Ultrafabrics features the upgraded Promessa Collection at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo

The brand's premier textile collection introduces new colors, a backcloth made of eight recycled plastic bottles and removes anti-microbial additives

NEW YORK - Ultrafabrics, the global leader in high-tech performance fabric across 11 industries, announces that one of its most enduring collections Promessa has new colors, a new recycled backcloth and anti-microbial additives have been removed. The healthcare-focused collection will be featured at the Healthcare Design Conference and Expo in New Orleans Nov. 5th-7th, 2023.

Japanese-crafted and New York-based, Ultrafabrics’ Promessa collection has long been the go-to performance textile for specifiers who need a durable fabric solution for commercial interiors, furniture or healthcare applications. Confidently named for the Italian word ‘promise’, the 25-year legacy fabric collection by Ultrafabrics is the touchstone of the brand. 

Nicole Meier, Director of Branding at Ultrafabrics, says: “Promessa embodies the Ultrafabrics offering perfectly: unrivalled haptics, performance, and beauty. In the same breath we never rest on our laurels and continue to innovate. We are proud to add new colors, a new recycled backcloth and, as a response to feedback in the healthcare market, we have removed anti-microbial additives. Whether it’s clinical settings and airports, to restaurants and higher education, Promessa always exceeds expectations.”

Ultrafabrics sponsored talk in the Solutions Theater on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023

The Value of Color in the Healthcare Environment: Defining the Truths and Dispelling the Myths

Color is a powerful tool in any environment, enabling the differentiation of forms from their background and aiding in the identification of objects beyond their shape or size. It holds associations and symbolism, deeply tied to cultural experiences and regional ways of life. While color's significance in the healthcare environment has been extensively discussed, and many advocate for colors being imbued with healing energies, a crucial question remains: do patients, staff, and visitors perceive a specific therapeutic or experiential value?

Designers, care providers, and other practitioners widely agree that healthcare environments should be friendly, therapeutic, and conducive to healing as much as possible. Therefore, the pressing matter is: how can color be effectively utilized to achieve these goals?

Our panel will engage in a comprehensive discussion on these topics to reach a consensus on how designers and care environments can optimally leverage color as an asset in their pursuit of creating the best experience for all audiences.

Healthcare Design Conference + Expo 

New Orleans, LA 

11/5 – 11/7

Stand #426

Featured in the booth

• Sustainability updates
• Color in Healthcare (related to the presentation)
• Healthcare collections
• Furniture partners:

IOA Furniture: 30 SQUARE SOFA

Kimball meeting table

  New Colors for 2024 and beyond

Promessa ventures beyond the designs of today with a refreshed color palette of captivating green hues, soft reds, and warmer neutrals that elevate its leather like, soft pebble texture. The Ultrafabrics’ team of color experts scanned the horizon for inspiration and trends and added these newest shades to reflect the importance of biophilic design and desire for comforting tones.

Desert Taupe – Warm, comforting

Buttered Toffee – Subtle, classic

Galaxy Fog – Cool, transformative

Old Lime – Versatile, unassuming

Olive Moss- Fresh, energising

Lake Blue – Calm, crisp

Fireclay – Organic, earthy

Rumba Red – Rich, alluring

Aqua Spring – Clean, refreshing

Recycled backcloth and safer chemistry

Supporting Ultrafabrics’ material innovation goal to incorporate a minimum of 50% rapidly renewable and/or recycled materials in its portfolio by 2025, Promessa now incorporates recycled polyester and responsibly sourced viscose in the backcloth for all colors, both new and existing. Each yard of Promessa now has 8.3 recycled plastic bottles incorporated into the backcloth.

Beyond innovation, the brand has taken a significant stride towards better material health and safer chemistry by eliminating antimicrobial additives from the collection. This step, while offering various advantages, does not compromise performance and expands Promessa's suitability, particularly in projects where antimicrobial technology is not permitted.

Additional sustainability features of Promessa:

• PFAS-free
• Free of FR, PVC, plasticizer phthalates, and formaldehyde
• Low VOCs promote healthier indoor air quality
• SCS Indoor Advantage Gold certified
• REACH Compliant

Uncompromising Performance

• Exceptional durability – industry-leading 16 weeks hydrolysis results
• Engineered for upholstery in active, high traffic spaces
• 400,000 double rubs (Wyzenbeek), 180,000 rubs (Martindale)
• Ease of cleaning including 1:5 bleach/water solution

Meier adds, “In many ways Promessa is the ultimate definition of a performance textile and what we do here at Ultrafabrics. As much as Promessa is an achievement and a trusted product for our specifiers, it’s a promise that we are always innovating and looking to the future.”

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Editors notes

Ultrafabrics is a range of premium materials that are reshaping the world of high-tech performance fabrics. Crafted in its Japanese mill using the proprietary production process, Takumi (meaning artisan) Technology, the company’s passion is the creation of unrivalled sensorial experiences.

Ultrafabrics’ continuous investment in innovation, research and development has resulted in a range of polyurethanes suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The brand’s growing client list of luxury brands spans many industries, from residential and contract furniture, to upholstery for cars, yachts, airlines and private jets.