SUSTAINABILITY-FOCUSED BRAZIL TEXTILE FIRM KEEPS INNOVATING AFTER ANTI-COVID FABRIC BREAKTHROUGH
July 1st, 2021
Brazilian textile company Dalila Têxtil, based in the southern city of Jaraguá do Sul, in Santa Catarina state, became a global name after creating fabrics capable of destroying the protective outer layer of the Covid-19 virus. The company’s anti-viral finishing uses silver particles to attract the virus, causing it to bind to sulphur groups on the surface around the virus, creating a reaction that stops the virus from binding to the host cell and blocks its replication. (1) But this has not been an end to the company’s innovation.
The 28-year-old Dalila ...
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