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Schoeller, Osmotex come together for HYDRO_BOT

12 May '17

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Courtesy: Hydrobot

Schoeller Textil and Osmotex have signed a production agreement for HYDRO_BOT, a new revolutionising technology for moisture management. The development marks a step forward towards commercialisation for HYDRO_BOT. The two companies announced that tests of the HYDRO_BOT panels have shown encouraging results for the moisture management solution.

HYDRO_BOT was first introduced at ISPO in early 2017. HYDRO_BOT will solve one of the biggest challenges in sports, work and protective clothing - to transport moisture to match human sweat rates in various climates, conditions and activity levels.

Behind HYDRO_BOT is Osmotex, a Swiss-Norwegian start-up dedicated to developing solutions for electro osmosis for moisture management. The Swiss leading textile manufacturer, Schoeller Textil is the production partner for the HYDRO_BOT panels. The agreement means that Schoeller will market HYDRO_BOT to its clients and enable Omotex to support new client projects with HYDRO_BOT with all the hallmark qualities a world-leading Swiss textile manufacturer.

The first product to consumer is planned with KJUS, a leading innovator in ski-, golf- and lifestyle wear. They will be the first leading brand to take HYDRO_BOT to market in selected skiwear products planned for the 2018/2019 season. On-going testing in the reign of Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, suggest that everything is proceeding to plan with the expected quality.

“World-class testing of HYDRO_BOT is crucial, and we are pleased with the results to date. The agreement with Schoeller now also finally secures our quality production, and we are soon ready to provide samples for the demo jackets for 2018/19 season,” says Trond Heldal, director of R&D and operations at Osmotex and the lead researcher on the decade long research and development effort.

“It is our speciality to bring highly-functional fabrics, knits and innovative textile technologies to market. With HYDRO_BOT we enable a totally new functionality to be brought into garments. Now we are step closer to the new reality smart textile performance,” says Siegfried Winkelbeiner, CEO of Schoeller Textil. (SV)

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