DuPont Industrial Biosciences, today announced that DuPont™ Sorona® has received Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 Class 1 Certification from Oeko-Tex® and the Hohenstein Textile Testing Institute. Sorona® renewably sourced polymer is certified for use in fiber applications for textiles (apparel, home, office, and automotive interiors) and for carpet (residential, commercial and automotive including mats). Oeko-Tex® Class 1 certification is the most stringent test and includes textiles and carpets intended for use by infants and toddlers.
"Receiving Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 Class 1 certification for Sorona® provides third party validation of the safety of Sorona® for use in all fiber applications," said Walter L. Fields, III, global business director. "This will benefit our downstream customers, and we will work with them to get further Oeko-Tex® certification throughout the supply chain. For carpet mills, apparel brands, and consumers, this certification provides the confidence they need to select high quality textiles and carpets."
DuPont™ Sorona® is made, in part, with annually renewable plant-based resources. By replacing traditional petrochemical ingredients with those made from renewable resources, Sorona® helps reduce dependency on oil and petrochemicals. Additionally, the production of Sorona® offers significant energy savings and reduced CO2 emissions when compared to the production of an equal amount of nylon. Sorona® is also free from heavy metals.
"We are very pleased that DuPont chose Oeko-Tex® Standard 100 certification for Sorona®. Sorona® is one of the first bio-based textile polymers to demonstrate highly desirable technical and life cycle advantages for a wide range of products from apparel to carpets. Oeko-Tex® certification verifies Sorona® is free from dangerous levels of harmful substances and meets REACH and CPSIA requirements in the EU and
DuPont works with a global network of licensed fiber producers and mills - both fabric and carpet - to bring a wide variety of Sorona® textile and carpet products to market. In apparel segments, Sorona® can be easily blended with a broad range of other natural and synthetic fibers to provide exceptional softness, comfort stretch, durability and easy care to a wide variety of garments including swimwear, intimate apparel, denim and ready-to wear.
Carpet applications showcase the performance attributes that Sorona® adds including durability and crush resistance as well as permanent, natural stain and bleach resistance that won't wash or wear off.
The unique combination of attributes and benefits of DuPont™ Sorona® earned it a new sub-generic fiber classification from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in March 2009. In the