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30.06.2022 How OETI's PSA customer Rentex com d.o.o. uses OETI's excellent expertise to improve its production and products
Customer Success Story: Our PSA customer Rentex com d.o.o. about the "unbelievably good and understanding basis of trust" with OETI over the past 14 years.
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06.04.2022 ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®: Effective 1 April 2023, self-assessment will become a mandatory part of certification
So far, the ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® certification consisted of a mandatory CAS number screening and laboratory analysis. The self-assessment and on-site inspection were voluntary. While the on-site inspection remains voluntary for the time being, the self-assessment will become mandatory in April 2023 for all customers who have not yet passed it for their production sites.
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05.04.2022 How OEKO-TEX® protects its brand
In order to reinforce the trust of our customers and consumers in the OEKO-TEX® brand, OEKO-TEX® has been relying on the services of Berlin-based brand protection company SENTRYC for some time now. Its eponymous software tracks brand abuse and plagiarism on online marketplaces and social media platforms.
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05.10.2017 OETI fifty years of OETI - foto gallery
On 25 September 2017, OETI celebrates its fiftieth birthday with invited guests.
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28.09.2017 Testing services provider OETI turns 50, celebrates and expands
On 25 September 1967, the Austrian Carpet Institute Association holds its first meeting. Fifty years later – on 25 September 2017 – the former “carpet research institute” has changed into a successful, modern testing services institute for OEKO-TEX®, flooring technology, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and has its own innovation department.
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19.09.2017 Sustainability in the textile industry - Properly assess the global supply chain with OEKO-TEX®
Social and environmental concerns will soon play a greater role in public procurement. Although the aim is simple, the implementation may prove to be difficult.
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07.09.2017 ZDHC Recognizes ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® as Indicator of MRSL Conformance
OEKO-TEX® is pleased to announce that the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Programme will now accept ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® certification as an indicator of conformance...
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31.08.2017 TESTEX expands into New Zealand
We are pleased to announce the opening of a new branch office in New Zealand. The country predominantly consists of pastoral land for sheep & cattle which offers great potential for our growth.
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22.08.2017 Consumer protection from the first day of life: With its labels, OEKOTEX ® helps parents choose human-ecologically harmless textiles and leather goods
Azo colourants in romper suites, organophosphorus compounds in rain jackets or pesticides in sheepskins. Again and again, frightening results on children’s clothing and other items from testing laboratories unsettle many parents. With the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® and the new LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX®, OEKO-TEX® makes consumer labels available to retailers and manufacturers to help address the growing and affluent target group of health-conscious parents directly with respect to effective product safety.
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22.08.2017 Buy children’s textiles with a clear conscience: Parents rely on MADE IN GREEN
These days, parents are not just concerned about quality and price when buying children’s clothing. They also want to have the good feeling that their purchase decision was right with regards to sustainability. The MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® label creates clarity with this: Labelled articles are harmless to health and sustainably produced, according to the valid OEKO-TEX® guidelines. All of this is communicated transparently to parents on a small label.
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ALDI Australia launch “MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX®” certified towels starting August 2017
TESTEX AG is proud to announce the introduction of ALDI’S new MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® certified bath towels and bath sheets. They are the first retailer in Australia to bring the traceable textile label to their customers.
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08.06.2017 WEBINAR LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX(R
A recorded version of a great Webinar by Helene Melnitzky on the LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO TEX®
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30.03.2017 LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX®: First certificates issued
In time for its 25-year anniversary, the OEKO-TEX® Association has expanded its product portfolio to cater for the leather sector with the LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX®. The first certifications are being carried out with the sheepskin producers G.L. Bowron and Gerberei Hofbrucker, as well as with the retail chain LIDL....
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