OrganoClick’s fluorocarbon-free water repellent fabric treatment gained a record amount of interest at the ISPO sports products fair in Munich

Newly returned from the 2016 ISPO sports products fair in Munich, the Swedish
cleantech company OrganoClick AB report a record level of interest in the
company's product OrganoTex®, which offers a biodegradable and fluorocarbon-free
alternative for the water repellent fabric treatment of clothing and shoes.

Fluorocarbons, also known as perfluorinated compounds (PFAS or PFC) have been a
hot topic in recent years, but following the Greenpeace report last week - and
the wide coverage it received in the international media - the debate is now
hotter than ever. Fluorocarbons have been used since the 1950s to make clothing
and textiles water repellent, but many fluorocarbons, such as PFOA, have
significant negative drawbacks including extremely slow degradation in nature
and being suspected of causing cancer and hormonal disruption.

“Since Norway introduced restrictions for PFOA in consumer products in 2014 the
issue has been a hot topic in the textile sector. At the ISPO fair last week we
had 300% more visitors to our stand than in 2015 and we are now having tangible
discussions with several international clothing brands who want to transition to
an entirely fluorocarbon-free water repellent technology by 2017, or by 2020 at
the latest,” says Mårten Hellberg, Managing Director (CEO) of OrganoClick AB.

Transitioning to fluorocarbon-free is a complicated process for the clothing
companies as this means that new technology must be implemented and fine-tuned
at many fabric manufacturing sites, in different countries and for different
materials. OrganoClick AB makes this transition easier by providing technical
service and sharing expertise about the problems of fluorocarbons with the
textile manufacturers. The clothing brands are also expected to guarantee that
no contamination from fluorocarbon can occur at the manufacturing sites of
subcontractors, where both fluorocarbon-free and traditional alternatives are
often used in the same factory.

“We offer the clothing brands that use OrganoTex® regular testing for
fluorocarbons so that the clothing brands and their customers can be sure that
the product is fluorocarbon-free as promised,” says Robin Grankvist, OrganoClick
AB Business Area Manager.

OrganoTex® is produced in Täby, north of Stockholm, by OrganoClick AB. The
chemical component in OrganoTex® consists of hydrophobic hydrocarbon chains that
can be rapidly biodegraded and are classed as entirely non-hazardous according
to the European REACH chemical regulations. OrganoTex® provides a very high and
sustainable water repellent function that maintains the natural appearance and
texture of the fabric.

For further information contact:

Robin Grankvist, Business Unit Manager Performance textiles & nonwoven
Phone: +46(0)8 684 001 11
Email: robin.grankvist@organoclick.com

About OrganoClick

OrganoClick AB (publ) is a Swedish cleantech company listed on Nasdaq First
North that develops, produces and markets functional materials based on
environmentally friendly fiber chemistry. Examples of products that are marketed
by OrganoClick are the water repellent fabric treatment OrganoTex®, the flame
and rot timber protectant OrganoWood® (through the subsidiary company OrganoWood
AB) and biobased binders for non-woven materials. OrganoClick was founded in
2006 as a commercial spinoff company based on academic research examining the
modification of biofibers performed at Stockholm University and the Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences. OrganoClick has won several prizes and has
been designated “Sweden's most promising start-up company”, Sweden's best
environmental innovation and has appeared on the Affärsvärldens och NyTekniks
top 33 list of “Sweden's hottest technology companies”. The company has also
received a number of awards, such as The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
“Climate Solver” award. OrganoClick’s headquarters are in Täby, north of
Stockholm, where the company's production, R&D, sales and marketing departments
are located. OrganoClick's Certified Adviser on Nasdaq First North is Erik
Penser Bankaktiebolag.