Keep Your Cool: Smart Eco-Friendly Performance Fabric Technology Transforms The Healthcare Apparel Industry

LOS ANGELES, July 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Barcotm Uniforms (www.barcouniforms.com), a recognized leader in purposeful design innovation in the premium professional apparel industry and makers of the globally popular Grey's Anatomy scrub brand, reveals that the success of their high-performance uniform brand, Barco Onetm,  is due to the groundbreaking proprietary fabric technology called arctechtm, a first in the healthcare industry. The innovative fabric was designed exclusively for healthcare professionals and features several advanced technical qualities, one of which is a revolutionary temperature-regulating eco-friendly fabric technology which adapts to environmental and body temperature variances, providing consistent optimal comfort.

"Healthcare professionals are amazed at how the Barco One fabric technology keeps them comfortable in extreme temperature conditions and they're surprised by how ultra cool, weightless and breathable it feels," said Michaela Griggs, senior vice president of the Medical Division for Barco Uniforms.  "Additionally, when healthcare professionals realize that each uniform is made from eco-friendly fabric which reduces their carbon footprint by over 70%, they feel even better wearing Barco One.  One year ago, when we launched this collection, our goal was to design the world's first performance scrub collection that would help the healthcare professional perform at their peak every single day, and with Barco One, we met that goal," states Griggs.

Barco One was designed with the "healthcare athlete" in mind, delivering "5-points of performance" including eco-friendly fabric, 4-way stretch, soil release, wrinkle resistance and moisture-wicking properties which keep the body at a consistent comfort level by pulling moisture outward allowing evaporation at the surface level.  Each Barco One scrub set is made from 10 recycled plastic bottles.

"We're celebrating our first year of success with a new marketing campaign which appeals to modern healthcare professionals who appreciate the technological qualities of high-performance fabrics.  Since they share one common heart, one purpose and one lifelong dedication to healing, we feel it's important to offer them a high-tech scrub with one advanced fabric technology that does it all.  Barco One helps them stay cool and comfortable under highly demanding and stressful days so that they can "keep their cool" and focus solely on caring for their patients," said Peggy Schulz, executive director of corporate marketing. "The Barco One brand is consistent with our company DNA, values and mission to lead, transform and make a difference in the world. Currently, Barco One is available at over 2,000 retail partner stores globally."

No stranger to being at the forefront of cutting-edge innovation, Barco Uniforms is the maker of the Grey's Anatomytm the 1# premium brand of scrubs in the world. 

"Barco Uniforms continues to lead the healthcare industry with purposeful innovation, sourcing advanced technical fabrics from around the globe which cater to the demanding needs of healthcare professionals.  Our passion for honoring healthcare professionals by designing fashion-forward uniforms infused with functional, details that enhance performance began over eight decades ago; however, we continue to challenge ourselves by breaking through the existing performance boundaries of the healthcare uniform industry.  This year alone we have a multitude of new collections in the works that are soon to be launched," said David Murphy, chief executive officer and president of Barco Uniforms.

About Barco Uniforms

Founded in 1929, Barcotm Uniforms is a leader of design innovation in the premium professional apparel industry, designing award-winning premium uniforms that elevate and honor the individual in the healthcare, food service and hospitality industries.  Barco Uniforms is headquartered in Los Angeles with approximately 225+ local employees across multiple disciplines including design, product development, marketing, sales, supply chain, and distribution.

The company started as an apparel company for beauty professionals. Barco Uniforms went on to produce its first medical uniform in 1936 under the leadership of Kenneth Donner.  The company was the first to merge fashion with uniform design in 1941, putting the company on the national stage by designing a dress for nurses made of a nylon fabric originally made for the military defense department to make parachutes for the war.

In an ongoing effort to make the world a better place, Barco's Nightingales Foundation was established in 2008 by Michael Donner and his wife Frida on behalf of Barcotm Uniforms as an advocate for the profession of nursing. The foundation supports the courageous hearts and spirits of those women and men who choose nursing as a profession directly and with its nonprofit partners. The foundation currently provides 1,500 hot lunches daily to children in Haiti, has built six solar water wells, which provide clean water for over 40,000 people in Haitian villages, funded 3,300 life-changing surgeries through ReSurge International, and provided camperships for 600 children through Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times.

For more information on Barco Uniforms or Barco's Nightingales Foundation visit: www.barcouniforms.com. You can follow the company at www.instagram.com/barco.uniforms/, www.facebook.com/barcouniforms/, https://twitter.com/BarcoUniforms and www.pinterest.com/barcouniforms/.

Barco tmUniforms, Barco Onetm and archtechtm are trademarks of Barcotm Uniforms. All other terms are trademarks of their respected owners.

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