All HeiQ articles – Page 2
-
News briefsHeiQ introduces antiviral textile mask with copper coating
Swiss company HeiQ is launching a new face mask that it says destroys 100 percent of tested viruses and bacteria within minutes of contact with the textile material. The patented HeiQ MetalliQ mask consists of a fabric coated with a pure copper coating. Behind the technology, in addition to the ...
-
News briefs
HeiQ acquires Belgian biotech company
Swiss ingredients brand HeiQ has acquired Chrisal N.V., a Belgian industrial biotechnology company, expanding its offering to include probiotic ingredients and technology platforms. HeiQ reported it had acquired 51 percent of the share capital and voting rights of Chrisal, which will be renamed HeiQ Chrisal. The purchase price amounts to ...
-
News briefsHeiQ and Nylstar launch permanent antiviral textile technology
HeiQ has announced the launch of HeiQ Viroblock Permanent, a new technology that is part of its HeiQ Viroblock platform. HeiQ Viroblock Permanent is being used exclusively on Nylstar’s Meryl Skinlife Force, a new premium sustainable fabric. While the current HeiQ Viroblock offering is obtained by chemical treatment to finished ...
-
News briefsHotel in Verbier ski resort is first to implement HeiQ Viroblock Ecosystem
Swiss ingredient brand HeiQ has partnered with luxury Hotel W Verbier and The Medical Supply Company of Switzerland (MSCS) to integrate the HeiQ Viroblock Ecosystem, an antiviral textile and surface technology, into its facility management routine amid a recent lockdown imposed by Swiss health authorities. The HeiQ Viroblock Ecosystem strives ...
-
News briefs
Xefco and HeiQ launch new antiviral textile treatment
Xefco®, an Australian materials science and technology start-up specializing in innovative thin-film coating technologies for the textile industry offered to outdoor apparel, fashion and home textile markets, has launched XViroblock™ in collaboration with Swiss textile innovator HeiQ. According to Xefco, XViroblock is the world’s first thin-film antimicrobial copper surface treatment ...
-
ArticleHeiQ now listed on the LSE
On Dec. 7, thanks to a reverse takeover into Auctus Growth Plc, the textile materials company HeiQ was listed on the London Stock Exchange, under the ticker symbol HEIQ. The stock was oversubscribed on issue and raised £60 million (€66m-$80m) before expenses. The new public interest in the company doubtless ...
-
News briefs
HeiQ Viroblock wins Swiss Technology Award 2020
HeiQ, a Swiss company founded in 2005 for scientific research, production of specialty materials and branding of ingredients for consumer products, has won the first prize of the Swiss Technology Award 2020 for its antiviral textile technology HeiQ Viroblock. The technology offers durable surface protection against viruses including SARS-CoV-2, sanitization ...
-
News briefs
New face mask from Buff with HeiQ ViroBlock
With the reusable Filter Mask, the Spanish head- and neckwear specialist Buff presented a new three-layer mask made of CoolNet UV+ material, a Swiss-developed technology from HeiQ Materials, which is manufactured from 95 percent recycled polyester. The mask also features a replaceable filter system, developed by the Finnish company Ahlstrom-Munksjö, ...
-
ArticleHeiQ and Polygiene help defeat coronavirus
HeiQ draws attention to the fact that its Viroblock NPJ03, an antiviral and antimicrobial textile treatment, has been tested effective against coronavirus in face-mask testing, reducing virus infectivity by more than 99.99 percent. The treatment could therefore prevent textiles from becoming a host surface for the propagation of harmful viruses ...
- Previous Page
- Page1
- Page2
- Next Page
