Re: Ozone destroys bacteria, mold, fungis, spores??

[Guest guest]

Do our experts have comments on this one?

>

> I thought our experts would want to see this one.

>

> Ozone: A Tool for Denim Processing

> By S.P. Keshan

> May 20, 2009

>

>

> Over the last eight years, Ozone has made a prominent place

> for itself in the garment processing industry all over the world. Widely used

> as a bleaching agent, Ozone remains a powerful, secret tool within the denim

industries

> that gave denim garments an unique and distinctive look and feel from other

> traditional processing.

>

> Even today, many manufacturers in India still feel that by

> using Ozone Gas their denim garments they would simply bleach them to lighter

blue

> only. This is true since the Indian denim manufacturers and users are used to

> the brighter colour of Indigo achieved with the help of optical brighteners

> that sometimes it is difficult for them to accept the duller colours achieved

> through Ozone processing.

>

> Though it changes the colour of the Indigo dye, Ozone eliminates

> tinting from the reverse of the denims as also from the sewing thread, pocket

fabric,

> labels, zippers, buttons etc. giving the garment a cleaner look. Ozone also

> destroys all air borne micro-organisms including bacteria, virus, mold, fungi,

> spores, etc. It also oxidizes the volatile organic chemicals, including

> aromatic chemicals reducing them into lower molecular organics which are no

more

> aromatic in nature; hence the hand-feel in garments is enhanced after the

> treatment. Furthermore, the discharge of the Ozone purifies the atmosphere by

> adding freshness and giving clear, pollution free-oxygen rich air.

>

> Since ozone has the bleaching property, low ozone dosage

> helps in avoiding bleaching action, while enabling the washed clothes come out

> brighter it also sanitized them at the same time. Ozone's sanitizing property

> makes it very relevant to the hospitals as also the hotels. The use of ozone

> reduces the requirement of detergents and also the wash can be achieved at

> lower temperatures. Thus, a specially designed Ozone system helps in reducing

> the use of water as well as energy cost for heating, resulting in large

> savings. Besides this, the added advantage is that the waste water from the

laundry

> has much lower detergent contents which requires very little or no waste water

> treatment prior to letting it out in to the sewage system.

>

> In the Ozone processing system, first the Ozone is generated

> by isolating pure Oxygen from atmospheric air through sophisticated electrodes

and

> pump that air to next equipment fitted with another set of electrodes that

> convert oxygen into ozone and pumps it for garment processing. To maintain the

> purity of the ozone generated, the temperature is kept below 14C during the

> conversion for which chilled water is used. Special chillers are used for this

> purpose along with ozone generators.

>

> Tumbler is the third part of this process, where ozone gas

> is introduced and removed after processing. The process time is 15 to 20 min.

> per batch, as the volume of the tumbler requires 10 to 12 min. to refill and 8

> to 10 min. holding time for the Ozone gas. During this time; tumbling action

> slowly turns over the garments for even exposure to the gas circulating in the

> entire tumbler. Later, with the help of the exhaust pipe the gas in the

tumbler

> is flushed into the atmosphere or to effluent treatment system.

>

> About the Author

>

> S.P. Keshan is Managing Director of Spectrum Washing Private

> Ltd., Sonepat, who has been successfully using ozone system from Dr Aykan

> Textiles and Celikhan Makine, Istanbul, Turkey.

>

> About Ozone

>

> Ozone is tri-atomic oxygen, it exists in nature within the

> stratosphere (from a height of 10 kms to 50 kms), small amounts of ozone is

> constantly being produced by the action of sun's UV radiation that splits

> oxygen (O2) to from single oxygen atoms. These atoms combine with the

remaining

> oxygen molecules to form Ozone (O3) molecules, which are very effective at

> absorbing suns UV rays.

>

> Ozone is also formed from the pollution from burning fossil

> fuel which creates smoke and carbon monoxide, and lighting creates nitrogen

> oxides. All of these chemicals, combined together with unstable compounds and

> in the presence of sunlight, form ozone as a by-product. At ground level,

ozone

> at atmospheric conditions is very unstable, due to this unstable nature; it

> reduces to oxygen within a very short span of 60 min. in air and 20 mins. in

> water. This reduction reaction releases one atom of oxygen with act as a very

> powerful oxidizing agent as a very powerful disinfectant, on the principle of

> oxidation the garments are treated and the color, look appears on the treated

> garments.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

It's all been said so many times I was hoping another refutation of

ozone was not needed. What does the garment industry have to

do with the quality of indoor air, the effects of a strong oxidizing

agent (ozone) on our lungs, and the byproducts left over for us to

breath after ozone reacts with previously innocuous ones?

