You may find bedding products marked with Downafresh® and Daunasan® on the international and the German-speaking market. Both brands document that those feathers and down used as filling material comply with EN 12935.
EN 12935 regulates the requirements for hygiene and purity for feathers and down.
Companies that are allowed to use Downafresh® and Daunasan® have to be examined by a hygienic laboratory for their processed feathers and down, they document the origin and processing of their filling material.
In addition, Downafresh® greenLine marks fillings of bedding items, which have been processed according to ecological criteria.
Only detergents which preserve the environment and the naturalness of the filling material may be used. The users of the brand Downafresh® greenLine are obliged to have their products checked regularly by an independent testing laboratory to ensure that the hygienic, clean and environmentally friendly requirements are met.
… bedding items with the Downafresh® brand are filled with feathers and down which have been cleaned before use by thorough water washing and dried at a temperature of at least 100 ° C? Thus, bedding with the Downafresh® sign complies with the hygiene requirements of the European standard EN 12935.
The mark Downafresh® greenLine means that the filling of the bedding items has been additionally processed according to ecological criteria.
Only detergents that preserve the environment and the naturalness of the filling material may be used.
Feathers and down are natural products which are obtained according to strict legal requirements and do not contain any harmful substances innately. Because of their natural properties – they are light and warm without weighting – they provide excellent thermal insulation and are therefore the ideal filling material for bedding.
A documentary traceability system proves that the filling material has been obtained according to applicable animal welfare laws.
At the end of the product life cycle, the filling material can be composted without any problem.
The companies listed below are manufacturers of products carrying the Downafresh® or Daunasan® label. They observe the strict requirements for feathers and down used as filling material, applying to both the purchase and the processing of the product of nature.
Albis Bettwaren AG
Alte Obfelderstrasse 69
8910 Affoltern
SWITZERLAND
ARO ARTLÄNDER GmbH
Ankumer Straße 12
49577 Kettenkamp
GERMANY
Bettfedernfabrik Otto Keller GmbH & Co. KG
Entrup 5
48341 Altenberge
GERMANY
Böhmerwald GmbH
Frühlingsstraße 4
93413 Cham
GERMANY
HANSKRUCHEN GmbH
Avendruper Straße 37
48157 Münster/Westfalen
GERMANY
Karl Sluka GmbH
Thanner Str. 28
93149 Nittenau
GERMANY
OBB Oberbadische Bettfedernfabrik GmbH
Mühlstr. 54
79510 Lörrach
GERMANY
Peter Kohl Nachfolger Franz Kohl KG
Hafenstraße 25
65439 Flörsheim
GERMANY
Richard Behr & Co. GmbH
Boschstraße 16
24568 Kaltenkirchen
GERMANY
ROHDEX Bettfedern Handelsges. mbH & Co. KG
Morsestraße 8
85716 Unterschleißheim
GERMANY
Sanders-Kauffmann GmbH
Maschstr. 2
49565 Bramsche
GERMANY
Treude & Metz GmbH & Co. KG
Königstraße 4
57334 Bad Laasphe
GERMANY
DyKon A/S
Dansk DyneKoncept
Kongsbjerg 15
6640 Lunderskov
DENMARK
NORVIGROUP DENMARK A/S
Pantonevej 1
Vamdrup 6580
DENMARK
Joutsen Finland Oy
Petsamonkatu 83
11120 Riihimäki
FINLAND
Société Nouvelle INTERPLUME
Z. I. Terres Douces
85210 Sainte Hermine
FRANCE
FBZ Hungária Kft.
6000, Kecskemét
Kandó Kálmán utca 47
HUNGARY
Hungaria Down Ltd.
Vásárhelyi u.35.
5800 Mezőkovácsháza
HUNGARY
Naturtex Ltd.
Cserje sor 9
6728 Szeged
HUNGARY
Silverhill Foods
Main St
Derrygassan Upper
Emyvale
Co. Monaghan
IRELAND
Cassenz bv
Otterkoog 91-b
1822 bx Alkmaar
THE NETHERLANDS
Gebr. Jonk BV
Slobbeland 7
1131 AA Volendam
THE NETHERLANDS
Van Niewenhuizen Feather and Down BV
Zeeweg 152
3853 LP Ermelo
THE NETHERLANDS
NORVIGROUP NORSK DUN AS
Kjærlighetsstien 1
P.O. Box 4
1850 Mysen
NORWAY
Piórex S.A
Ul. Kilinskiego 8-18
62-020 Swarzedz
POLAND
Pato Rico
Av. Santos e Castro, 130 A
1750-268 Lisboa
PORTUGAL
Dúsal
70 Nasmyth Road
Southfield Industrial Estate
Glenrothes Fife KY6 2SD
UK