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Swiss textile innovator HeiQ is introducing HeiQ No Fuzz, a new range of products to increase abrasion resistance of fabrics and reduce the level of fuzzing and pilling at Performance Days November in Munich, Germany, this week.
“Anti-pilling” is not a new terminology to the textile industry. However, many conventional treatment technologies give a negative mechanical handle impact that leads to reduced fabric comfort. Improved visual perception at the cost of worse mechanical perception is the conventional approach to the problem of abrasion-related damage on textiles. HeiQ No Fuzz is based on novel adhesive polymer structures that give targeted, localised and non-homogeneous “bridging” reinforcement inside yarns and/or on the outer surface of yarns.
HeiQ’s co-founder and chief science officer Dr. Murray Height said: “Abrasion of textiles during use and laundry can lead to loss of fibres that ultimately have potential to contribute to ocean microplastic pollution. Increasing the abrasion resistance and reducing the pilling and fuzzing tendency of yarns means fibres are less likely to be released into water during laundry.” He adds that by reducing abrasion-related damage, “the useful life cycle of textile products can be prolonged contributing to an improved environmental footprint.”
The HeiQ No Fuzz product family, alongside other innovations, will be presented at HeiQ’s booth “Lounge 5” at Performance Days on 8-9 November 2017.
Founded in 2005 as a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, HeiQ is a leader in textile innovation creating some of the most effective, durable and high-performance textile effects on the market today.
