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Do not miss out on our latest OETI updates, those of our parent company TESTEX AG and the OEKO-TEX® Association.
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01.04.2021 OEKO-TEX® New Regulations 2021 come into effect
The New Regulations 2021 for the OEKO-TEX® product portfolio have come into force after a three-month transition period on 1st April 2021.
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31.03.2021 Ozan Katrancı of Ozanteks Tekstil on how STeP by OEKO-TEX® enhances the company's vision
Ozan Katrancı the General Manager of Ozanteks Tekstil on what it means to be STeP certified: “This certificate enhances our vision and indicates that we are a world-known and world-class manufacturer.”
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17.03.2021 OETI shifts its headquaters
After about 45 years at its location in Spengergasse in Vienna, OETI has now moved! In just under four years of intensive planning and construction, a new low-energy building, which is operated in a CO2-neutral manner, was built.
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04.03.2021 Did you miss the OEKO-TEX webcast on consumer safety at its best? No problem you can watch it here
OEKO-TEX webcast
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04.03.2021 Check it out: OEKO-TEX®' certificates and labels total 26’155.
To all of OETI's OEKO-TEX® customers out there: You are not alone! As of 01.01.2021 the number of valid OEKO-TEX® certificates and labels total 26’155.
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04.03.2021 Check it out: OEKO-TEX®' certificates and labels total 26’155.
To all of OETI's OEKO-TEX® customers out there: You are not alone! As of 01.01.2021 the number of valid OEKO-TEX® certificates and labels total 26’155.
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19.02.2021 We are moving!
On 15 March 2021 we are going to move into our new building.
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09.02.2021 ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® test criteria: New regulations in 2021
At the start of the year, the OEKO-TEX® Association as usual updates the applicable test criteria, limit values and requirements for its range of certifications and labels. For ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® the following new regulations come into effect immediately
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09.02.2021 OEKO-TEX® new regulations in 2021: MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX®
At the start of the year, the OEKO-TEX® Association as usual updates the applicable test criteria, limit values and requirements for its range of certifications and labels. For MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® the following new regulations come into effect immediately
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08.02.2021 OEKO-TEX® new regulations 2021: RECYCLED MATERIALS IN STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®
Recycled materials are difficult to certify. With their previous life, recycled materials are posing different challenges than regular virgin material. Therefore within the STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® framework these materials are treated differently.
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News-Archive
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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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31.05.2016 OEKO-TEX® presents its new brand strategy
Global full-service provider for sustainable textiles – Fresh design for Standard 100 and STeP by OEKO-TEX® certification – Closure of OEKO-TEX® certification centre in Germany
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31.05.2016 OEKO-TEX® presents its new brand strategy
Global full-service provider for sustainable textiles – Fresh design for Standard 100 and STeP by OEKO-TEX® certification – Closure of OEKO-TEX® certification centre in Germany
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09.05.2016 OEKO-TEX® to Address Supply Chain Transparency at Planet Textiles 2016
OEKO-TEX® is taking a leadership role at the upcoming Planet Textiles 2016: The Sustainable Textiles Summit on May 11 at the Copenhagen Concert Hall in Denmark. OEKO-TEX® is a sponsor of the Planet Textiles event and from 11:45-12:45 will present “Driving Transparency, Traceability, and Sustainability in the World’s Most Complex Supply Chain.”
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02.05.2016 New PPE regulation published!
The new PPE regulation is published. Council Directive 89/686/EEC (3) was adopted in the context of establishing the internal market, in order to harmonise health and safety requirements for personal protective equipment (PPE) in all Member States and to remove obstacles to trade in PPE between Member States.
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26.04.2016 ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® Certification for Sustainable
Zürich (tm) The International OEKO-TEX® Association has created a new certification system for its portfolio of sustainable textile certifications. ECO PASSPORT by OEKOTEX ® is a verification procedure by which manufacturers of textile processing chemicals and chemical compounds, such as dyes, performance additives, finishing agents, lubricants, detergents, etc.,
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26.04.2016 ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® Certification for Sustainable
Zürich (tm) The International OEKO-TEX® Association has created a new certification system for its portfolio of sustainable textile certifications. ECO PASSPORT by OEKOTEX ® is a verification procedure by which manufacturers of textile processing chemicals and chemical compounds, such as dyes, performance additives, finishing agents, lubricants, detergents, etc.,
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07.04.2016 OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 test criteria – New regulations for 2016
OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 test criteria – New regulations for 2016 came definitely into force on 1 April.
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07.04.2016 OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 test criteria – New regulations for 2016
OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 test criteria – New regulations for 2016 came definitely into force on 1 April.
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