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We're very pleased to announce Skopes have integrated Odegon Technology into their new coproate image clothing range - CONTOURFLEX!

Tailored from a contemporary knitted fabric, CONTOURFLEX weaves together supreme comfort, practicality and performance into stylish garments that are highly-flexible, designed to keep you at the top of your game.

Odegon STAY FRESH TECHNOLOGY is used in Jackets, Dresses and Waistcoats keeping garments fresh and wearers feeling confident. Available in 9 designs and 4 colourways with sizes from 4 to 28, the CONTOURFLEX Collection will reshape your expectations of corporate image clothing. See here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqDKN84ZNu4

Established over 60 years ago in the heart of the textile industry, Skopes enjoys a rich history and heritage filled with the highest levels of innovation and service which is now available through Skopes retail shops within leading department stores throughout the UK, bringing the full range of Skopes quality tailoring, casualwear and accessories to a place near you. Skopes´ highly trained and knowledgeable staff will ensure a quality shopping experience in a great environment. https://www.skopes.co.uk/

After our succesful debut at Performance Days Functional Fabric Fair last year, we'll be exhibiting again on the 8th and 9th of May. Please come and meet us at Q08 Hall C6! We look forward to seeing you! For more information on Performance Days please visit the website https://www.performancedays.com/ 

Chicago based Justin Blair and Company have launched DeoSole in the US. Justin Blair are the leading manufacturer and distributor of foot and shoe care products across the US. They have already launched DeoSole in several US stores and there is much more to come. We're very pleased to have them on board!

Read more here, https://justinblairco.com/new-product-deosole-odor-destroying-shoe-patch/

We exhibited for the first time at Performance Days in Munich. It was extremely successful with many visitors to our stand and great interest was shown in our innovative odour absorbing products for clothing, bags and footwear. See you all in 2019!

About Performance Days – the functional fabric fair is the place to be twice a year for the sourcing of high performance functional fabrics and accessories. With 297 exhibitors from 29 nations, PERFORMANCE DAYS shows the latest trends in fabric development for the functional textile industry. Being the only exhibition to link seasonal sourcing schedules (April/May and November), the fair offers visitors everything from textiles, to yarns, finishes and accessories. Besides manufacturers PERFORMANCE DAYS always features different partners offering services from color trends to certification systems. In addition to the unique guided tours (plus), workshops and expert talks by internationally respected orators, the PERFORMANCE FORUM is the core of the exhibition. The trend forum highlights the newest innovations and presents all of the current developments –with the PERFORMANCE (ECO) AWARD handed to the most innovative/sustainable product of the fair. The functional fabric fair attracts the major international manufacturers and nearly all of the well-known sportswear and active clothing brands as well as sportive fashion collection industry with its complete selection of high quality materials.

We’re thrilled to announce BioRevive Pty Ltd have been appointed our exclusive distributor for DeoSole in Australia and New Zealand. The Melbourne based natural medicine and device company was established in 2001, and supplies pharmacies, high street chains and online vendors across their territories. DeoSole fits into their footwear category and compliments Biorevive’s existing portfolio of innovative products.

Invented back in 2011, DeoSole is Odegon’s unique odour absorbing shoe insert. The international patent protected footwear device can be used in any shoe, it does not need to be cut to size and last’s for up to three months.

Silverback Gym Wear have incorporated our unique fabric patches into their new range of active gym wear called 'Carbon'. Silverback describe their new range....

"Our Gen2 Carbon range contains Odegon® carbon fabric that is scientifically proven to remove odour, keeping your clothing fresh during the most intense workouts. The technology is literally based on gas mask technology, and each shirt has the odour absorption surface area of two tennis courts. It's impressive stuff and we're thrilled to introduce this into our range.

The Gen2 Carbon T-shirt is the ultimate shirt. It fits and drapes in all the right places. The triple blend fabric wicks away sweat, its light, low maintenance and absorbs odour to give you confidence to train hard and sweat more than ever before."

