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ADNAS to bring CertainT platform to Asia

ADNAS has signed a non-binding MOU with the Sun customer base currently manufacturing CertainT
Chemical Supply in Taiwan. As per MOU, Sun authenticated home textiles in China.
Chemical Supply will serve as a distributor of the
Datacolor partners with that brands spend less and less time on colour CertainT platform in the heart of Asia’s textiles Sun Chemical Supply offers nine locations and 59
industry. Sun Chemical Supply will provide deep
staff in Asia with highly-trained professionals in
development and matching. Through this
chemical analysis, innovative solutions, end-to-end
industry knowledge, infrastructure and client base to
CSI to precisely select partnership, we’re answering our customers’ call for expand Applied DNA’s reach to service its currently manufacturing processes and equipment. It distrib-
a solution allowing them to easily and quickly select
commercialized business and further build its
utes finishing treatments, chemicals and oils and
existing colours in their library or to choose a colour
equipment used in textiles manufacture that may act as
pipeline.
and identify colour from our 3,700+ ColorWall during the colour palette The multi-dimensional, non-exclusive strategic carriers for Applied DNA’s SigNature T molecular tags.
creation process. Thanks to the compact,
simple-to-use ColorReaderPRO, industry
professionals will dramatically speed up their alliance outlined in the MOU will also enable Sun At the same time, Sun Chemical Supply’s Asia
customer base represents additional textiles verticals,
Chemical Supply to provide value-added services,
seasonal colour palette development process.” such as marketing, product stocking and customiza- whose profiles make them strong candidates for
tion, in-field testing, deployment and training. The adopting the CertainT authentication platform to
The company explains the implementation of CSI’s ability to provide these services locally is imperative differentiate and protect brands and supply chains
branded version, which includes the ColorWall and to Applied DNA’s commercial and prospective with manufacturing locations in Asia.
the ability to add a brand’s own colours on the
ColorReaderPRO offer time and cost savings to the
textiles industry by eliminating the need to manually
search and match textile colour samples with
swatches or colour codes. Myant introduces blood pressure
The solution is designed to allow brands to
accelerate palette creation, reduce the cost of colour monitoring smart shirt
development and ensure colour quality and
evaluation throughout the supply chain using the
hand-held, Bluetooth-connected ColorReaderPRO Myant has announced the development of a cuffless
tool – helping keep these brands competitive in the blood pressure monitoring technology inside its
fast-paced fashion industry. SKIIN Textile Computing Platform. It integrates
sensor and actuator technology into the fabrics. The
Mr Dustin Bowersox, Textile Marketing Manager for company reports, “This includes the world's first
Datacolor said, “We are excited to debut this solution smart garment that delivers continuous, cuffless
with our long-time partners at CSI and offer the textile blood pressure monitoring in a comfortable and
Datacolor and Color Solutions International CSI industry yet another innovative colour management machine-washable polo shirt.”
partnership will debut at the Premiere Vision show in solution. With the simple push of a button, designers
New York. Using Datacolor’s portable colour can now match any colour to the closest CSI colour The SKIIN Smart Shirt is designed to eliminate the
measurement device, ColorReaderPRO, fashion and standard, or their existing custom colour library, hassle of regular blood pressure monitoring and add
apparel brands can now precisely select and identify effectively eliminating the need for manual colour automatic data tracking to share data and trends
colour from multiple colour libraries. look-up. Boasting industry-leading colour matching with clinicians.
accuracy, the ultra-portable ColorReaderPRO lets
Mr Tim Williams, Marketing Manager, CSI said, users capture and quickly share inspiration colours Myant in 2019, plans to release both its SKIIN Smart
“Speed to market remains a driving influence upon and associated palettes, while improving component Underwear for heart health detection (with ECG,
the fashion and apparel industry, making it essential matching with on-the-go colour pass/fail checks.” HRV, activity, sleep and temperature monitoring) and
its SKIIN Smart Shirt with continuous blood pressure
monitoring. Planned additions to the SKIIN platform
include slip and fall detection, driver fatigue, ovula-
tion and a suite of chemical sensing markers. The
result is smart clothing that enables users to proac-
tively manage their health, stay connected and lead
longer and more comfortable lives.

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