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Curtains and furnishing fabrics with ActiBreeze® improve the room air and free it
from health-threatening toxins, including allergens, cigarette smoke, exhaust, pet
odors, adhesives, ammonia and kitchen odors.
After years of in-depth research, a completely new generation of smart textiles
called Smart Fabrics has been launched. ActiBreeze®
and BioProtect®
are the first fabrics to debut under this emerging new label. They feature curtain
and furnishing fabrics with the ability to IMPROVE the quality of the air in any
given room (residential or commercial). Still 118" WIDE and Washable for seamless
ease of care!
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The Problem:
With more and more people suffering from allergies and a growing
susceptibility to infections, ActiBreeze® technology promises
to provide RELIEF. According to the latest scientific findings, the main pathogens
responsible for causing diseases are not only of biological origin (viruses, bacteria,
mold, mites), but also so-called indoor poisons and unpleasant odors. Frequently,
they are the root cause for the “sick-building syndrome” whose symptoms range from
tiredness and loss of concentration to headaches, nausea, shortness of breath and
depression.
As a result of modern construction techniques our rooms have become almost entirely
hermetically sealed and sound insulated - buzzwords here are noise abatement and
energy conservation. Insufficient natural ventilation of rooms is often replaced
by air-conditioning systems so that windows are not opened. Additionally, new materials
used for refurbishment and novel practices for processing them often inject substances
detrimental to health into the air. Given the lack of air circulation within the
room, these pollutants can have an adverse impact on its inhabitants over days if
not years.
The most frequently encountered pollutants include formaldehyde, chlorinated hydrocarbons
and cigarette smoke. Such disease-inducing substances are released from numerous
interior design materials such as treated timber, PVC flooring or other engineering
plastics.
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"In my experience, ActiBreeze® can overcome even the most pungent odors: When our
cat had her litter, fresh air in that particular room became a thing of the past.
But our ActiBreeze® curtains took care of the problem in no time at all! After just
a short time the odor was noticeably less intense, and a day later you couldn't
smell a thing." D Hartman, Tulsa OK
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The Solution:
ActiBreeze ® is capable
of breaking up pollutants and unpleasant odors such as cigarette smoke, formaldehyde,
pet odors, cooking odors and the like into their harmless basic components, namely
carbon dioxide and water vapor, upon contact. The result of intense research efforts,
ActiBreeze® is a photo-catalytic
process that works in the simplest way imaginable but differs from all other processes
primarily because its space-air improving effect cannot be washed out, does not
affect the soft feel of the fabric and its truly broad-range effect makes for “multi-pathogen”
deactivation.
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"My mother gave me a used car that had belonged to a smoker and exuded the expected
nicotine aroma. She had the idea with ActiBreeze®. We laid the fabric out in the
car and let it do its work. Now I can breathe again when I drive!" T Thompson, Spartanburg
SC
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How Does ActiBreeze®
Work
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As soon as light shines on the fabric, a medium built into the yarn fiber releases
an electrical impulse supplying the energy required for the chemical breaking of
pollutants and odorous substances. Whether this light is real daylight or artificial
light makes no difference here. Upon contact with the fabric, detrimental substances
are broken up into their harmless components such as water vapor and carbon dioxide.
In laymen’s terms… let’s take the odor of cooked fish. We all know how long that
can hang around the house. When the fish odor makes contact with any ActiBreeze® fabric, the
fabric actively breaks the odors up into carbon dioxide and water vapor. These components
can now naturally evaporate into the atmosphere without any harmful by-products,
to us or the environment. The best part is, any kind of light, residential, commercial
grade, or sun light activates this process.
For use in public spaces these fabrics are additionally fitted with flame-retardant
properties. This makes sense since the ActiBreeze®
line is the ideal textile choice for furnishing public buildings; be it in hospitals,
institutions, nursing homes, hotels, offices or schools.
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"I can't believe it! We bought a truck on eBay, not knowing that is reeked of cigarette
smoke. We tried everything we could to get that smell out - steam cleaning the upholstery,
cleaning out all the vents, air fresheners, keeping windows open, nothing worked.
When we placed an 8"x8" swatch of the ActiBreeze® fabric in the truck, the smell
was completely and permanently gone within 24 hours. I am amazed!" J Dunn, Chandler
AZ
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Despite regular cleaning, detrimental bacteria (i.e. staph infections) often stick
to fibers, multiply in no time and can cause infectious diseases or allergies when
coming into contact with the skin. BioProtect® finds a remedy for this
by selectively destroying pathogens upon contact before these can spread across
the fabric. This special protective property makes fabrics finished with BioProtect® ideal not only for private
housing, but especially for hospitals, nursing homes, hotels and public waiting
zones, especially where so-called “secondary infections” appear quite frequently.
Curtains and decorative furnishings made with BioProtect reduce this risk substantially.
