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Celliant® fabrics New technology Whats New

in the HEIQ fresh

responsive woven textiles range turns

in contract interiors curtains into air

purifiers

HeiQ has added a new dimension to air management in the HeiQ Fresh product range. The air purifying
functionality that will be used in curtains from IKEA to reduce indoor air pollutants including Volatile Organic
Compounds (VOCs) acetaldehyde, formaldehyde and nitrogen oxide (NO). The sophisticated technology
does not require any electricity supply to function. The curtains made out of this innovation will look like just an
ordinary curtain but they will perform the function of something like air purification. This is a mineral-based
technology infused into the curtain fabrics.

It purifies the indoor air by using transmitted ultraviolet (UVA) light from the sun to transform problematic VOCs
into components of fresh air. Curtains and other home fabrics infused with HeiQ Fresh technology can there-
fore contribute to better homes and with cleaner air. This technology will be available in the market first on
Gunrid curtains from IKEA. “With HeiQ Fresh AIR, we aim to improve the air quality in consumers’ homes with
ease, simply by hanging up a curtain and utilizing the natural light passing through the window. A simple tool for
something so important, fresh air in your home.”, says Carlo Centonze, HeiQ’s co-founder and Group CEO.

DriTan™, the sustainable

step towards water free

Over 60% of the energy we consume is lost to Studio feature Celliant's patented infrared fiber
escaping body heat. Most other textiles either trap or technology to promote local circulation, providing
vent that body heat. Celliant responsive technology more energy with less fatigue, while sitting. Celliant is leather manufacturing
goes beyond—turning energy that is normally wasted a responsive technology utilizing a proprietary blend
into infrared light with infrared ceramic fibers, woven of thermo-reactive minerals. When a person sits on a
into your gear so you can go further, faster. Conserve chair covered with Celliant, the minerals in the fabric DriTan™ technology, developed by Dutch based ECCO Leather, uses the moisture present in the hides as a key
absorb the heat generated by the body. These
energy and go the extra mile with the future of minerals then convert that heat into infrared light step in their tanning process. With history dating back 10.000 years, the leather tanning process was
performance textiles. While Celliant® fiber is not new, emitted back into the body, temporarily increasing considered impossible to achieve without the use of large amounts of water. However, ECCO Leather's DriTan
the technology's FDA determination as a medical local blood flow in the tissue improving performance technology breaks the paradigm and is set to change the leather industry.
device and health and wellness product has led to and recovery. Hologenix, LLC, the maker of Celliant,
some exciting applications.
is committed to creating, discovering and marketing DriTan™ saves 20 liters of water per hide equal to 25 million liters of water saved annually — enough water to
products that enhance people's lives by using the keep 9.000 people hydrated for one year. The technology also minimizes the discharge of waste water and the
New upholstery fabrics from Designtex and Stinson
body's own energy. use of chemicals. DriTan™ leather is indistinguishable from traditionally tanned leather in terms of quality,
characteristics, stability and lead-time. ECCO Leather is saving 600 tons of sludge per year, translating into 40
truckloads deposited in landfills per year.

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