Changing of the guard at Oeko-Tex

HTT Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 7/27/2010 10:12:53 AM

Greensboro, N.C. - Jean-Pierre Haug has become the new secretary general of eco-friendly certification organization Oeko-Tex upon the retirement of Raimar Freitag.

Freitag spent 17 years with the Zurich-based association, which was founded in 1992 by the Austrian Textile Research Institute and the German Hohenstein Research Institutes. Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification for textiles ensures products are free from more than 100 substances believed to be dangerous to humans.

"Mr. Freitag anticipated a global textile supply chain and ensured that Oeko-Tex was positioned to expertly service retailers, brands, and manufacturers no matter where in the world they conduct their apparel and textile businesses," says Sam Moore who represents Oeko-Tex in the United States.

Huag is the coo of Testex, one of 14 Oeko-Tex Association member institutes.