Bluesign, the Swiss textile standard, has found new partners: Everest Textile of Taiwan will soon be the first Asian company to introduce Bluesign-certified coating and lamination products to the market. Four other Taiwanese manufacturers of fabrics have signed Bluesign’s system agreement: Paltex, Long Advance, Uttermost Dyeing and Finishing and Ho Chien Enterprise. Two companies from Shanghai, Challenge Textile and Jiale Corporation, have agreed to submit their production to screening by Bluesign.