MAIN FEATURES

VIRKILL is a technical fabric with copper particles, particularly suitable for clothing and accessories thanks to its great breathability.

In fact, it is tested according to the UNI EN ISO 11092: 2014 standard for the determination of the breathability of a fabric through evaporative resistance (RET – Resistance to Evaporative Heat Transfer). Test results confirmed VIRKILL’s high breathability.

The material of which it is made, also makes it compatible with skin contact. This is demonstrated by the fact that VIRKILL has passed the patch test resulting “Dermatologically tested, suitable for subjects with sensitive skin”.

VIRKILL has a high resistance to both water and dry washing, thus contributing to the extension of the useful life of the garment with a view on sustainability.

The fabric can be dyed in different colours and jacquard fabric can be created, customizable with any logo or design requested by the customer, even over the entire height of the fabric.

IMPORTANT

This product is treated with a biocide (copper) but has no primary biocide function and does not replace the ordinary prevention rules for bacterial or viral infections.

Furthermore, it is not a medical-surgical device.

In addition to the main characteristics that distinguish VIRKILL, the addition of copper particles inside the yarn helps to preserve the surface of the fabric from the contamination of micro-organisms, such as viruses and bacteria, as demonstrated by the ISO 18184: 2019 tests for the determination of its antiviral activity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus and UNI EN ISO 20743: 2013 for the determination of its antibacterial activity.

The fabric does not protect the person using it or other people from viruses or bacteria, but its properties serve to preserve the product itself.

VIRKILL is designed and manufactured in Italy. Our textile company is located inside Lake Como textile district and has been active for more than 70 years in the design and production of fabrics, always being innovation and research oriented. High quality standards and cutting-edge technological processes are accompanied by the highest levels of environmental and social sustainability.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF COPPER

The ancient Greeks were the first to discover the sanitizing power of copper thousands of years ago. Since then, copper has been used as a biocide by Celts, Hindus, American pioneers, and Japanese, as well as by inhabitants of Africa and Asia, for treating sores and skin diseases.

Today, soluble copper compounds are used as bactericides in paints to render surfaces self-disinfecting, on ship hulls to decrease friction by reducing barnacle accumulation and microbial biofilm formation, in hospital water pumps to control Legionella in water distribution systems, and in agriculture as an algaecide, fungicide or molluscicide.

Copper has also been shown to inactivate a variety of enveloped and nonenveloped viruses, such as bacteriophages, bronchitis virus, poliovirus, herpes simplex virus and HIV-1.