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The Way BioProtect® works:
The anti-bacterial protective effect of BioProtect® is based on silver ions that
are built into the fiber during yarn production. As the bacteria come into contact
with the silver ions, the bacteria absorbs the silver and then dissolves them from
the inside out. This helps stop production of new bacteria keeping the environment
that the fabric is in cleaner and healthier.
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A comparison clearly shows: conventional fibers (left) offer micro-organisms good
conditions for settling and multiplying. BioProtect®
fibers, however, prevent this bacterial settling due to the integral silver ions.
And where bacteria cannot settle, in cannot multiply.
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Enough Science, How Do ActiBreeze®
and BioProtect® Look?
ActiBreeze and BioProtect is BEAUTIFUL! It is the best combination of state of the
art technology and sophisticated styling. Don’t forget to take the ActiBreeze® Challenge!(see
below). Order the brochure that allows you to try out a piece of the fabric today.
"Our builders are often amazed at the possibility to neutralize unpleasant odors
and improve the room air with furnishing fabrics with ActiBreeze® and BioProtect®.
As an interior decorator, a large selection of furnishing fabrics for the decoration
of living spaces is extremely important to me - after all, people should be comfortable
in the rooms we create. For this reason, room air improving fabrics are now standard
in social establishments and hotels." E Schmidt, Graduate Engineer, Interior Decoration,
Germany
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Click ActiBreeze®/BioProtect®
Fabric Samples to view larger photos. Browsers
differ and may not be showing a true color. Please do not rely on your photo
for an exact match. Order samples below instead . . . and take
the ActiBreeze Challenge!
Hang, place, or drape one of the small samples of ActiBreeze® included in either
sample kit below in a trouble spot
in your house, car, or office. Come back in 24 to 72 hours and smell the difference!
ActiBreeze® / BioProtect®Fabric
Styles Sample Collection.
This Collection includes all the ActiBreeze & BioProtect fabric STYLES available
in one color each. Available for a $25 deposit, $20 refunded on return.
Complete ActiBreeze®
/ BioProtect®Fabric Sample
Collection.This includes ALL of the Fabrics below, in ALL
of the COLORS available in every style. Available for a $50 deposit, $40 refunded
on return.
**Always check for availability on Special Order(S.O.), Color, and Yardage before
returning samples.
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Pattern #
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Fabric Width
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Price per yard
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ActiBreeze®
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BioProtect®
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Fabric Content
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Sample Photo
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Colors available
(see Color Code Families listing above)
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Notes
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1077
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118"
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$89.00
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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20 15 31 40 42 81 82 86 88 61 60 64 65 54 52 58 55 50 78 37 38 92 98 90 97
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Linen Like Weave,
Inherently Flame Retardant
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1142
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118"
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$92.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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38 40 82 60 98 52
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Pattern Repeat: 1-3/4"
Inherently Flame Retardant
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1143
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118"
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$92.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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38 40 82 60 98 52
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Pattern Repeat: 1-3/4"
Inherently Flame Retardant
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1144
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118"
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$92.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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11 38 40 82 60 98 52
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Pattern Repeat: 1-3/4"
Inherently Flame Retardant
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1145
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118"
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$92.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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40 60 52
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Pattern Repeat: 1-3/4"
Inherently Flame Retardant
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1425
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118"
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$99.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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11 15 30 40 46 82 81 80 60 64 94 76 78 35 38 55 70 58 52 54
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2524
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118"
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$99.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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39 31 37 46 40 50 55 58 52 54 51 67 60 61 86 84 82 85 81 75 76 70 94 90
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2634
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118"
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$91.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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40 70 55 60
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3000A
Sheer
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118"
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$29.00
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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10 12 78 16 82 85
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3005A
Sheer
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118"
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$36.00
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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51 10 12 15 75 77
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3007A
Sheer
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118"
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$38.00
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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10 12 38 15
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3168
Scrim
Sheer
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118"
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$56.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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20 15 30 35 40 42 55 58 52 50 82 80 84 83 60 62 68 98 95 90
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The look of Cotton Scrim, but in washable Polyester.
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7348
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116"
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$49.00
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X
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X
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100% Washable Polyester
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20 11 98 90 84 60 97 52
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Pattern Repeat: 1"
Inherently Flame Retardant
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MINIMUM 3yds order or cutting charge may apply.
Returns: Return Authorization is required. Cut yardage is returnable for credit
within 15 days of receiving, provided the fabric has not been cut. A Restocking
Fee of 25% will be charged for all returns.
Click for: Special Information.
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"The health factor was a decisive criterion in choosing new fabrics for our facility.
That's why we chose draperies with ActiBreeze® and BioProtect®. Next to the air-improvement
and antibacterial characteristics, our residents also feel comfortable living in
those environments as we were able to harmonize the walls so well with the draperies."
C Triepel, Facility Management, Home for the Aged, Dallas
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