Reposted from Pimacott.com

When it comes to getting a good night’s sleep, comfort is key. And while it’s tempting to blame an overactive furnace or a drafty house, your sheets may be the reason for your tossing and turning. The material type and fabric weave of your bedding can all have a significant impact on the quality of your sleep, so it’s important to do a bit of research before you buy your next set.

The Science of Sleep
One of the most common complaints of restless sleepers is feeling too hot or too cold. The human body works hard to regulate its internal temperature, and even a slight shift can feel drastic. Our overall body temperature naturally decreases slightly at night – just a few degrees – in order to conserve energy and maintain our core temperature to protect our vital organs. Because we expend heat at night, it’s important to choose sheets that don’t trap that heat. When sheets trap body heat at night, it raises our internal temperature, making us sweat and feel uncomfortably warm.

Choosing the Right Fabric
Sheets can be made of either synthetic materials, like polyester, or natural materials, like cotton. The initial softness and cool-to-the-touch of satin or other polyesters can be tempting at first, but that silky quality is the result of petroleum-based man-made materials. Synthetic sheets are less breathable and will quickly cause you to feel overheated as they trap warm air.

Natural fabric, and cotton in particular, makes for a better choice to keep you comfortable all night long. Cotton is the original performance material – absorbent, breathable, and soft, yet durable. Cotton helps keep your temperature regulated by wicking away moisture and allowing air to pass through. A regulated body temperature means you’ll stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter – and well-rested year-round.

Types and Weaves of Cotton
Because it’s such a breathable natural material, cotton is an incredibly popular fabric for sheets. But not all cottons are created equal. A higher-quality cotton, like the proven pure pima cotton in Wamsutta Pimacott sheets, resists fraying and will stay breathable, softer, and stronger for longer. If you’re still searching for the best sheets for sleeping, try testing out different cotton weaves. Cotton is a remarkably versatile fabric, and comes in all sorts of weaves, which describes how the material is spun and woven. It can also help to swap sheets of different weaves with the seasons. You may find that crisp, cool, and ultra-breathable percale cotton is perfect for the hottest of summer nights. Come winter, the cozy, warm, plushness of cotton flannel may be just the ticket. And for year-round luxury, it’s hard to beat the silky-smooth feel of wrinkle-resistant sateen cotton. By sticking to high-quality natural, breathable cotton and exploring different weaves to find the right fit, you’re sure to discover your best night’s sleep.

Rekoop brand made with CertainT

At the New York Market – GHCL this week launches Rekoop sustainable bedding made with CertainT-verified, molecular-tagged, recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

The Rekoop brand consists of bed sheets, pillowcases and pillow shams. GHCL developed the collection in collaboration with Applied DNA Sciences, the developer of technologies that prevent the counterfeiting of materials, and Reliance Industries, an India-based supplier of polyester fiber and yarn. Applied DNA’s CertainT platform forensically provides the traceability of the PET fibers used in the bedding, while Reliance’s eco-friendly Recron Green Gold fiber is used in the manufacturing of the bedding, according to a GHCL statement.

Applied DNA Sciences has announced that its CertainT platform, ensuring authenticity through the supply chain, is featured in Rekoop, a new brand of bedding products made by a home textiles manufacturer GHCL from recycled plastic (rPET).

According to the manufacturer, it is the first bedding line to feature 100% source verified plastic, and it will debut at New York Home Fashions Week, this week. The Rekoop bedding products will be manufactured for the US market and are anticipated toward the end of 2018.

“We are proud to introduce Rekoop, the first fully source-verified recycled PET bedding product line,” said Manu Kapur, president and CEO of GHCL Home Textiles. “Applied DNA’s CertainT platform provides customers and brands with the highest level of trust in terms of the authenticity of their products.”

STONY BROOK N.Y., March 20, 2018 – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (“Applied DNA,” “the Company,” NASDAQ: APDN) today announced its CertainT^® platform, ensuring authenticity through the entire supply chain, is featured in global manufacturer of home textiles GHCL, Limited’s (listed on NSE and BSE) new brand of bedding products made from recycled plastic (rPET), Rekoop. It is the first bedding line to feature 100 percent source verified plastic and will debut at New York Home Fashions Week, March 19 to 22, 2018. The Rekoop bedding products will be manufactured for the US market and are anticipated toward the end of 2018.

