BOENNIGHEIM, Germany (Month Date, Year) – LOWA, a leading outdoor shoe brand, and the testing service provider Hohenstein have partnered for safer shoes. LOWA's "LADY LIGHT GTX" has been certified to OEKO-TEX® LEATHER STANDARD.
"The successful certification is a milestone for us: testing for harmful substances in textiles has long been common practice, but testing for harmful substances in footwear still has room to grow," notes Ivonne Schramm, Head of OEKO-TEX® at Hohenstein, "Yet they make a lot of sense. Leather shoes are often worn for long periods of time and, unlike textiles, they cannot be washed during their long service life." This makes it all the more important that leather shoes do not contain any harmful substances - especially since they consist of many different components. Each component from different production stages, such as tanning or dyeing, represents a possible source of input for harmful substances.
"We are very pleased about the certification, which stands for the core values of our brand - highest quality, perfect fit and innovation," says Alexander Nicolai, Managing Director of LOWA Sportschuhe GmbH, "Our customers can expect products of the highest standard from us - in the future, this will also include the reliable safety of a LEATHER STANDARD certification."
The successfully completed pilot project creates a win-win situation for everyone. In the future, LOWA plans to have further shoe lines certified for consumer protection by Hohenstein.
Detailed information about the OEKO-TEX® LEATHER STANDARD specifically for footwear can be found here: Hohenstein.US/LEATHER-STANDARD-Footwear
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With more than 40 offices and laboratories, Hohenstein is an international partner for independent testing, certification and applied research around the human-textile-environment interaction. They develop science-based methods and standards that consider the user in real life, not just in the lab. Through standard or customized testing, and interpretation of the results, Hohenstein experts solve problems, verify claims and help partners bring better, safer products to market – more sustainably. Hohenstein is a founding member and leading provider of the OEKO-TEX® portfolio of services, and is certified by the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission as a third-party, independent laboratory for CPSIA compliance verification. Hohenstein.US
About LOWA
LOWA Sportschuhe GmbH manufactures shoes in the mountain, outdoor and everyday segment. The company is headquartered in the Bavarian town of Jetzendorf near Munich. What began in 1923 with a small production of handmade oatmeal shoes, developed over the years into a company with a global reputation, whose products are now sold in more than 80 countries. The traditional cobbler stands for quality and fit and is one of the leading brands in the field of mountain and outdoor shoes in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Since 1993, the company has been majority-owned by the Italian group Tecnica. lowa.de
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