+ alpine for some eye opening info.

As for mold, what good does it do to kill mold when the

components and emanations of mold growth which affect us

most are still present?

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

-----

Do our experts have comments on this one?

>

> I thought our experts would want to see this one.

>

> Ozone: A Tool for Denim Processing

> By S.P. Keshan

> May 20, 2009

>

>

> Over the last eight years, Ozone has made a prominent place

> for itself in the garment processing industry all over the world. Widely used

> as a bleaching agent, Ozone remains a powerful, secret tool within the denim

industries

> that gave denim garments an unique and distinctive look and feel from other

> traditional processing.

>

> Even today, many manufacturers in India still feel that by

> using Ozone Gas their denim garments they would simply bleach them to lighter

blue

> only. This is true since the Indian denim manufacturers and users are used to

> the brighter colour of Indigo achieved with the help of optical brighteners

> that sometimes it is difficult for them to accept the duller colours achieved

> through Ozone processing.

>

> Though it changes the colour of the Indigo dye, Ozone eliminates

> tinting from the reverse of the denims as also from the sewing thread, pocket

fabric,

> labels, zippers, buttons etc. giving the garment a cleaner look. Ozone also

> destroys all air borne micro-organisms including bacteria, virus, mold, fungi,

> spores, etc. It also oxidizes the volatile organic chemicals, including

> aromatic chemicals reducing them into lower molecular organics which are no

more

> aromatic in nature; hence the hand-feel in garments is enhanced after the

> treatment. Furthermore, the discharge of the Ozone purifies the atmosphere by

> adding freshness and giving clear, pollution free-oxygen rich air.

>

> Since ozone has the bleaching property, low ozone dosage

> helps in avoiding bleaching action, while enabling the washed clothes come out

> brighter it also sanitized them at the same time. Ozone's sanitizing property

> makes it very relevant to the hospitals as also the hotels. The use of ozone

> reduces the requirement of detergents and also the wash can be achieved at

> lower temperatures. Thus, a specially designed Ozone system helps in reducing

> the use of water as well as energy cost for heating, resulting in large

> savings. Besides this, the added advantage is that the waste water from the

laundry

> has much lower detergent contents which requires very little or no waste water

> treatment prior to letting it out in to the sewage system.

>

> In the Ozone processing system, first the Ozone is generated

> by isolating pure Oxygen from atmospheric air through sophisticated electrodes

and

> pump that air to next equipment fitted with another set of electrodes that

> convert oxygen into ozone and pumps it for garment processing. To maintain the

> purity of the ozone generated, the temperature is kept below 14C during the

> conversion for which chilled water is used. Special chillers are used for this

> purpose along with ozone generators.

>

> Tumbler is the third part of this process, where ozone gas

> is introduced and removed after processing. The process time is 15 to 20 min.

> per batch, as the volume of the tumbler requires 10 to 12 min. to refill and 8

> to 10 min. holding time for the Ozone gas. During this time; tumbling action

> slowly turns over the garments for even exposure to the gas circulating in the

> entire tumbler. Later, with the help of the exhaust pipe the gas in the

tumbler

> is flushed into the atmosphere or to effluent treatment system.

>

> About the Author

>

> S.P. Keshan is Managing Director of Spectrum Washing Private

> Ltd., Sonepat, who has been successfully using ozone system from Dr Aykan

> Textiles and Celikhan Makine, Istanbul, Turkey.

>

> About Ozone

>

> Ozone is tri-atomic oxygen, it exists in nature within the

> stratosphere (from a height of 10 kms to 50 kms), small amounts of ozone is

> constantly being produced by the action of sun's UV radiation that splits

> oxygen (O2) to from single oxygen atoms. These atoms combine with the

remaining

> oxygen molecules to form Ozone (O3) molecules, which are very effective at

> absorbing suns UV rays.

