Toray Industries Japan has developed this 100% polyester material named Makspec V antiviral fabric that reduces more than 99.9% of Covid-19 viruses on textiles even after 50 industrial washing cycles. Toray has positioned Makspec V to reduce envelope-type virus but because of the latest findings will promote it for customer service, nursing, and school uniforms for which the demand to safeguard against Covid-19 is high. It also envisages expanding applications to sportswear, casual apparel, fashion wear, and children’s clothing.
The fabric has been tested using the ATCC VR-1679 envelope strain and JISL 1922 antiviral test for textile products. The tests confirmed that the fabric reduced more than 99.9% of Covid-19 viruses on textiles in two hours.
Toray Industries, Inc., is a multinational corporation headquartered in Japan that specializes in industrial products centered on technologies in organic synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and biochemistry. Its founding business areas were fibers and textiles, as well as plastics and chemicals. The company has also diversified into areas such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and R&D, medical products, reverse osmosis biomembranes, electronics, IT-products, housing, and engineering, as well as advanced composite materials.
The company will now draw on the textile processing technology it has amassed in developing materials for uniforms, which demand exceptional functionality, to create textiles that provide enhanced performance and added value by combining comfort and safety.
