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Focus on... Tencel : the new generation fiber

Tencel® is a natural cellulose fiber made from the raw material eucalyptus wood, it has a lot of benefits : cool to the touch, odor fighting, moisture regulating, softness, durability, eco-friendly.

Tencel® is a natural cellulose fiber made from the raw material eucalyptus wood

We'll see the fiber has a lot of benefits :

- Cool to the touch

- Odor fighting

- Moisture regulating

- Softness

- Durability

- Eco-friendly

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Moisture content

The higher the natural moisture content in the fiber core, the more refreshing a fiber feels! The basic moisture content of Tencel® is 13% - compared to Polyester's content of just 1%. As Tencel® is hydrophilic, the fiber surface remains dry and feels pleaseantly cool but not damp.

Odor neutralizing

La The higher the natural moisture content in the fiber core, the mire refreshing a fiber feels! The basic moisture content of Tencel® is 13% - compared to Polyester's content of just 1%. As Tencel® is hydrophilic, the fiber surface remains dry and feels pleasantly cool but not damp. Tencel® dries extremely quickly. The evaporative coolness generated during the drying process maintains the body at an ideal temperature without it feeling damp.

Moisture regulating

La Tencel® fiber is based on the same functional mechanisms as Merino wool. It can absorb huge amounts of moisture while the fiber surface still remains dry. Nanofibrils, a network of sub-microscopic channels, quickly and evenly direct the moisture into the fiber core.

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Softness

Tencel® has a fiber surface which is so unbelievably smooth and a structure which is so soft that it has un extremely gentle feel. What's more, this is also a reason for the cool touch: the more contact a fiber has with the skin, the cooler it feels.

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Long-lasting

The smooth, uniform surface of Tencel® fibre makes it particularly stable and resistant to pilling and tearing.  

Eco-friendly    

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TENCEL® has a fiber surface which is so unbelievably smooth and a structure which is so soft that it has an extremely gentle feel. What’s more, this is also a reason for the cool touch: the more contact a fiber has with the skin, the cooler it feels. This wood grows particularly quickly and is planted without any genetic modification or artificial irrigation. The wood pulp is dissolved in a non-toxic organic solvent. The solution is extruded through fine holes to produce fiber and the solvent is recycled in a closed-loop process – more than 99% of the solvent is recovered and reused. The production process has received the ‘European Award for the Environment’ from the European Union.

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Eucalyptus is a particularly sustainable wood and comes from FSC certified forests in South Africa. The trees grow very fast, do not require artificial watering and are not genetically modified.

Regrowth

Sheep grow a new coat twice a year, just as eucalyptus wood, the raw material for TENCEL®, also regrows. Although this takes somewhat longer than for sheep, it is 10 times more ecological than cotton: This means that 6m² of soil will only yield enough cotton to make one T-shirt but enough TENCEL® to make ten T-shirts. Also, cotton needs 10-20 times as much water, often requires the use of pesticides, and takes up large areas in which food could be grown.

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