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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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18.07.2016 ECO PASSPORT publication in Melliand International / Deutscher Fachverlag - Textiltechnische Fachzeitschriften
OETI: enlargement of textile chemicals testings The Institute for Ecology, Technology and Innovation GmbH (OETI), Vienna/Austria, broadens the testing program with the new Eco Passport certification for textile chemicals by the Oeko-Tex Association, Zurich/Switzerland. Eco Passport by Oeko-Tex offers textile chemical manufacturers a confidential and independent method to reassure their customers that chemicals, colorants and auxiliaries comply with the industry’s sustainability requirements and initiatives like ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals).
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14.07.2016 Georg Dieners OEKO-TEX® Secretary General informs about new design:
We are pleased to announce that, as of this fall, the OEKO-TEX® Association will introduce a new, standardised design for all brands within the OEKO-TEX® portfolio. This bold new design is currently in use with our MADE IN GREEN product label. This fall, we will achieve a consistently branded look with the design modification of both the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 and the STeP by OEKO-TEX® certification.
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14.07.2016 ECO PASSPORT for Leading provider of antimicrobial and odor absorption solutions
Leading provider of antimicrobial and odor absorption solutions for the textile and apparel industries, is the first U.S. company to receive the new ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® certification.
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14.07.2016 ECO PASSPORT for Leading provider of antimicrobial and odor absorption solutions
Leading provider of antimicrobial and odor absorption solutions for the textile and apparel industries, is the first U.S. company to receive the new ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® certification.
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14.07.2016 OEKO-TEX® Examines Supply Chain Transparency at Texworld USA
Zürich (tm) Consumer demand is growing for home textile products that do not contain harmful levels of dangerous chemicals and are also made in socially and environmentally responsible ways.
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14.07.2016 OEKO-TEX® Examines Supply Chain Transparency at Texworld USA
Zürich (tm) Consumer demand is growing for home textile products that do not contain harmful levels of dangerous chemicals and are also made in socially and environmentally responsible ways.
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08.07.2016 OETI broadens its OEKO-TEX® portfolio with the new “ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®“ certification for textile chemicals
ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® offers textile chemical manufacturers a confidential and independent method to reassure their customers that chemicals, colorants and auxiliaries comply with the industry’s sustainability requirements and initiatives like ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals).
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08.07.2016 OETI broadens its OEKO-TEX® portfolio with the new “ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®“ certification for textile chemicals
ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® offers textile chemical manufacturers a confidential and independent method to reassure their customers that chemicals, colorants and auxiliaries comply with the industry’s sustainability requirements and initiatives like ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals).
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01.06.2016 A sustainable textile STeP ahead
An increasing number of OETI’s textile customers are “STeP by OEKO-TEX®“ certified. Among the OETI customers now using the certification system for textile companies are “VOSSEN GmbH & Co. KG”, which exports its high quality towels, bathrobes and bathmats to more than 43 countries worldwide. “Feinjersey Colours und Feinjersey Fabrics GmbH”, which is part of the Feinjersey Group, a globally active network of textile firms. “Arula GmbH” as part of the “Huber Holding AG” with a largely European market and flag and banner producer „FAHNENGÄRTNER“ with national Austrian key accounts like “Blizzard Skies” and the major Austrian bank “BAWAG PSK”. They are not alone: “Roughly 270 companies worldwide are currently undergoing the assessment- or auditing process for STeP or are already STeP certified”, reports Helene Melnitzky, OETI’s Head of Ecology
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01.06.2016 A sustainable textile STeP ahead
An increasing number of OETI’s textile customers are “STeP by OEKO-TEX®“ certified. Among the OETI customers now using the certification system for textile companies are “VOSSEN GmbH & Co. KG”, which exports its high quality towels, bathrobes and bathmats to more than 43 countries worldwide. “Feinjersey Colours und Feinjersey Fabrics GmbH”, which is part of the Feinjersey Group, a globally active network of textile firms. “Arula GmbH” as part of the “Huber Holding AG” with a largely European market and flag and banner producer „FAHNENGÄRTNER“ with national Austrian key accounts like “Blizzard Skies” and the major Austrian bank “BAWAG PSK”. They are not alone: “Roughly 270 companies worldwide are currently undergoing the assessment- or auditing process for STeP or are already STeP certified”, reports Helene Melnitzky, OETI’s Head of Ecology
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