{"id":127143,"date":"2021-09-02T21:22:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T04:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/textile-maker-delta-teams-up-with-startup-sonovia-to-pilot-innovative-fabrics"},"modified":"2021-09-02T21:22:23","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T04:22:23","slug":"textile-maker-delta-teams-up-with-startup-sonovia-to-pilot-innovative-fabrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/textile-maker-delta-teams-up-with-startup-sonovia-to-pilot-innovative-fabrics","title":{"rendered":"Textile maker Delta teams up with startup Sonovia to pilot innovative fabrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/textile-maker-delta-teams-up-with-startup-sonovia-to-pilot-innovative-fabrics.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Delta Galil Industries, Ltd., a textile manufacturer of branded and private label apparel, is setting up a strategic partnership with Israeli startup Sonovia, a maker of textiles with sustainable and antimicrobial properties, to pilot the use of new fabrics for its product lines. Under the agreement, Sonovia and its machinery manufacturing partner, Br\u00fcckner Textile Machinery, will install an ultrasonic fabric-finishing applicator at Delta Galil\u2019s innovation center in Karmiel, Israel, to pilot the application of new, eco-responsible fabric finishes offering antimicrobial and anti-odor protection and other traits to products Delta manufactures for its global customers. Delta Galil Industries, founded in 1,975 is a maker of men and women\u2019s underwear, bras, socks, baby clothing, leisurewear and nightwear. The brands it supplies its products for include Schiesser, Eminence, Athena and PJ Salvage. To date, Sonovia has developed two applications for its technology: an anti-bacterial, anti-odor and anti-viral application, and a spray to make textiles water-repellent.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The Ramat Gan, Israel-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israeli-startup-says-its-nanotech-masks-robes-may-block-coronavirus\/\">startup<\/a>, founded in2013by Shay Herchcovici and Joshua Herchcovici, uses a patented nanotechnology process developed at Israel\u2019s Bar-Ilan University to embed particles, compounds, and molecules of desired properties directly into textiles, creating a fabric that retains its properties through multiple washings.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s partnership with Delta Galil \u201cconstitutes a significant landmark\u201d in Sonovia\u2019s path to commercialize its technology and strengthens Delta Galil\u2019s position as a specialist in high-performance, sustainable manufacturing innovation, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis strategic agreement with Delta Galil constitutes a vote of confidence in Sonovia\u2019s eco-friendly, performance fabric-finishing technology from one of the world\u2019s leading manufacturers of activewear and apparel,\u201d said Sonovia\u2019s chairman and CEO Joshua Herchcovici.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delta Galil Industries, Ltd., a textile manufacturer of branded and private label apparel, is setting up a strategic partnership with Israeli startup Sonovia, a maker of textiles with sustainable and antimicrobial properties, to pilot the use of new fabrics for its product lines. Under the agreement, Sonovia and its machinery manufacturing partner, Br\u00fcckner Textile Machinery, [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,48,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanotechnology","category-particle-physics","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}