October 12, 2017 | reposted from PimaCott.com When it comes to quality, most people understand the difference between a 525-thread count sheet and a 750-thread count sheet. Less understood, however, is the difference between various kinds of cottons, especially premium cottons like Egyptian and pima. What is the difference anyway? Is one better than [...]
September 14, 2017 | Reposted from PimaCott.com With an annual crop of 850,000 metric tons, the central Asian country of Uzbekistan is the world’s sixth largest producer of cotton. But its success has come at a devastating human cost. The Issue: State-Sanctioned Servitude Uzbekistan’s economy relies heavily on the export of a variety [...]
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (August 24, 2017) – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (“Applied DNA,” “the Company,” NASDAQ: APDN), today announced that one of their ginning partners, the Woolam Gin in O’Donnell, Texas, was awarded the Global Organic Textile Standard (“GOTS v5.0”) certification, making it the first certified U.S. organic cotton gin utilizing Applied [...]
STONY BROOK N.Y. (July 18, 2017) – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (“Applied DNA,” “the Company,” NASDAQ: APDN), has signed a new multi-year, exclusive license agreement with Loftex Home, LLC, a well respected manufacturer of high-quality towels and home textiles. Under a prior agreement announced in March 2017, Applied DNA provides CertainT™ platform services [...]
STONY BROOK N.Y. (July 11, 2017) – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (“Applied DNA,” “the Company,” NASDAQ: APDN), has signed a multi-year license agreement with GHCL Limited, a global manufacturer of home textiles, to provide CertainT™ platform services in connection with source-verified, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and recycled PET (post consumer) in select home textile products. [...]
STONY BROOK, N.Y. (June 21, 2017) – Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (“Applied DNA,” “the company,” NASDAQ: APDN), is pleased to announce that MeiLin Wan, Vice President of Textiles, received a 2017 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award at the organization’s 16th annual dinner gala in New York City on June 20th. The Outstanding 50 [...]
At the recycling center, plastic waste is sorted, cleaned, crushed/shredded, resorted and pelletized. SigNature® T molecular tag is applied to masterbatch pellets. CertainT verifies all tagged pellets. These masterbatch pellets are processed through an extruder and transformed into fiber. SigNature T is embedded [...]