Rekoop employs Applied DNA’s CertainT platform to trace and authenticate the plastic being utilized in the line of bed sheets, pillowcases, and shams sold in-store or online in the United States. Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), India’s largest private company, the selected fiber-manufacturing partner, is using ecofriendly Recon^® Green Gold fiber.

“We are proud to introduce Rekoop, the first fully source-verified recycled PET bedding product line,” said Manu Kapur, president and CEO of GHCL Home Textiles. “Applied DNA’s CertainT platform provides customers and brands with the highest level of trust in terms of the authenticity of their products.”

“Rekoop bedding highlights the interest brands have in offering consumers a verifiable guarantee,” said Dr. James A. Hayward, president and CEO of Applied DNA. “CertainT does what no other system can do – we can tag every single fiber and verify them through a defined and secure supply chain through systematic sampling, testing and tracking. Momentum with retailers and manufacturers across a variety of textiles is growing and we are pleased to see the CertainT platform and trademark now making its way onto retail shelves this year,” he added.

Operating its home textiles facility in Vapi, in the state of Gujarat, India, GHCL has integrated the new CertainT verified rPET fiber into its production process, from spinning to weaving to finished processed fabric. One of the leading manufacturers in home textiles in India, the plant boasts an annual production capacity of 36 million meters of finished fabric per annum. For more information, please visit www.rekoop.pet.

About GHCL
GHCL is a well-diversified group with footprints in Chemicals, Textiles and Consumer Products segment. GHCL’s Textiles division is a vertically integrated manufacturing facility with spinning, wider-width weaving, continuous fabric processing, and cut & sew facilities for manufacturing premium quality bed linen. GHCL is one of India’s leading manufacturers of Home Textiles, with in-house spinning unit having capability to manufacture multiple varieties of 100% cotton and blended yarns at various facilities.

GHCL is known as perennial innovators in bed linen category with some of recent innovations in the category of ‘sheets’ which include the PERFECT FIT, EASYSHEET, microTWILL, CELLIANT, EXL Wrinkle Free Sheets, VERSATILE–Reversible Sheets, Soft Wash Percale and Sustainable Fibre dyed sheets.

GHCL’s Home Textiles products are predominantly exported worldwide to countries like United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia, Canada, Germany and other European Union countries as well.

About Reliance Industries
Reliance Industries (RIL) is India’s largest private sector company, with a consolidated turnover of INR 330,180 crore ($ 50.9 billion), cash profit of INR 42,800 crore ($ 6.6 billion), and net profit of INR 29,901 crore ($ 4.6 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2017. RIL is the first private sector company from India to feature in Fortune’s Global 500 list of ‘World’s Largest Corporations’ – currently ranking 203rd in terms of revenues, and 110th in terms of profits. The company stands 106th in the ‘Forbes Global 2000’ rankings for 2017 – the top-most among Indian companies. It ranks 10th in LinkedIn’s ‘Top Companies Where India Wants to Work Now’ (2017). RIL’s activities span hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining and marketing, petrochemicals, retail and 4G digital services.

About Applied DNA Sciences
Applied DNA is a provider of molecular technologies that enable supply chain security, anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft technology, product genotyping and DNA mass production for diagnostics and therapeutics. The Company makes life real and safe by providing innovative, molecular-based technology solutions and services that can help protect products, brands, entire supply chains, and intellectual property of companies, governments and consumers from theft, counterfeiting, fraud and diversion.

The proprietary DNA-based CertainT® platform can be used to identify, tag, test, and track products, to help assure authenticity, origin, traceability, sustainability and quality of products. SigNature^® DNA describes the core technology ingredient that is at the heart of a family of uncopyable, security and authentication solutions such as SigNature®T and fiberTyping^®, targeted towards textiles and apparel, BackTrac® and DNAnet®, for anti-theft and loss prevention, and digitalDNA®, providing powerful track-and-trace. All provide a forensic chain of evidence and can be used to prosecute perpetrators.

