instant contact cooling before the first sign of sweat. It delays the heat build-up, followed by a vaporizing energy action that mimics the skin’s thermal regulating system by providing continuous evaporative cooling as long as the body is hot and sweaty.
Suitable for all fabrics, the initial launch focuses on home textiles, especially sleeping products such as mattress ticking, pillows, and bed linen. Its clear benefit is to help users get a good night’s sleep.
It cools before the first sign of sweat, delays heat build-up, and continuously regulates the temperature. Instantly cool to the touch, the components synergistically recharge the surface layer, ensuring a consistently cool, dry, and comfortable body climate.
Carlo Centonze, HeiQ Co-founder and CEO, says: “I am extremely pleased that our mission to improve the lives of billions has made a big step in the right direction with the launch of HeiQ Cool. It is further testimony to our philosophy that innovation is the only way forward and that sustainable technologies are within reach if we set our minds and hearts to achieving them. I trust that consumers now have the means to getting a good night’s sleep and going about their sports and lives in greater comfort.”
