3oTrimestre15 | PROTECCIÓN LABORAL 84 Updated products Esdepunt Technics A leading company in certified fabrics and products Esdepunt was one of the first companies in its sectors to be UNE-EN ISO 9001:2000 certi- fied, recognized by ENAC and registered as an Aliter Trade Qualitas business. Its goal has always been to manufacture clothes guaranteed for their quality, subjected to the strictest tests and often exceeding European standard requirements. Tanit, synonymous with permanent protection The company’s Tanit brand is known as a specialist in technical fabrics. Esdepunt Technic manufactures products with special fibres, offering a number of properties: anti- static, flame-retardant, UVA protective, high breathability, thermal insulation, antibacte- rial, etc. These properties are inherent to the fibre so fabrics are permanently protective, never affected by washing, as happens when materials are coated or treated. The compa- ny uses fibres and threads enjoying interna- tional prestige as CoolmaxTM, Thermo- coolTM, ThermoliteTM, Dryness or Aerosilver, among others. Permanently updated All high-visibility certificates have been adapted to the new EN-ISO 20471 standards, even expanding the catalogue with new products and hi-vis workwear models. Heat protection and flame-retardant clothes have been fully updated and renovated, in compliance with UNE-EN ISO 11612 stan- dards (protection against flames), added to the already existing antistatic properties required by UNE-EN 1149-3. In order to offer protection to people in the electricity sector, the company has improved properties in clothes protecting against ther- mal hazards in Class 1 electric arc accord- ing to IEC 61482-2/09, now Category III PPE. The latest addition to these same clothes is the hi-vis certificate in compliance with EN-ISO 20471 standards. So clothes are multi-standard and protect against most of the potential hazards in the workplace. Quality, well-cut, protective clothes for law-enforcement and security staff This year Esdepunt Technics has also focused on uniforms for local and national police forces, Spain’s Mossos d’Esquadra, security staff, civil protection, firefighters and forestry agents (ADF). Only the very best fabrics available in the marketplace are used for these uniforms. In addition to polos, T-shirts, underwear, Soft-shell jackets and polar linings or under- jackets, the company’s catalogue for this sec- tor also includes trousers, shoes, boots, socks and stockings, gloves, gun holders, caps, badges, bulletproof vests...whatever work- ers and agents in these sectors might need. Corporate image The demand for customized clothes contin- ues to grow and this is also reflected in Tanit’s polo collection, specifically conceived to help companies find what they need in accordance to their corporate image. Mod- ern designs are available in six colour com- bination choices, suiting all companies’ images, whether sober or vital and filled with colour. Clients find this is a great advantage for this brand offers the most extensive range of colours and combina- tions. Clients determine treatment and properties Demanding clients wishing to improve the technical properties of the workwear and clothes they order find Esdepunt Technics also offers a full range of treatment choices. Waterproof, stain-repellant granite fabric will protect against dirt for fibres repel water particles. Antibacterial properties are what clients demand the most, for it is bacterial repro- duction (also fungi and other microorgan- isms) that cause unpleasant odours, mostly after a long day at work, in combination with perspiration. The best way to avoid this is to prevent reproduction of microorgan- isms and this is attained by means of topical application of treatments, including nano- capsules or pad-streaming processes that make fabrics and clothes cooler, preventing bacterial reproduction and unpleasant odour. 51