Recognition
Patents & awards.
Three decades of work on one material — protected by patents in 27 countries and recognized on three continents.
Intellectual property
Patented in 27 countries — including Japan.
MIG3 — Mineral Inorgânico Goen3 — is a bioceramic compound engineered into the fiber. The technology and the way it is incorporated into fabric are protected worldwide.
The compound is formulated from oxides of magnesium, silicon and alumina, among other bioceramic elements, and emits far infrared in the 3 to 14.8 micron range. Invel owns the material, the method, and the patents behind them.
Countries with MIG3® patents
MIG3® · Mineral Inorgânico Goen3
Far infrared · 3–14.8 µm
Awards
The only Brazilian company to win some of them.
Recognition from science academies, export bodies and, notably, from Japan — a country with one of the world's most demanding standards for far infrared.
Japan Far Infrared Association (JIRA)
Excellent Product & Technology Award
Awarded to the “Recharge Plus” mattress — the first time a Brazilian company received this recognition from Japan's far infrared authority.
Academia de Ciências, Letras e Artes de São Paulo
ACLASP recognition
Honoring founder Mário Hirata for his contribution to human well-being and the social impact of the technology.
São Paulo Export Award
Prêmio Exportação São Paulo
Recognizing Invel / Goen3 for excellence in exporting Brazilian technology to the world.
Recognitions held by Invel and its parent company Goen3. MIG3® is a registered technology of Goen3.
Behind the patents
A research institute of its own.
In 2008 Invel created the IITP — Instituto Invel de Tecnologia e Pesquisa — an international network of researchers running the studies behind the technology.
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