Vimal launches new brand of innovative functional fabric

The 'Protector' brand of hygiene uniform fabric is anti-dust, anti-microbial & anti-pollen

After its DEO2 range of innovative fabric, Vimal, the flagship textile brand of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Monday announced the launch of another brand of functional fabric called 'Protector'.

Built for regions with tropical climates, the Protector range of 4-in-1 hygiene uniform fabrics features properties like anti-dust, stain-release, anti-microbial and anti-pollen.

"We have successfully leveraged our textile capabilities with our R&D focussed product development expertise to create a smart and fashionable offering for our customers.

The result of this is Protector—a smart, versatile fabric,that provides consumers multiple functions and benefits for their fashion needs," said Anand Parekh, President RIL Textiles Division, in an official communique.  

Elaborating on the four major properties of the innovative fabric, Parekh said that the fabric doesn’t allow dust to adhere on its surface for 20 home washes, facilitates easy clean-up of a range of daily routine stains of coffee/tea/ketch-up/oil for 20 home washes, provides resistance to pollen adhering on fabric reducing chances of allergies and hay fever for 20 home washes and works against bacteria/fungi and stops production of bad odour in fabric for 100 home washes.

"This innovation has been achieved in Vimal's standard poly-viscose and poly-wool suiting and is ideal for use in institutions like hospitals or armed forces as well as caters to the fashion and style needs of school uniforms, corporate and occasion wear," said Parekh.

Protector is a subsequent major technology innovation from Vimal after it recently launched 'DEO2' in India, one of the pioneering innovations in textile industry.

'DEO2 is a anti-microbial deo-treatment that arrests the growth of fungi and bacteria on fabrics keeping it fresh and anti-odour even after day-long wearing in humid and warm climates. All the fabrics – worsted as well as PV suiting – woven at Vimal are treated with this innovative technology.

RIL's textile division is India's largest manufacturer-exporter of suiting fabrics. It has a production capacity of over 20 million meters per year, of which a major portion is exported to over 58 countries to some of the biggest international brands across the globe.