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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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17.01.2022 OETI interview regarding 30 years of OEKO-TEX®
Interview with OETI’s OEKO-TEX® expert Helene Melnitzky about the role of OEKO-TEX®, market trends and current OEKO-TEX® certifications and labels
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11.01.2022 OEKO-TEX® new regulations 2022
The OEKO-TEX® Association has released its annual updates to test criteria, limit values and requirements for its certification. All new regulations will come into force after the transition period on 1 April 2022. In addition, its new Impact Calculator is now available for STeP by OEKO-TEX® customers.
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02.12.2021 What is MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX®
What is MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® and why are transparency and traceability vital criteria for MADE IN GREEN?
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02.12.2021 How do you improve your market access with the OEKO-TEX® Buying Guide?
How do OEKO-TEX® customers increase their competitiveness with the Buying Guide?
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02.12.2021 OEKO-TEX® CertLink: Connecting your certificates and products
The OEKO-TEX® CertLink Platform enables OEKO-TEX® customers to link their products with certificates (STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX®, LEATHER STANDARD by OEKO-TEX®) or labels (MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX®)
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02.12.2021 Central control over your products with myOEKO-TEX®.
In myOEKO-TEX®, you can administer processes, certificates and supply chains and communicate with your suppliers
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04.11.2021 What OETI flooring technology tests for you – an overview
OETI helps meet the challenges of the European flooring market. Here is an overview of what the OETI flooring technology department is testing for you:
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04.11.2021 How to test and classify your floor coverings correctly in the EU
Are you familiar with the European requirements your floor coverings have to fulfil in terms of the testing and classification of their burning behaviour?
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04.11.2021 How Ege Carpets A/S and OETI work together to produce highest quality products
Find out how OETI supports Ege Carpets A/S wit their fire tests for CE marking according to EN 14041 (EN ISO 9239-1, EN ISO 11925-2 and classification according to EN 13501-1) and classification tests according to EN 1307.
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05.07.2021 New CO2 and water footprint tool for STeP and MADE IN GREEN customers starting in 2022
STeP by OEKO-TEX® is now offering an online tool for calculating your ecological footprint for carbon dioxide (CO2) and water consumption. At the end of 2021, it will be optionally available to all STeP-certified companies.
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News-Archive
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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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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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