150,000 OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 Certificates Issued

TSIM SHA TSUI, Hong Kong - July 19, 2015 - PRLog -- Zurich (hm) On June 30th, OEKO-TEX® General Secretary Georg Dieners and Robert

Löcker, Managing Director of the ÖTI – the Institute for Ecology, Technology, and

Innovation - presented the 150,000th OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certificate to the

Austrian embroidery manufacturer Ernst Böhler GmbH. The family-run business from the

Vorarlberg region has manufactured high-quality embroideries for the home furnishings

and fashion markets since 1968. Since 2004, their product range has been tested for

harmful substances by the ÖTI in Vienna.

"We are pleased to be able to share this success today with Ernst Böhler GmbH",

emphasised Georg Dieners during the presentation of the certificate at the production

site in Lustenau. "The OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 enjoys high acceptance rates

throughout the textile supply chain and offers practical benefits to companies which

certify their products, for example as a component of company quality assurance or as a

communication tool to business customers and/ or end consumers", continued Dieners.

"The number of product certifications in accordance with the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100,

which is still increasing globally, creates an obligation for us to further develop the test

criteria and test methods and to continuously harmonise them in line with existing laws

and initiatives."

Currently, more than 10,000 manufacturers, retailers, and brands from 98 countries are

active participants in the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certification system. In addition,

there are numerous other companies who specify compliance with the OEKO-TEX®

criteria in their delivery conditions and other organisations, associations, and initiatives

who base their own Restricted Substances Lists (RSL) on the OEKO-TEX® Standard 100.

In the last two years, more than 13,000 certificates have been issued with 62% of these

going to companies in Asia and almost 35% to European companies.