Portuguese home textiles manufacturer Mundotêxtil, together with the Italian spinner Marchi & Fildi’s smart cotton yarn Ecotec, have launched a responsibly made cotton towel innovation that saves water use, energy and CO2 emissions at the Heimtextil international trade fair for home and contract textiles, which concluded in Frankfurt this week.

Established in 1975, MundoTêxtil is a leading towel manufacturer in Europe and is present in all five continents, with exports to more than 40 countries. The company is renowned for design, innovation, quality and a focused customer development programme, meeting its stakeholder needs through a dedicated sustainability and socially responsible product supply chain.

Responsible towel

The company boasts many certifications, such as RDI certification (4457:2007), ISO 9001:2008 and Oeko-Tex class 1. Also, a strong investment policy has enabled improvements in the levels of water use, lowering energy consumption, treating effluent and controlling waste disposal.

The new strategic choice to develop a more responsible towel with Ecotec Smart Cotton by Marchi & Fildi is part of the company’s commitment to enhancing its eco footprint and sustainability quotient for products and processes throughout its supply chain.

Ecotec by Marchi & Fildi

Ecotec by Marchi & Fildi is a smart range of cotton yarns produced with an exclusive, made in Italy, transparent, traceable and certified process that transforms 100% pre-consumer pre-dyed cotton clippings with remarkable efficiency in terms of water, energy and CO2 savings.

Measuring the efficiency of the process, the company says it recorded proven metrics of up to 56.3% reduction on the greenhouse effect, up to 56.6% in energy savings, and up to 77.9% in water consumption throughout the complete process.

Ecotec yarns can contain up to 80% of transformed pre-consumer cotton. “With more than 70 stock service colours, Ecotec is really unique product and service, offering high quality yarns with contemporary values, that support the chemical safety and human health metrics, as required by Tessile e Salute certification promoted by Italy’s Ministry of Health,” the company explains.

Innovative range

“This innovative range of Mundotêxtil towels offers an unquestionable quality and performance, that is part of the company DNA to always strive to make ever better products for the market and its customers too,” the company reports.

According to the manufacturer, the range includes products made 65% of Ecotec Polaris yarn in 100% cotton blended with organic cotton, products made with Ecotec Ginevra yarn containing Modal for an extra soft touch, and products made with Ecotec Chagall yarn containing cashmere for precious touch.

www.mundotextil.pt