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Cooling & bedding fabrics

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) cooling yarns such as Huvis DURARON-Cool conduct heat well. We knit them together with other yarns to balance the cool touch (Q-max) felt the moment skin meets the fabric with the soft feel that bedding needs. We produce fabrics for cooling pads, comforters and toppers, and quilted-knit jacquard for pillows with a bedding brand’s logo and pattern knitted in.

Cool touch

We set the coolness felt at first touch.

Cool touch is the coolness felt at the moment skin meets a fabric, as heat moves quickly from the skin into the fabric. Q-max is the peak value of that heat flow, measured at the moment of contact.

Q-max is measured on the knitted fabric, not on the yarn. Which yarns are combined with the cooling yarn, and how the fabric is knitted, change the coolness and the hand together.

Bedding jacquard

Logos and patterns are knitted in.

For quilted-knit pillow jacquard, patterns are prepared in-house in the same way as for mattress jacquard.

There is more on jacquard construction and pattern scale on the mattress page.

See Mattress & dimensional jacquard

Range

End use
  • Cooling pads
  • Summer comforters
  • Toppers
  • Sofa pads
  • Pillows & pillow covers
  • Body pillows
  • Seat cushions
Structure
  • Cooling knits
  • Triple-knit cooling jacquard
  • Quilted-knit jacquard for pillows and bedding
Yarn
  • Huvis DURARON-Cool
  • HDPE (PE) cooling yarn
  • FORPE
  • SNOLENE
  • CREORA Aqua-X
  • CREORA Coolwave
Properties
  • Cool touch (Q-max)
  • Moisture-wicking, quick-dry
  • Temperature regulation (PCM)
  • Deodorizing
  • Breathable

Look it up in the glossary

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