New York, NY - PurCotton™ Fabrics To Feature Seals of Cotton
Winner Medical Group (WMDG) today announced licensing agreements with Cotton Incorporated. As a result of these agreements, Winner’s revolutionary PurCotton™ spunlace nonwoven fabrics will feature the familiar Seal of Cotton for 100% cotton nonwovens and two other variations of the Seal for nonwoven cotton blends. The Seals will be used by Winner to enrich its marketing efforts.

“We purposely chose to focus on spunlace nonwoven cotton because its attributes are ideal for a wide range of applications, including medical disposables and consumer goods. More importantly, cotton is simply a more eco-friendly material to work with,” says J.Q. Li, chairman and chief executive officer of WMDG. “Now that so many customers are looking to make eco-friendly purchasing decisions, we knew the time was right to highlight our cotton based PurCotton™ nonwoven fabrics and finished products. Applying the Seals of Cotton to these offerings will achieve that goal.”

All PurCotton™ fabrics are made with cotton grown in the United States using a proprietary spunlace nonwoven process patented by WMDG that significantly lowers the nonwoven cotton manufacturing cost. The fabrics combine the best properties of natural cotton and nonwoven materials. The PurCotton™ line was launched by WDMG in 2006 in order to satisfy market demand for a range of cotton based nonwovens that combine comfort and competitive pricing with a growing eco-consciousness.

“We are delighted to share our nonwovens trademarks with Winner Medical,” comments Janet O’Regan, manager, Supply Chain Initiatives, Cotton Incorporated. “Cotton fiber is gaining popularity as the go-to fiber for nonwovens. Its many attributes make it a natural choice for the sector and our exclusive Seals of Cotton for nonwovens readily have strong recognition value in the market.”

The agreement between the two companies permits WMDG to apply the familiar Seal of Cotton to the packaging and marketing collateral of its 100% cotton products, and to incorporate two nonwovens-specific variations onto packaging and collateral for products containing specific percentage ranges of cotton: the Seal of Cotton ABSORBLEND™ (for products containing at least 60% cotton) and the Seal of Cotton ENHANCED™ (for products containing at least 15% cotton).

J.Q. Li is enthusiastic about the future of cotton nowovens. “Every day, we are seeing new possibilities and are developing new products together with our customers using the PurCotton™ based fabrics. We expect the global sales of PurCotton™ based products to skyrocket within the next few years as more people are exposed to the unlimited benefits and potential of our revolutionary nonwoven cotton fabrics, especially now that we have received licenses to use the globally recognized Seals of Cotton.

For more information on Cotton Incorporated nonwovens trademarks, please visit www.cottoninc.com/nonwovens.

About Cotton Incorporated:
Cotton Incorporated, funded by U.S. growers of upland cotton and importers of cotton and cotton textile products, is the research and marketing company representing upland cotton. The Program is designed and operated to improve the demand for and profitability of cotton.

About Winner Medical Group (WMDG)
WMDG is a global leader in the manufacturing of a wide range of disposable wound care and operating room products. Its headquarters are located in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China and has more than 10 factories located in the Southern part of China. The factory making the PurCotton™ products is Winner-Huanggang, a subsidiary of WMDG located in Huanggang City, Hubei Province, China. WMDG has extensive technical expertise in the manufacturing of sterile and non-sterile disposable medical products, as well as nonwoven roll materials and finished goods. It has developed a wide range of proprietary manufacturing processes and currently owns 12 patents. For more information about WMDG and PurCotton™ nonwoven cotton, please visit www.winnermedical.com, and www.purcotton.com.