Oceanit - KERTEX

Author: Oceanit

Oceanit is a Mind to Market company; reimagining innovation to break the bonds of normal and solve the impossible. Oceanit drives fundamental scientific breakthroughs to real-world applications. Our teams deliver disruptive solutions, products, and services to clients across a multitude of industries. Intellectual Anarchy is our method to invent the future: imagining there are no silos, only interdisciplinary science, engineering, and technology excellence. Oceanit’s values of constant curiosity, community responsibility, and interdisciplinary practice are why we deliver innovative breakthroughs that solve the impossible.

Sustainable Luxury: Reinventing Fashion with Feathers

by OceanitGeneral October 18, 2024Comments are Disabled

Oceanit is creating a sustainable fabric made from keratin biopolymers in feathers, reducing waste and greenhouse gases. KERTEX is the future of eco-friendly textiles!

Press Release | U.S. Army Awards KERTEX Phase II Support for Further Development of Keratin Textiles

by OceanitNews August 14, 2023Comments are Disabled

The U.S. Army recently awarded Oceanit’s KERTEX performance textile phase II support to continue development, product prototyping, and eventual scaled production. KERTEX fabrics are being optimized to meet the Army’s high-wear military specifications for defense applications, initially for items such as apparel straps, vehicle seat covers, seat belts, and more.

An Introduction to KERTEX

by OceanitMilitary July 30, 2023Comments are Disabled

KERTEX is a next-gen bio alternative to petroleum-based synthetic fabrics. Currently under development at Oceanit, KERTEX takes its name from a combination of ‘Keratin’ and ‘Textiles’.