ADO Corporation is an American-based manufacturer of fine drapery fabrics and window coverings products made of the highest quality materials. Our fabrics are woven, inspected, dyed, finished and customized in our American and European facilities with the utmost care and attention to kind manufacturing practices – and can be found in specialty retail stores, window design shops and interior design studios and showrooms worldwide. Whether it’s a need for a heavier drapery fabric, or a light sheer fabric we offer you unique, luxurious window treatments for every room in your home. The best part is our fabrics are backed with a five-year guarantee that promises lasting washability, durability and colorfast fibers.

ADO is a Socially Conscious Company.

ADO fabrics are considered eco-friendly and sustainable because they:

• Are manufactured for endurance
• Hold up better than other fabrics and last longer in window spaces
• Do not contain allergenic dyes
• Have been tested for pesticides and chlorinated phenols
• Are free from formaldehyde or from trace amounts that fall well under legal limits
• Are free from biologically active finishes
• Have a skin-friendly pH

Socially Conscious Manufacturing

It’s generally thought that textile manufacturers are not socially conscious – and stereotypes often lean toward the use of sweatshops and third-world exploitation.

• Recent consumer reports studies suggest that today’s consumers are extremely value conscious and are eager to patronize businesses that share their own goals and values.
• Socially responsible consumers seek products that are manufactured with social consciousness for human rights, ethical treatment and worker well being whereby there are good working conditions and child-free, safe labor practices.
• Upwards of 70% of world-wide socially conscious products are sold in Europe because it’s home to the fair trade movement.
• Often, products manufactured with social consciousness in mind are made in Europe or America and made from start to finish without the utilization of outsourced labor from less industrialized nations.

ADO is socially conscious because:

• Our fabrics are woven, inspected, dyed, finished and customized in our United States ,German and Indonesian production facilities.
• We practice the free trade movement with our parent company in Aschendorf, Germany.
• We utilize textile machinery instead of labor intensive environments in our Indonesian facility.
• We measure and ensure the quality of our products in both the manufacturing processes and the outcome of the fabrics we produce.
• Oeko-Tex Standard 100.

The International Oeko-Tex Association is a group of 14 well-known textile testing and research institutes in Europe and Japan with contact offices in over 40 countries worldwide. With their stringent tests in line with the requirements of the Oeko-Tex criteria catalogue, they guarantee human-ecological safety of textiles under their certification.

The Oeko-Tex Standard 100 was introduced in 1992 to offer consumers the greatest possible assurance in terms of health. Today, there is a reliable network of over 7,000 manufacturers worldwide at all stages in the textile processing chain who are permanently involved in the certification process and thus play an active part in constantly increasing the level of security in terms of the safety of textiles. Products are only eligible to use the Oeko-Tex label if all components have been successfully tested.

The label “Confidence in textiles – tested for harmful substances according to Oeko-Tex Standard 100” is synonymous with total peace of mind when purchasing textiles. The internationally binding test catalogue is based on scientifically proven parameters and is updated annually in line with current developments in research and legislation.

For each certification process by one of the 14 authorized Oeko-Tex test institutes, tests are carried out on the following:

• Substances which are prohibited by law, such as carcinogenic dyestuffs
• Substances which are regulated by law, such as formaldehyde, softeners, heavy metals or pentachlorophenol
• Harmful substances such as pesticides, allergy-inducing dyestuffs or tin-organic compounds
• Precautionary parameters such as colorfastness and a skin-friendly pH value

ADO fabrics fall into the product class IV for Oeko-Tex certification testing, which also include emission tests to ensure that no volatile components are able to diffuse from the textile to the surrounding air. To view a list of brand name products with Oeko-Tex certification, visit www.oeko-tex.com (under the menu item “sources of supply”).