Japanese chemical company, Nicca Chemical Co.’s, wins R&D 100 2020 award for their innovative NEOSEED NR-8800, silicone-based water repellent (DWR) for textiles. Nicca Chemical is a chemical manufacturer, established in 1941, that develops for the various industries, including the textile industry, based on surfactant science.
Established in 1963, the R&D 100 Awards is the only S&T (science and technology) awards competition that recognizes new commercial products, technologies and materials for their technological significance that are available for sale or license. The R&D 100 Awards have long been a benchmark of excellence for industry sectors as diverse as telecommunications, high-energy physics, software, manufacturing, and biotechnology.
Nicca Chemical Co.’s NEOSEED NR-8800, silicone-based water repellent (DWR) for textiles, provides breakthrough performance as a sustainable, durable water repellent for textile market, which is moving away from Perfluoro chemicals (PFC). The first product on the market embraces silicone technology as the main component, resulting in a fine performance balancing water repellency, soft touch, scratch proof, and seams’ anti-slippage. It overcomes the disadvantages of popular products including hydrocarbon, acrylate polymer and urethane and existing silicone products.
The market’s alternative products provided hard and uncomfortable textures to the fabrics, and existing silicones provided low water repellency and anti-slippage performance. NEOSEED NR-8800 is an approved product in the bluesign SYSTEM and positive on ZDHC’s Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL). It is currently recognized globally as one of the benchmarks of PFC-free durable water repellents due to its benefits. It gives immense reliability to brand owners and mills globally.
