HeiQ now selling products via Archroma

(CONNECT) HeiQ and Archroma have combined their complementary strengths in a co-marketing agreement. In this way, the two partners want to provide worldwide access to HeiQ’s innovative, functional and environmentally friendly anti-odor and antimicrobial technologies.

According to a statement from HeiQ, the collaboration enables HeiQ’s advanced technologies to be delivered through Archroma’s well-established global customer network. This makes it easier for textile manufacturers to integrate functional, compliant and sustainable performance effects into their products. The specialty chemicals provider based in the canton of Basel-Landschaft operates with over 4,000 employees located in 42 countries and has over 30 production sites.

The drive for HeiQ has always been “a mission to pioneer deeptech material innovation for people and planet,” as the CEO of HeiQ Carlo Centonze says, adding: “together with Archroma’s extensive network and expertise, we are scaling our technologies globally, ensuring that brands and mills can access functional, sustainable solutions that enhance product performance while lowering environmental impact.”

“This partnership marks an exciting chapter for Archroma and HeiQ, and a huge step forward for the textile industry,” says Dhirendra Gautam, VP Commercial at Archroma. This will “accelerate the industry’s transition towards a more planet-conscious textile value chain”.

HeiQ is a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and is headquartered at the IJZ Innovation and Young Entrepreneur Center. The company is also a member of Start Smart Schlieren. ce/mm