Applied DNA Sciences is also engaged in the large-scale production of specific DNA sequences using the polymerase chain reaction.

Forward-Looking Statements
The statements made by Applied DNA in this press release may be “forward-looking” in nature within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements describe Applied DNA’s future plans, projections, strategies and expectations, and are based on assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Applied DNA. Actual results could differ materially from those projected due to our lack of significant revenues, limited financial resources, limited market acceptance, history of net losses, market competition and various other factors detailed from time to time in Applied DNA’s SEC reports and filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 28, 2017 and our subsequent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on February 8, 2018, which are available at www.sec.gov. Applied DNA undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date hereof to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless otherwise required by law.

APPLIED DNA SCIENCES PROGRAM CONTACT
MeiLin Wan, Vice President, Textile Sales631-240-8849, meilin.wan@adnas.com

GHCL PROGRAM CONTACT
Deepika Abrol, 0120 3358180, deepikaabrol@ghcl.co.in

INVESTOR CONTACT
Sanjay M. Hurry, LHA Investor Relations, 212-838-3777, shurry@lhai.com

MEDIA CONTACT
Angie Mathews, CGPR, 781-639-4924, angie@cgprpublicrelations.com

Trust and the Consumer
As modern consumers, we’re constantly inundated by brands’ promises to go above and beyond for us. But when a brand actually delivers on their promise, we’re shocked! Brands need to focus on ensuring an authentic buying experience in order to gain and keep customers for life. In the world of marketing, talk is cheap. Trust, by contrast, is invaluable.

The Scarcity and Subtlety of Trust
A very small percent of people feel high levels of confidence in large businesses. Against this backdrop of consumer skepticism, brands that build real trust have an even greater opportunity to distinguish themselves.

Indeed, trusted brands can cement their presence in the marketplace with authentic action. But their emphasis must be on doing, rather than telling. They can achieve this by applying care and compassion in their products and verifying for their own and their consumers’ peace of mind, the source of each and every ingredient that goes into making the product. Once consumers feel safe buying a product, then trust will thrive, not doubt.

Trust happens when brands focus on action taken to be honest, to be pure, to be sustainable, rather than just on making empty claims. Whether we’re dealing with a brand or our best friend, building trust is about substance, not semantics.

ACG signs memorandum of understanding with Applied DNA Sciences to develop molecularly tagged empty hard-shell capsules for pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals.

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. and ACG signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will allow ACG to use Applied DNA’s SigNature^® molecular tagging and authentication technologies to develop molecularly tagged empty hard-shell capsules for offering to ACG’s customers to enhance product traceability and authentication. The MoU is expected to be followed by a definitive agreement.

Take a pill: You can relax — empty pharma/nutra capsules manufactured by India-based global supplier ACG Worldwide will be more secure, thanks to a new alliance with Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences.

By GREGORY ZELLER //MARCH 6, 2018

A new professional collaboration will deepen a Long Island biotech’s ties with global pharmaceutical and nutraceutical manufacturers.

Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences has signed a memorandum of understanding with India-based global pharmaceutical conglomerate ACG Worldwide, which is tapping into the Long Island firm’s molecular-based authentication services.

Threads will use CertainT anti-counterfeiting technology

Home Textiles Today Staff

Mount Holly, N.C— American & Efird (A&E) is collaborating with Applied DNA Sciences (ADNAS) to develop sewing thread utilizing CertainT anti-counterfeiting technology.

For A&E, a manufacturer and distributor of industrial and consumer sewing thread, embroidery thread and technical textiles, this new partnership falls in line with its efforts to support global industrial and consumer brands with thread products that require strict quality and integrity.

Applied DNA Sciences partnered with American & Efird to create an anti-counterfeiting sewing thread platform.

By Tracey Greenstein

Applied DNA Sciences said today that it partnered with American & Efird, a manufacturer and distributor of industrial and consumer threads and technical textiles, to develop “secure” sewing thread for brands and manufacturers.