>

> Ozone is also formed from the pollution from burning fossil

> fuel which creates smoke and carbon monoxide, and lighting creates nitrogen

> oxides. All of these chemicals, combined together with unstable compounds and

> in the presence of sunlight, form ozone as a by-product. At ground level,

ozone

> at atmospheric conditions is very unstable, due to this unstable nature; it

> reduces to oxygen within a very short span of 60 min. in air and 20 mins. in

> water. This reduction reaction releases one atom of oxygen with act as a very

> powerful oxidizing agent as a very powerful disinfectant, on the principle of

> oxidation the garments are treated and the color, look appears on the treated

> garments.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Carl, thanks. It's good to repeat these things from time to time because we are

always getting new members on the Sickbuildings Group.

________________________________

From: Carl E. Grimes <grimes@...>

Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:12:02 PM

Subject: Re: [] Re: Ozone destroys bacteria, mold, fungis, spores??

It's all been said so many times I was hoping another refutation of

ozone was not needed. What does the garment industry have to

do with the quality of indoor air, the effects of a strong oxidizing

agent (ozone) on our lungs, and the byproducts left over for us to

breath after ozone reacts with previously innocuous ones?

+ alpine for some eye opening info.

As for mold, what good does it do to kill mold when the

components and emanations of mold growth which affect us

most are still present?

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

-----

Do our experts have comments on this one?

>

> I thought our experts would want to see this one.

>

> Ozone: A Tool for Denim Processing

> By S.P. Keshan

> May 20, 2009

>

>

> Over the last eight years, Ozone has made a prominent place

> for itself in the garment processing industry all over the world. Widely used

> as a bleaching agent, Ozone remains a powerful, secret tool within the denim

industries

> that gave denim garments an unique and distinctive look and feel from other

> traditional processing.

>

> Even today, many manufacturers in India still feel that by

> using Ozone Gas their denim garments they would simply bleach them to lighter

blue

> only. This is true since the Indian denim manufacturers and users are used to

> the brighter colour of Indigo achieved with the help of optical brighteners

> that sometimes it is difficult for them to accept the duller colours achieved

> through Ozone processing.

>

> Though it changes the colour of the Indigo dye, Ozone eliminates

> tinting from the reverse of the denims as also from the sewing thread, pocket

fabric,

> labels, zippers, buttons etc. giving the garment a cleaner look. Ozone also

> destroys all air borne micro-organisms including bacteria, virus, mold, fungi,

> spores, etc. It also oxidizes the volatile organic chemicals, including

> aromatic chemicals reducing them into lower molecular organics which are no

more

> aromatic in nature; hence the hand-feel in garments is enhanced after the

> treatment. Furthermore, the discharge of the Ozone purifies the atmosphere by

> adding freshness and giving clear, pollution free-oxygen rich air.

>

> Since ozone has the bleaching property, low ozone dosage

> helps in avoiding bleaching action, while enabling the washed clothes come out

> brighter it also sanitized them at the same time. Ozone's sanitizing property

> makes it very relevant to the hospitals as also the hotels. The use of ozone

> reduces the requirement of detergents and also the wash can be achieved at

> lower temperatures. Thus, a specially designed Ozone system helps in reducing

> the use of water as well as energy cost for heating, resulting in large

> savings. Besides this, the added advantage is that the waste water from the

laundry

> has much lower detergent contents which requires very little or no waste water

> treatment prior to letting it out in to the sewage system.

>

> In the Ozone processing system, first the Ozone is generated

> by isolating pure Oxygen from atmospheric air through sophisticated electrodes

and

> pump that air to next equipment fitted with another set of electrodes that

> convert oxygen into ozone and pumps it for garment processing. To maintain the

> purity of the ozone generated, the temperature is kept below 14C during the

> conversion for which chilled water is used. Special chillers are used for this

> purpose along with ozone generators.

>

> Tumbler is the third part of this process, where ozone gas

> is introduced and removed after processing. The process time is 15 to 20 min.

> per batch, as the volume of the tumbler requires 10 to 12 min. to refill and 8

> to 10 min. holding time for the Ozone gas. During this time; tumbling action

> slowly turns over the garments for even exposure to the gas circulating in the

> entire tumbler. Later, with the help of the exhaust pipe the gas in the

tumbler

> is flushed into the atmosphere or to effluent treatment system.

