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Treatment rendering fabrics impermeable to water- and oil-based products. Also has the effect of making fabrics waterproof to a certain degree. Well-known stain-resistant brandnames are Zepel by Du Pont and Scotchgard by Minnesota.
Very promising early results for the PURACQUA Project, "Bioabsorption with inactivated fungal biomass". →
The Centro Tessile Cotoniero ed Abbigliamento S.p.A., following the Inspection Report n. 0907342, has renewed until October 11th 2010 the Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Class I Certificate, articles for newborn babies. →
Printing process carried out by a machine with rotating blocks. →
Product eliminating static energy caused by friction. It is applied during the dye baths of synthetic fibres, more subject to building up static energy; water absorbent fibres do not have this problem. →
Two or more single yarns put together for weaving, sometimes twisted together. →
Strictly speaking silk yarn of two or more threads, made of the best continuous fibres, tightly twisted, therefore very strong, suitable for warp. Also refers to the fabric made from organzine yarn. →