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Below you can find press releases on research projects and services offered by the Hohenstein Institute. Through the support of a wide range of other institutions throughout the textile manufacturing chain, we can support you in your research work and beyond and provide you with the details of experts for interview and specialist authors.

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29/11/2012

Texolotl World Tour
OEKO-TEX® mascot starts journey around the globe

Texolotol, the new OEKO-TEX® mascot, set out on its journey around the world from the German certification centre in Frankfurt in November. The first stop was at the Hohenstein Institute in Bönnigheim in Swabia.  
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Topic area: | 2093-EN
22/11/2012

‘Documenting individual core competencies and gaining new customers’
In addition to the basic entry in the OEKO-TEX® Buyer's Guide, certificate holders will in future be able to independently provide detailed information about their company or their products using a new Self Service Portal.

The online Buyer's Guide is the central content of the completely revised and restructured website of the International OEKO-TEX® Association. At www.oeko tex.com interested visitors are guided specifically to the desired information about certified ... 
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Topic area: | 2094-EN
21/11/2012

Meeting of the OEKO-TEX® General Managers in New York
Regimentation of alkylphenol ethoxylates binding from 2013 – Company audits completed at all certified companies by end of 2013 – New certification for sustainable textile production announced

Environmentally friendly and socially acceptable production conditions will continue to be one of the greatest challenges of the textile industry – that was the bottom line of this year's meeting of the OEKO-TEX® General Managers which took place ... 
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Topic area: | 2092-EN
19/11/2012

Vignesh Amalraj promoted as Business Development Manager

Vignesh Amalraj, Head of the Hohenstein Institute Contact Office in Tirupur in Southern India since 2007, has been appointed Business Development Manager of Hohenstein India Pvt. Ltd, the official country representation of the Hohenstein Institute ... 
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Topic area: General, International | 453-EN
15/11/2012

Optimised clothing for wheelchair athletes
More functionality and comfort for wheelchair basketball players and hand bikers

About 4,200 athletes from about 165 countries competed for medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games impressively demonstrating the high standards of international disabled sport. One example of this was the 24:50, 22 minutes that it took former ... 
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Topic area: Fit and processing | 439-EN