>

> About the Author

>

> S.P. Keshan is Managing Director of Spectrum Washing Private

> Ltd., Sonepat, who has been successfully using ozone system from Dr Aykan

> Textiles and Celikhan Makine, Istanbul, Turkey.

>

> About Ozone

>

> Ozone is tri-atomic oxygen, it exists in nature within the

> stratosphere (from a height of 10 kms to 50 kms), small amounts of ozone is

> constantly being produced by the action of sun's UV radiation that splits

> oxygen (O2) to from single oxygen atoms. These atoms combine with the

remaining

> oxygen molecules to form Ozone (O3) molecules, which are very effective at

> absorbing suns UV rays.

>

> Ozone is also formed from the pollution from burning fossil

> fuel which creates smoke and carbon monoxide, and lighting creates nitrogen

> oxides. All of these chemicals, combined together with unstable compounds and

> in the presence of sunlight, form ozone as a by-product. At ground level,

ozone

> at atmospheric conditions is very unstable, due to this unstable nature; it

> reduces to oxygen within a very short span of 60 min. in air and 20 mins. in

> water. This reduction reaction releases one atom of oxygen with act as a very

> powerful oxidizing agent as a very powerful disinfectant, on the principle of

> oxidation the garments are treated and the color, look appears on the treated

> garments.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You're right, . I sometimes forget that. So in that light, a

couple of other comments.

" Kill " is not the same as " destroy. " To me, to destroy mold means

it no longer has any of the component parts of mold, it is

denatured. It no longer has the nature of mold and therefore

could not cause the effects in humans that mold can. So I would

want to detect zero amounts of proteins, enzymes, glucans,

mycotoxins, proteinases, DNA, etc. Ozone doesn't even come

close to any of that.

As long as we are in the education mode, I wonder why they list

" mold, fungis (sic), spores " as separate. Fungus is an entire

Kingdom (like plants and animals are each their own Kingdom).

Mold is a sporulating subset of fungi with yeast being the non-

sporulating subset. Spores are the reproductive " seeds " of mold

(like tree seeds) and are not constantly created or released.

Some will switch between mold and yeast as the environment

changes.

Recent studies, esp from Scandinavia, find fragments from the

rest of the mold organism (think about a tree that produces

seeds) to outnumber spores by as much as a hundred or even

thousands of times. A presentation at the recent Orlando

conference discussed the importance of the surface area of small

particles. As the spores and hyphae dries and fragments the

number of particles increases (think about the how tree leaves in

the fall dries and crumbles to dust). This increases the surface

area dramatically, perhaps accounting for some of the currently

unexplained claims of reaction. (Currently being studied).

Bacteria are more easily killed by ozone and UV light. Which is

very important if they are infectious. But most aren't, especially

those found in damp buildings. However, the endotoxins are

taking on a larger role in damp buildings, and even amobea have

been discovered on damp materials.

There is much, much more to mold than spores and much, much

more to damp indoor spaces than mold. This does not weaken

our claims, but should weaken the legal defense against us if

they don't include these other factors. (Assuming the plaintiffs

attorney appropriately includes them to begin with).

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

-----

Carl, thanks. It's good to repeat these things from time to time because we are

always getting new members on the Sickbuildings Group.

________________________________

From: Carl E. Grimes <grimes@...>

groups (DOT) com

Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:12:02 PM

Subject: Re: [] Re: Ozone destroys bacteria, mold, fungis, spores??

It's all been said so many times I was hoping another refutation of

ozone was not needed. What does the garment industry have to

do with the quality of indoor air, the effects of a strong oxidizing

agent (ozone) on our lungs, and the byproducts left over for us to

breath after ozone reacts with previously innocuous ones?

+ alpine for some eye opening info.

As for mold, what good does it do to kill mold when the

components and emanations of mold growth which affect us

most are still present?

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

-----

Do our experts have comments on this one?

>

> I thought our experts would want to see this one.

>

> Ozone: A Tool for Denim Processing

> By S.P. Keshan

> May 20, 2009

>

>

> Over the last eight years, Ozone has made a prominent place

> for itself in the garment processing industry all over the world. Widely used

> as a bleaching agent, Ozone remains a powerful, secret tool within the denim

industries

> that gave denim garments an unique and distinctive look and feel from other

> traditional processing.

