Carrington Textiles’ 2020 Supply Of Over Ten Million Metres Of Specialised Fabric For Medical Workwear Wins The PCIAW ‘Services To The Pandemic’ Award
Adlington, United Kingdom: Leading European workwear fabric manufacturer, Carrington Textiles, was awarded the ‘Services to the Pandemic’ award for its support to the healthcare sector in the UK and Europe, after increasing capacity at their main processing facility in the UK and supplying over 10 million metres of specialised fabric for medical workwear during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020.
The company received the accolade at the Professional Clothing Industry Association Worldwide (PCIAW) Awards and Summit in London, an annual event that celebrates the innovation and achievements of individuals and businesses from the industry.
The two-day affair started with an insightful summit gathering companies from around the globe to discuss the challenges and solutions for sustainability in textiles, followed by an elegant black-tie evening ceremony to recognise the efforts of people from around the workwear and uniform sectors who make the difference.
Carrington Textiles received the ‘Services to the Pandemic’ award due to their around-the-clock work with some of the biggest garment providers to the NHS and the healthcare sector in France, Germany, Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, managing to supply the equivalent in specialised fabric of over 5 million sets of uniforms, including scrub suits or tunics and trousers.
Additionally, as manufacturers from the fashion industry re-purposed their production for scrub suits, and self-created ‘scrub hubs’ proliferated around the nation, Carrington Textiles supported with much-needed supplies of fabric.
The global textile manufacturer also received the highly commended award under the ‘Best Fabric and Fibre Innovation’ category for the development of their Antiviral Finish for workwear fabrics, a product that the company has been offering long before the start of the global pandemic in 2020, however, as key workers from around the world were demanding extra protection, the company’s objectives were to run tests on the product to make sure this solution was effective.
In August 2020 Carrington Textiles was able to go to market with its Antiviral Finished Fabrics for workwear tested under the ISO 18184: 2019 standard.
Carrington Textiles’ Managing Director, Neil Davey, said: “We are delighted to be recognised by the PCIAW for our work during the pandemic, but every supplier up and down the supply chain was just as important as Carrington Textiles in delivering garments to the NHS and wider European healthcare sectors, so this is very much a shared award by the entire workwear sector”.
About Carrington Textiles:
Celebrating 130 years in 2021, Carrington Textiles is one of Europe’s largest textile suppliers to the workwear market.
With bases in the UK, mainland Europe and Asia, Carrington Textiles supports many of the world’s largest employers in sectors including heavy industry, hospitality, defence and health.
Formed in Lancashire, United Kingdom, in 1891, the company continues to lead the industry in textiles for personal protective equipment.
Carrington Textiles’ current product range includes sustainable, workwear, flame retardant, waterproof and defence fabrics, with properties that include anti-viral, antistatic, high visibility, water repellency as well as protection against chemical splash, electric arc and ultraviolet radiation.
Operating in 81 countries and with a wide international network of sales representatives, customers include: NHS, McDonalds, BUPA, TATA Steel, Shell, Coca Cola, Airbus, Jaguar Land Rover, BP, Arcelor Mittal to name a few.
