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Ep. 111: Natural antimicrobial advancement

February 12, 2025 • World Textile Information Network

In this special podcast series, we speak to the winners of the WTiN Innovate Textile Awards 2024.

In this episode Allon Cohne, SVP and chief marketing officer at Noble Biomaterials discusses the company’s Material Innovation Award win, with their entry titled: Ionic+ Botanical Technology.

Noble Biomaterials is a leader in antimicrobial and anti-odour solutions for soft surface applications. The plant-based, renewable citric technology inhibits the growth of microbes that cause odour. Noble is working towards Oeko-Tex and bluesign certification for this innovation.

In this episode, Cohne explains how Noble Biomaterials is working with and towards global regulations and certifications such as Oeko-Tex. He goes into the importance of citric technology and how the company hopes to further develop it into the yarns of materials. If you would like to learn more, please visit noblebiomaterials.com.

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