MARKET & ECONOMY​

Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB) is collaborating with Switzerland-based HeiQ Group, a leader in textile innovation, to create the first antiviral mattress for the US market. The two have signed a deal which gives SSB exclusive access within the US bedding category to HeiQ Viroblock technology, which has been found to be effective against SARS-CoV-2.

The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), which is holding surplus stocks of cotton just ahead of the next harvest season, is trying to boost exports of the fibre crop. A memorandum of understanding is being worked out to export 1.5-2 million bales (of 170 kilograms each) of cotton to Bangladesh while the state-run CCI will also set up its own warehouse in Vietnam to boost cotton exports.

For 75 years Mahlo GmbH + Co KG from Saal on the Danube has been setting worldwide standards in the measurement and control of web-shaped goods. In spite of the “old” age, the machine manufacturer never tires of constantly developing in order to be one step ahead of the challenges of their customers.