SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — Winner
Medical Group Inc. (Nasdaq:
WWIN; “Winner Medical” or the “Company”), a leading
manufacturer of medical dressings, medical disposables and
non-woven fabric made from 100% natural PurCotton® products in
China, proudly announced today that it was granted the COTTON USA
Mark license by Cotton Council International (“CCI”) for its
PurCotton® products, which use and contain 100% U.S.-grown
cotton.
According to CCI, all licensed products must contain at least 50
percent U.S.-grown cotton out of the cotton content with superior
quality and reasonable selling price if sold outside the United
States and 100% of the cotton must be made from U.S. cotton fiber
if sold in the United States. After a long series of stringent
verification and inspection process by Wakefield Inspection
Services Ltd, one of the most famous independent inspection
companies in the world specializing in the classification of
cotton, Winner Medical was verified and recognized for using 100%
U.S. cotton in its PurCotton® branded medical and consumer
products, not only making the Company one of the few which may use
Cotton USA Mark internationally, but more important, the only
company in China which may use Cotton USA Mark for products sold in
the U.S. market, echoing the CCI’s slogan as “Look for the Cotton
USA Mark only on quality pure cotton products.”
Jianquan Li, chief executive officer and director at Winner
Medical comments, “We are excited to become the only domestic
licensee that may use Cotton USA Mark in China market and overseas
markets; such recognition represents the quality, versatility and
value of our products. With growing majorities of consumers
perceiving U.S. cotton-containing finished goods to be more
durable, comfortable and stylish, our group would be able to deepen
the expansion of international medical market
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