The UK men's clothing retailer T.M. Lewin has launched it's new range of Infinity Active Suits using Odegon's unique DeoTag technology! Our integrated fabric patches keep clothes fresh throughout the day, regardless of the conditions. The range is Leo Classic Navy, Ronnie Charcoal, Jamie Textured Blue and Maxwell Texture Navy Slim Fit Italian.

Founded in 1898, T.M. Lewin is a renowned dress shirt and suit tailoring retailer with 75 stores throughout the UK and Ireland.

Vartest Laboratories Inc. in New York recently completed testing Odegon's odour absorbing DeoTags in accordance with ISO 17299-2 ‘Determination of Deodorant Property, Detector Tube Method' and the results are in!

The chemical tested was Ammonia and the Odour Reduction Method was an incredible 98% successful which just reinforces how effective our technology is.

These results compliment testing already carried out including in-situation wearer trials and various lab tests using isovaleric acid (strong cheesy feet odour) and butyric acid (unpleasant smell found in body odour and stink bombs).

Tom Rawlings, Director of Odegon Technologies says “Another test and another convincing result for our technology. We now have the full range of testing proving efficacy in lab conditions both before and after washing and dry cleaning, the all-important ‘in situation' wearer testing and of course great feedback from our clients.” He goes on to say “Odegon is superior to anti-microbial products that claim to tackle odour because our technology works in the real world and not just under ideal lab conditions. It doesn't wash out and harm the environment when washed into the water table, and most importantly it does not kill helpful bacteria indiscriminately on the skin and damage the local microbiome.”

More product launches are set for 2017 in the uniform, sportswear and retail high street areas so keep checking in for updates.

The New Zealand based outdoor clothing and equipment company Kathmandu have integrated Odegon technology into their innovative Packing and Footwear Cell products. Available on their international website and in stores throughout Australia and New Zealand, Kathmandu's Anti-Odour Packing Cell allows the segregation of damp or dirty clothing in gym bags or luggage.

Likewise their Anti-Odour Footwear Cell ensures well used trainers or hiking boots do not spread the ‘used-shoe' smell throughout other luggage.

Greg Wilson, Kathmandu's Product Manager of Equipment - says. “At Kathmandu we're always looking for ways to innovate within our packing cell range of products. We wanted to solve damp, dirty gear infiltrating your entire gym bag or travel luggage with odour. We needed the expertise of a technology partner and we found it in Odegon. Through this partnership we were able to innovate in an area of our business we wanted to grow. We have developed an innovative product that really works. We hope customers love it!”

In collaboration with Odegon, NNT Corporate and Healthcare Uniforms have recently launched iron-on DeoTags for the uniform and workwear market. Now on sale throughout Australia and New Zealand, the ‘Iron-on Deodorant Tags' can be easily applied to any garment, and will work for the lifetime of the garment. ‘DeoTags' can be bought as an after-market pack for ironing on at home, or alternatively can be requested with your uniform and workwear package.

Established in 1962 and now part of the Work Wear Group, NNT supplies tailored clothing solutions to corporate and healthcare customers throughout  Australia and New Zealand. For more information about this and other NNT products, please visit their website or send an email to uniformenquiry@workweargroup.com.au.

The long established Taiwan based menswear company JYI Pin has recently launched a range of suits which include Odegon DeoTags integrated into the lining. This gives their products stay fresh technology, keeping customers odour free and confident even in the most demanding of climates.

We are very pleased to announce that Odegon has launched in a range of clothing for the Turkey based retailer LC Waikiki. Integrating our technology in shirts and suits, LCW's ‘Fresh Series' can be found in store and online

LC Waikiki, simply LCW is a Turkish clothing company. The chain has over 566 retail stores in 27 countries.

