{"id":1100,"date":"2026-04-09T07:47:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:01:17","slug":"octo-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/batch-5-eng\/octo-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Octo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fd412670 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/octo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-367\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4299065960869586;width:302px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2075\" height=\"1556\" src=\"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-842\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover;width:360px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1.png 2075w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-2048x1536.png 2048w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-500x375.png 500w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-1280x960.png 1280w, https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Team-Octo-LinkedIn-edited-1-1920x1440.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2075px) 100vw, 2075px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Team<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"taxonomy-category is-style-post-terms-1 is-style-post-terms-1--1 wp-block-post-terms\"><a href=\"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/category\/batch-5-eng\/\" rel=\"tag\">Batch #5<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At present, many water-repellent textiles are made from blended materials, sometimes using chemicals such as fluoropolymers, and are therefore not recyclable. The three-person all-female founding team at <strong>Octo <\/strong>has therefore developed a technology that makes it possible to produce water-repellent and breathable fabrics without the use of fluoropolymers. A key feature is the <strong>Octo <\/strong>yarn\u2019s water-repellent nature, which means the fabric remains dry even when submerged. It also reduces friction and provides thermal insulation. The <strong>Octo <\/strong>yarn is a circular monomaterial, made from recycled materials and can also be recycled again at the end of its life. It is suitable for use in numerous applications, such as outdoor clothing or technical textiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/chemstars.nrw\/community\/octo\/\">Website<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At present, many water-repellent textiles are made from blended materials, sometimes using chemicals such as fluoropolymers, and are therefore not recyclable. The three-person all-female founding team at Octo has therefore developed a technology that makes it possible to produce water-repellent and breathable fabrics without the use of fluoropolymers. A key feature is the Octo yarn\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batch-5-eng"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1102,"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1100\/revisions\/1102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/accelerator.high-tech.nrw\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}