Eco-friendly protection for outdoor furniture

Discoloration and contamination by funguses and bacteria are the most common problem for textile products that are used outdoors and in moist and damp conditions. This is a constant challenge for companies in the fields of furniture designed for the beach or the pool area. The furniture gets moist from wet swimwear and is often stored under plastic coverings to protect them from harsh weather.

The Italian textile producer Ramfil s.r.l. has teamed up with Parx Plastics to incorporated Parx’ antimicrobial Sanipolymers into the yarns of the textiles used for sunbeds, beach chairs and umbrellas.

Incorporating this biocompatible technology a modification is made to the materials mechanical/physical characteristics, which make the materials inhibit the growth of bacteria and funguses without using any harmful substances. In fact the technology makes use of one of the human bodies most abundant trace elements to achieve this effect. A technology that is not migrating/that is not leaching out and is not making use of any harmful substances. It is biocompatible and perfectly safe in contact with skin and lasts through out the lifetime of the product.

At SUN 2015 tradeshow from 8-10 October in Rimini, Ramfil is introducing this innovation together with furniture maker Ramberti s.r.l. This introduction is also accompanied by the launch of a compatible biocompatible cleaner: Zinx. The Zinx cleaner makes use of all natural ingredients targeted to improve and enhance the bacteriostatic features of the incorporated technology to preserve the best possible lasting protection against discoloration and contamination by bacteria and funguses.

With these innovations Ramfil and Ramberti are tackling the challenges of bacteria and funguses in a sustainable, eco-friendly and 100% safe way.