>

> Even today, many manufacturers in India still feel that by

> using Ozone Gas their denim garments they would simply bleach them to lighter

blue

> only. This is true since the Indian denim manufacturers and users are used to

> the brighter colour of Indigo achieved with the help of optical brighteners

> that sometimes it is difficult for them to accept the duller colours achieved

> through Ozone processing.

>

> Though it changes the colour of the Indigo dye, Ozone eliminates

> tinting from the reverse of the denims as also from the sewing thread, pocket

fabric,

> labels, zippers, buttons etc. giving the garment a cleaner look. Ozone also

> destroys all air borne micro-organisms including bacteria, virus, mold, fungi,

> spores, etc. It also oxidizes the volatile organic chemicals, including

> aromatic chemicals reducing them into lower molecular organics which are no

more

> aromatic in nature; hence the hand-feel in garments is enhanced after the

> treatment. Furthermore, the discharge of the Ozone purifies the atmosphere by

> adding freshness and giving clear, pollution free-oxygen rich air.

>

> Since ozone has the bleaching property, low ozone dosage

> helps in avoiding bleaching action, while enabling the washed clothes come out

> brighter it also sanitized them at the same time. Ozone's sanitizing property

> makes it very relevant to the hospitals as also the hotels. The use of ozone

> reduces the requirement of detergents and also the wash can be achieved at

> lower temperatures. Thus, a specially designed Ozone system helps in reducing

> the use of water as well as energy cost for heating, resulting in large

> savings. Besides this, the added advantage is that the waste water from the

laundry

> has much lower detergent contents which requires very little or no waste water

> treatment prior to letting it out in to the sewage system.

>

> In the Ozone processing system, first the Ozone is generated

> by isolating pure Oxygen from atmospheric air through sophisticated electrodes

and

> pump that air to next equipment fitted with another set of electrodes that

> convert oxygen into ozone and pumps it for garment processing. To maintain the

> purity of the ozone generated, the temperature is kept below 14C during the

> conversion for which chilled water is used. Special chillers are used for this

> purpose along with ozone generators.

>

> Tumbler is the third part of this process, where ozone gas

> is introduced and removed after processing. The process time is 15 to 20 min.

> per batch, as the volume of the tumbler requires 10 to 12 min. to refill and 8

> to 10 min. holding time for the Ozone gas. During this time; tumbling action

> slowly turns over the garments for even exposure to the gas circulating in the

> entire tumbler. Later, with the help of the exhaust pipe the gas in the

tumbler

> is flushed into the atmosphere or to effluent treatment system.

>

> About the Author

>

> S.P. Keshan is Managing Director of Spectrum Washing Private

> Ltd., Sonepat, who has been successfully using ozone system from Dr Aykan

> Textiles and Celikhan Makine, Istanbul, Turkey.

>

> About Ozone

>

> Ozone is tri-atomic oxygen, it exists in nature within the

> stratosphere (from a height of 10 kms to 50 kms), small amounts of ozone is

> constantly being produced by the action of sun's UV radiation that splits

> oxygen (O2) to from single oxygen atoms. These atoms combine with the

remaining

> oxygen molecules to form Ozone (O3) molecules, which are very effective at

> absorbing suns UV rays.

>

> Ozone is also formed from the pollution from burning fossil

> fuel which creates smoke and carbon monoxide, and lighting creates nitrogen

> oxides. All of these chemicals, combined together with unstable compounds and

> in the presence of sunlight, form ozone as a by-product. At ground level,

ozone

> at atmospheric conditions is very unstable, due to this unstable nature; it

> reduces to oxygen within a very short span of 60 min. in air and 20 mins. in

> water. This reduction reaction releases one atom of oxygen with act as a very

> powerful oxidizing agent as a very powerful disinfectant, on the principle of

> oxidation the garments are treated and the color, look appears on the treated

> garments.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Great response, Carl. Thanks for taking the time to point out the mistakes in

that article about the garment industry and to educate our new members.

________________________________

From: Carl E. Grimes <grimes@...>

Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:59:48 PM

Subject: Re: [] Re: Ozone destroys bacteria, mold, fungis, spores??