 

Carrefour have launched a range of sports jackets incorporating Odegon DeoTag Technology across Taiwan. Now available in 80 stores, the light weight jackets come in a range of styles and sizes for both men and women. Joe Kao of Kaolink International in Taiwan says of this launch, “we were appointed as Odegon Technologies distributor last year, and within a short amount of time had secured Carrefour as a customer. This goes to prove what a great technology Odegon is.” Joe continues, “Carrefour has plans to extend the ranges offering Odegon Technology to include Polo shirts and household products.”

Odegon Technology now in Cintas Regeneration Suiting, providing a “Fresh Approach”

Cintas has recently enhanced one of their top selling suiting collections, Regeneration™ with Odegon Shields® and EcoGir® Antibacterial Fabric. These new features complement the existing features on the collection, Aerocool lining and recycled polyester. With these features, Cintas, has been able to create an overall system that benefits any wearer.

a) Mr Rawlings, can you explain how the need for designing products that absorb odours came into existence? What did you have in mind when you designed it?

Chemical odour suppressant finishes tend to kill all bacteria, both good and bad. During the wash cycle, these finishes can leach out onto the body and the environment and some cause untold damage to aquatic and marine life yet to be researched fully. Thinking this is not an ideal solution, I cast my mind back to earlier in my career.

A number of years ago whilst working in the defence industry I came across a material which absorbed not just odours, but was also used (and still is) for life saving breathing filters against chemical warfare agents. I realised what a powerful tool it was for odour absorbing when placed correctly in a garment. It was the head of quality and innovation at a Global retailer who saw the unique advantages of Odegon over chemical finishes, he said "All finishes are like using a sledgehammer to crack open a nut, whereas Odegon is so much more incisive and targets just the areas that need odour control with no unpleasant side effects such as environmental contamination."

b) How many brands have agreed to use the product till now and what are your plans for 2015-16? How do you plan to expand your business?

We have at this moment over 15 major brands worldwide with a number still trialling Odegon and more coming on board. Being a relatively new and expanding company we have targeted the major brands first. With executives moving to different companies they tend to take good ideas and concepts with them such as our Odegon products. Recent major names include UMBRO, Ted Baker, Carrefour Clothing, Pretty Polly and Raymond of India.

c) How do the products actually work? What are the chemical processes involved? Are they safe when the person wears them?

It is important to emphasise that unlike many other anti-odour products, we do not use chemicals. Instead our technology relies upon a physical attractive force which works on a very small scale. Our material has countless 'micro-pores' and when odour causing molecules come into contact with these micro-pores, they become trapped. There is a huge internal surface area present in our material which means the odour absorbing capability is vast. We do not aim to kill bacteria because we know this can have a detrimental effect on the environment and potentially also on the garment wearer's skin. Instead we focus on solving the problem in hand, and eliminate the odour rather than unselectively killing both good and bad bacteria.

d) What are some of the challenges associated with brands - as in did you encounter any issues after you tied up with several brands?

The biggest challenge is getting across the concept of not using any chemicals and the acceptance of the product working. Even though we have proven tests from a variety of institutions and even wearer trial tests from such respected companies as Boots the Chemist and Marks and Spencer, each potential customer wants to carry out their own field trials. It's very reassuring when clients come back with glowing reports as to the effectiveness of the products. A number of international airlines are now using Odegon in their cabin crew uniforms and we are getting many repeat orders through their uniform suppliers. We find we usually have to go in at senior level to get noticed and those most receptive to new technology tend to be Garment Technologists but also Marketing Directors. These people can see the potential of Odegon and want to offer their customers something new and genuinely effective.

e) What is your next big project? What are you researching on currently?

Because we have invested a lot of resources in securing our intellectual property internationally (such as Patents), our product offering is expanding and we can become more flexible in coming up with 'bespoke' odour absorbing solutions. Garments such as shirts, jackets and blouses are our bread and butter however we are now expanding to include all garment and accessory classes. New projects which we can talk about include bespoke solutions for hosiery, sports bags, footwear and headwear. There are many others but confidentially prevents us from divulging more details. Watch this space!