Coats, the well-established manufacturer of spinning sector, released the world's first antimicrobial sewing threads under the name Coats Protect, to prevent the growth of germs and bacteria around the seam. Coats developed the new sewing thread technology that has antibacterial and antifungal features and provides maximum protection against germs, in their laboratories in North America.
With the development of new technologies, the “zone of inhibition” which prevents the proliferation of germs and bacteria around stitches; it prevents the growth of odour and stain causing bacteria and pathogens around the seam. Being the world's first antimicrobial sewing threads, the product aims to ensure sterilization in the application areas, avoid material degradation and mold, provide protection against staining especially creating antimicrobial environments.
Coats Protect was developed to create more sterile and hygienic for healthy living spaces. The ideal application areas for Coats Protect: sports clothing and shoes, hospital clothes, medical textile products, operating beds, performance clothing, home textiles, military clothing, lingerie, hosiery and swimwear. In such products against fungi and odor-causing bacteria, since the necessity for providing permanent protection, during the production phase Coats aims to use new products.
In the statement made on the subject, the authorities reported that Coats Protect sewing threads has been validated, passed most of the antibacterial and antifungal tests. According to standards, Coats Protect sewing threads tested and approved in testing laboratories, together with finished garments bearing the same feature aims to protect its antimicrobial feature for many years.