You're right, . I sometimes forget that. So in that light, a

couple of other comments.

" Kill " is not the same as " destroy. " To me, to destroy mold means

it no longer has any of the component parts of mold, it is

denatured. It no longer has the nature of mold and therefore

could not cause the effects in humans that mold can. So I would

want to detect zero amounts of proteins, enzymes, glucans,

mycotoxins, proteinases, DNA, etc. Ozone doesn't even come

close to any of that.

As long as we are in the education mode, I wonder why they list

" mold, fungis (sic), spores " as separate. Fungus is an entire

Kingdom (like plants and animals are each their own Kingdom).

Mold is a sporulating subset of fungi with yeast being the non-

sporulating subset. Spores are the reproductive " seeds " of mold

(like tree seeds) and are not constantly created or released.

Some will switch between mold and yeast as the environment

changes.

Recent studies, esp from Scandinavia, find fragments from the

rest of the mold organism (think about a tree that produces

seeds) to outnumber spores by as much as a hundred or even

thousands of times. A presentation at the recent Orlando

conference discussed the importance of the surface area of small

particles. As the spores and hyphae dries and fragments the

number of particles increases (think about the how tree leaves in

the fall dries and crumbles to dust). This increases the surface

area dramatically, perhaps accounting for some of the currently

unexplained claims of reaction. (Currently being studied).

Bacteria are more easily killed by ozone and UV light. Which is

very important if they are infectious. But most aren't, especially

those found in damp buildings. However, the endotoxins are

taking on a larger role in damp buildings, and even amobea have

been discovered on damp materials.

There is much, much more to mold than spores and much, much

more to damp indoor spaces than mold. This does not weaken

our claims, but should weaken the legal defense against us if

they don't include these other factors. (Assuming the plaintiffs

attorney appropriately includes them to begin with).

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

-----

Carl, thanks. It's good to repeat these things from time to time because we are

always getting new members on the Sickbuildings Group.

____________ _________ _________ __

From: Carl E. Grimes <grimeshabitats (DOT) com>

Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 10:12:02 PM

Subject: Re: [] Re: Ozone destroys bacteria, mold, fungis, spores??

It's all been said so many times I was hoping another refutation of

ozone was not needed. What does the garment industry have to

do with the quality of indoor air, the effects of a strong oxidizing

agent (ozone) on our lungs, and the byproducts left over for us to

breath after ozone reacts with previously innocuous ones?

+ alpine for some eye opening info.

As for mold, what good does it do to kill mold when the

components and emanations of mold growth which affect us

most are still present?

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

[Guest guest]

Please pay strict attention to what the author is trying to convey, the

benefits of using ozone in textile processing and laundry, totally closed

systems. He is not selling ozone generators for air purification use, as that

would be totally irresponsible.

I worked 32 years for a company which used high levels of ozone for chemical

processing. We used it safely in a totally closed system where it was totally

consumed before product was removed. Ozone is also used in many areas for water

purification to reduce the levels of chlorine necessary, reducing the chlorine

aftertaste. All these systems are closed, and these industrial users recognize

the hazards of ozone leaks. Personal exposure to ozone must be less than 80 ppb

in air in order to prevent severe and permanent lung damage. The fresh scent of

a thunderstorm is associated with cleaning, but that thought is deceiving. That

scent is shortlived. Prolonged exposure is hazardous. Ozone must never

intentionally be used in an occupied building. It does have limited uses in

restoration of fire damaged buildings, used when the buildings are sure to be

empty. As Carl alludes to, using ozone to kill mold without addressing the

underlying cause of a mold problem is a dangerous exercise in futility.

Re: Ozone destroys bacteria, mold, fungis, spores??

Posted by: " brianc8452 " brianc8452@... brianc8452

Date: Sat May 23, 2009 6:08 pm ((PDT))

Do our experts have comments on this one?

> I thought our experts would want to see this one.

>

> Ozone: A Tool for Denim Processing

> By S.P. Keshan

> May 20, 2009

> Over the last eight years, Ozone has made a prominent place

> for itself in the garment processing industry all over the world. Widely used

> as a bleaching agent, Ozone remains a powerful, secret tool within the denim

industries

> that gave denim garments an unique and distinctive look and feel from other

> traditional processing.