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Thai Wacoal Public Company Limited received the e-Commerce Brand Excellence Awards 2024 in the Fashion and Apparel category from Thai e-Commerce Association at the Thailand e-Commerce Awards 2024. This event was organized to honor and recognize outstanding organizations, SMEs, and leading brands in Thailand's e-Commerce industry. Dr. Supranee Auiyasathian, Deputy Director of Digital Business Division 1, represented the company to receive the award from Mr. Napintorn Srisunpang, Deputy Minister of Commerce.
This award reflects the company's commitment to continuously developing and improving its product sales and services through e-Commerce channels.
March 7, 2024, at the Thailand Science Park. The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI), the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) through the National Metal and Materials Technology Center (MTEC), in collaboration with the National Research Institute of Health (HSRI), the National Science, Research and Innovation Policy Council (TSRI), and Thai Wacoal Public Company Limited, have unveiled the "Rachel" innovation suite. The launch featured expert speakers from various fields exchanging ideas to provide sustainable societal innovation insights.
The "Rachel" bodysuit, designed for the elderly, has been developed, researched, and designed to cater to seniors who are still able to care for themselves. It can be worn all day, allowing for freedom of movement and reducing the risk of injury from daily activities. The suit is reinforced with specially designed fabric materials and stitching techniques to allow for natural muscle movement. It serves as an aid for the elderly in performing daily tasks such as standing up, lifting objects, climbing stairs, and doing household chores. The research team has developed and tested the innovation for efficiency and readiness for use.
To emphasize our leadership in developing lingerie products for consumers of all ages and to highlight the importance of monitoring continuous changes in population structure, we have collaborated to develop a bodysuit product for the elderly that can benefit a wide range of the Thai population. Leveraging the expertise, knowledge, and experience in materials and stitching techniques from Thai Wacoal Public Company Limited, combined with the research and development expertise in wearable technologies from the NSTDA, MTEC research team, and the expertise in pattern-making and stitching from the Industrial Pattern Development and Clothing Design Institute, the Rachel bodysuit boasts mechanical properties suitable for movement, lightweight design, excellent sweat absorption, and can be worn comfortably throughout the day, every day, for both indoor and outdoor activities.
The National Research Institute of Health (HSRI) provides research funding support to MTEC, NSTDA, to carry out a project aimed at enhancing the effectiveness of wearable suits to support muscles and reduce the risk of injury for the elderly. This initiative aims to drive medical and public health innovations that can be practically implemented, improving the quality of life for the elderly and reducing fatalities from accidents or injuries caused by various movements. HSRI plans to expand the research into the healthcare system, with the expectation that it will eventually benefit Gold Card patients, contributing to wider healthcare benefits in the future.
Benefits Received
1. Economic Aspect: Increase in sales of health products by 10%, amounting to 3.7 million bath
(based on as estimate from the first order lot of 1,000 sets).
2. Social Aspect: Promote the health of the elderly, reducing injuries from
movement and accidents.
3. Environmental Aspect: Promote products that are safe from toxins,
environmentally friendly, and Green label products.
Reference : https://www.thecoverage.info/news/content/6364
On March 5th, 2024 Thai Wacoal Public Company Limited, one of the 26 leading organizations in the project for developing audit and certification systems for circular economy management to promote circular economy policy, participated in the press conference 'CIRCULAR ECONOMY: From Policy to Practice for Business Organizations.' The announcement of success in promoting the first 26 companies to pass the Circular Economy Management System (CEMS) standards. And has developed Certifying Body and evaluators for circular economy management for organizations of over 500 personnel. By Center of Excellence on Environmental strategy for green business, Faculty of Environment, Kasetsart University or V-GREEN, collaborated with the Thailand Industrial Standards Institute Ministry of Industry (TISI), under the support of The Program Management Unit for Competitiveness (PMUC).
On Monday, March 4, 2024 Thai Wacoal PCL. and More Loop Co., Ltd. has signed a cooperation agreement to support and promote the use of leftover fabric from production according to the principles of the circular economy
Moreloop will be an intermediary space for finding and matching materials, high-quality fabrics leftover from the factory's production process. To sell it to a group of people who will process it for further use. It is a business that combines the principles of creating sustainability for the environment. Meanwhile They have applied digital technology to create their own platform very well.
Thai Wacoal has an economic framework that focuses on careful resource management. So that no part is wasted, that is, products and materials are kept for reuse, remanufacturing and recycling. As long as those resources are used in the most cost-effective way.
On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, Thai Wacoal Public Company Limited and 19 other organizations jointly signed a MOU and opening ceremony for the project to promote the setting of targets for industrial greenhouse gas emissions, aiming for the Net Zero GHG Emission goal through method of Science Based Target setting (SBT). Organized by Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization), in collaboration with Excellence Circular Economy Enterprise, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University. "Under this collaboration, the company will receive technical promotion and support, Science-based target setting (SBT) consultation, and training on reporting, calculating, and quantifying the organization's greenhouse gas emissions. This includes guidance on operational procedures/technologies to achieve the Net Zero Pathway and Net Zero GHG Emission goals.
