Activated Pores

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Cocona natural technology
Activated Pores
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Natural Additive

• Cocona fabric technology is derived from active
  particles from natural sources
• technology is covered under patent protection.
• The active particle structure is micro-porous.
• This vast micro-pore structure differentiates the
  performance of Cocona fabrics from competitors.
• Cocona fabrics naturally adsorb disperse
  moisture and UV light.
• Cocona denim stay fresher longer.

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Cocona Technology

• Customers are a critical driver for greater
  sustainability in clothing.
• While price remains the key differentiator, there
• is increasing evidence that customers do care
  more about how their clothes are made.
• This is a great opportunity to inform and
  catalyze improvement.
• Brands and retailers that grasp this trend
  earliest will benefit most.

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Why customers want Cocona Fabrics

• It uses natural technology instead of fabric
  treatments.
• Green is in. The Cocona natural technology
  comes from recycled materials.
• The Cocona brand is friendly and appealing.
• It dries faster than any other performance
  fabric. It is easy to demonstrate and quickly
  noticed.

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Flash Dry Test
Garments made with Cocona fabric dry 50 faster
than the nearest competitive quick drying
fabric and 300 faster than Coolmax!
Nike DriFit
Adidas Climacool
Cocona
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Energy Saving Benefit of Quick Drying

• The largest part of Apparel's carbon footprint is
  the washing drying (82 of the life time energy
  consumption)
• Manufacturing, disposal, packaging makes up
  remaining 18
• Current competitive products consume 50 to 300
  more energy to dry than products containing
  Cocona yarn
• When blending Cocona yarn with cotton similar
  results occur versus other poly/cotton blends

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Carbon Footprint
Independent studies show that most of the energy
consumption involved with apparel pertains to
after a garment is manufactured. Washing and
drying consume far more energy than the actual
manufacturing process.
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Electrical current versus time Cocona and Denim
loads.
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Carbon Footprint of Garments. Denim Pants
Abstract The clothes dryer is the largest portion
of the energy profile for garments so the
reduction in the energy used by the clothes dryer
has the biggest impact on energy savings for
garments. The energy use for drying of denim
pants made with 100 cotton fibers and a blend of
Cocona/cotton yarn was performed. It was
determined that denim pants containing 100
cotton yarn uses 34 more energy to dry compared
to denim pants made with 37 Cocona yarn and 63
cotton yarn. The reduction in energy use was
measured by monitoring the voltage, current,
temperature and relative humidity in a consumer
clothes dryer.
Gregory W. Haggquist, Rachael Cohen, Jerry
Cogdill Cocona Inc., Longmont CO David R. Skoff
Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado,
Boulder CO Ajoy Sakar, and Gunjan Vora
Department of ,Colorado State University, Fort
Collins CO
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Primary Benefits

• Quick drying comfort and performance
• Significantly enhanced drying performance over
  other poly and poly/cotton blends
• Improved comfort and wear ability throughout
  daily and performance activity
• Patented process utilizing recycled naturally
  occurring crystals
• Natural crystals from the earth recovered and
  recycled from other manufacturing processes
• Earth friendly
• Environmentally friendly process requiring no
  additional energy to manufacture we use the
  wastes from the filtration business to acquire
  crystals

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• Cocona DENIM Benefits
• There are four reasons why Cocona denim make
  sense
• 1. Evaporative Cooling - Cocona denim dries
  faster providing increased comfort and reducing
  the amount of time and energy required to dry
  after washing.
• 2. Easy Care - Cocona denim wrinkles less. Also
  the fabric traps odors to keep the jeans fresher
  longer and reducing the need for daily washing.
• 3. Durable - Cocona denim performance is
  permanently embedded in the yarn and will not
  wash out. Cocona denim also lasts longer than
  denim made from 100 cotton.
• 4. Comfort - Jeans made using Cocona yarn are
  available in all weights. They feel fresher and
  are more comfortable than ordinary denim.

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Dry Comfort

• Cocona Denim dries faster
• The micro porous Cocona crystals increase surface
  area which accelerates evaporation
• Cocona Jeans provide an additional two tennis
  courts of surface area versus normal denim.
• As you spread water across the crystals the rate
  of evaporation accelerates keeping the denim dry.
• Evaporating moisture is also how your body cools
  itself .Cocona denim increases comfort.

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Easy Care

• Cocona particles naturally adsorb odor
  molecules into their micro porous structure and
  trap them.
• Normal laundering releases the odor molecules and
  refresh the particles.
• Less laundering and Fresher Denim.
• The denim also wrinkles less than 100 cotton.

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Durable

• Cocona technology is permanently embedded within
  the fiber.
• Will not wear out.
• Will not wash off.
• Less laundering will extend the life the Cocona
  jeans. And the Cocona denim lasts longer

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UV Protection

• It is estimated that over 1 million new cases of
  skin cancer occur annually in USA. MedicineNet
  inc.
• UVA and UVB rays absorbed naturally into the
  Cocona particle even when wet.
• Up to 50 UPF (Ultraviolet Protection Factor)
• No chemical treatments
• Will not wear out or wash off

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Reliable

• Cocona yarn technology is developed tested.
• It has been tested throughout the manufacturing
  process to ensure performance.
• The performance of Cocona yarn is measured to
  ensure reliable benefits for your customer.

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