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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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18.07.2018 TESTEX opens new PCR-Laboratory for the screening of GMO-Cotton in Zurich!
TESTEX opens a new laboratory for the testing of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in cotton products.
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03.07.2018 Together for sustainability: TESTEX joins ZDHC!
TESTEX joins the Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC) Roadmap to Zero Programme and so actively underlines its sustainability efforts.
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27.06.2018 Implement Partnership targets with STeP by OEKO-TEX®
During the latest comparison of standards available in the market, the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles has classified the STeP certification as a “credible system”, “which ensures compliance with its requirements”.
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27.06.2018 ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX®: New three-level verification process
New three-level verification process The previous two-level process for certification of textile chemicals, colourants and other auxiliaries in accordance with the ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® ...
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27.06.2018 The Middle East and North Africa are important markets for OETI
The Middle East and North Africa are important markets for OETI, which is a testing and certification institute, based in Vienna, Austria. Read here about the impact on these markets of such pressing issues as sustainability in textile production and products, free from harmful substances
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05.06.2018 A concept still new to the whole industry
OEKO-TEX®, Ecology and the Egyptian textile industry.
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16.05.2018 MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX® receives highest rating in Greenpeace’s buying guide
Greenpeace recently published the 5th edition of its buying guide on toxic-free and socially fair produced clothing. The independent environmental protection organization rated the eight most important eco textile labels.
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04.05.2018 The Key To Confidence: What Does It Take to Build Trust with Busy, Sustainability-Minded Consumers?
In the age of “fake news” and “greenwashing,” it’s no surprise that 64% of consumers in “The Key To Confidence: Consumers and Textile Sustainability—Mindsets, Changing Behaviors, and Outlooks” who were aware of eco-textiles claimed that they check at least some of the time to see if sustainability claims are true.
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24.04.2018 NEW PPE-REGULATION!
From April 21, 2018 the PPE “Regulation (EU) 2016/425” replaces the previous „Directive 89/686/EEC“. We tell you all the important facts!
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12.04.2018 OEKO-TEX® Launches GMO Test for Organic Cotton
The popularity of organic cotton has grown substantially in recent years. Consumers are increasingly worried about the environment and about harmful substances in the products they buy for themselves and their families.1 For them, organic foods and textiles are good choices, and are products for which they are willing to pay a premium. But, in return for that extra investment, consumers expect the organic products they buy to be genuine and verifiable as such.
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