Product – Page 14
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News briefsDutch connection: Scotch & Soda launches co-branded bikes with Veloretti
Source: Scotch & Soda Scotch & Soda x Veloretti The fashion industry is heavily flirting with the booming urban bike sector – and vice versa. As reported before, the Swiss bike brand Simplon has just ended its pop-up experience at Breuninger in Munich. Fashion brands Drykorn and ...
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News briefsThe Mycel Project closes $10 million funding round for new production facility
The South Korean biomaterials start-up company Mycel Project, a spin-off of the Hyundai Motor Group, has just closed a new pre-Series A funding round, raising a total of $10 million. Six main investors (a Hyundai Motor fund among them) are now involved in the company funding, most of them based ...
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News briefsNite Ize announces six outdoor brands to integrate Tru Zip into their products
Source: Nite Ize Tru Zip Nite Ize announced that six outdoor brands are to integrate its Tru Zip product technology, a fully water and dust-proof, toothless sliding zipper made in the U.S. and patented in 2019, into their styles: Simms Fishing, Hydro Flask, Fishpond, CamelBak, Booe and ...
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News briefsWoom cooperates with kids’ eyewear brand SooNice
Source: woom The Austrian children’s bike brand Woom is collaborating with the children’s sunglasses label SooNice, also from Austria, to launch a special edition of the SooNice Sunnies. Every newly purchased Woom Original 2, 3 or 4 bike now comes with a pair of these special edition ...
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News briefsVango and Trakke give tent fabrics a new life
Vango, the British specialist in camping and outdoor equipment, has teamed up with Glasgow-based backpack manufacturer Trakke to create a collection made from recycled tent fabrics. The limited-edition collection, called “Past Tents,” is a nod to Vango’s camping heritage and Trakke’s commitment to sustainable backpack design. The five models in ...
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News briefsLycra partners with Browzwear to accelerate digital transformation
The Lycra Company has announced a partnership with Browzwear, the Singapore-based 3D design technology provider. The partnership is meant to provide garment designers using Browzwear’s VStitcher and Lotta platforms for 3D fashion design the ability to quickly and easily develop products incorporating fabrics containing Lycra, Lycra T400, and Coolmax fibers. ...
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News briefsKomoot adds several new languages
Outdoor app Komoot is offering a native-language experience in several new local outdoor and cycling communities in developing markets, effective immediately. Adding the five new languages – Japanese, Korean, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese – brings the total number of languages available to its 27 million-strong global community to ...
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Aquafil and Genomatica advance to pre-commercial production for plant-based nylon-6
Aquafil and Genomatica have been collaborating to produce pilot-scale quantities of plant-based nylon-6 and have announced that they have now successfully completed the first demonstration-scale production runs. This will help determine the final design of future commercial plants and constitutes a step closer to the commercialization of the material. Plant-based ...
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News briefsMadhappy partners with Columbia for capsule centered around mental health
Source: Madhappy MH x Columbia Madhappy, a Los Angeles-based lifestyle brand “on a mission to make the world a more optimistic place,” unveiled its Summer 22 Outdoors collection in collaboration with Columbia Sportswear on July 19. The collection, first launched in 2021, is meant to “bring awareness ...
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Superfeet expands partnership with Materialise, introduces new tool
The sole company Superfeet has expanded its partnership with Materialise, a company providing 3D-printing solutions. Together the two companies are introducing the new Materialise Kinetic Suite. The tool is designed to provide physical therapists, chiropractors and sports-movement specialists with an all-in-one system for dynamic gait and balance measurement and analysis. ...
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News briefsHoudini launches new circular collection developed with Woolmark, Tencel and Südwolle
The Swedish brand Houdini has announced the launch of a new sub-collection within its range, designed for circularity. Called The New Naturals, the collection offers products from base to shell layers. Its fabrics are all made from bio-based fibers, developed by Houdini in partnership with Lenzing (which is contributing its ...
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News briefsNorda and Satisfy collaborate on new trail-running shoe
Canadian running brand Norda and the French running specialist Satisfy have joined forces to launch a new trail-running shoe on July 21, 2022. According to a company release, the shoe, called the Satisfy x Norda 001, features a bio-based version of Dyneema in the upper, a technology ...
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News briefsAdidas Terrex launches first product with Spinnova
The Adidas Terrex HS1 is the first product to emerge from the partnership with Spinnova Source: Adidas Eight months after Adidas announced its partnership with Finnish textile material company Spinnova, the German brand has unveiled its first product that is integrated into the Adidas Terrex line and ...
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News briefsIcebreaker unveils low-waste ‘Natural Cut’ collection
In collaboration with nanotechnologist Dr. Michelle Dickinson, designers at Icebreaker, the New Zealand apparel company owned by VF Corp., have unveiled the “Natural Cut” collection, a fashionable and comfortable collection designed to have less impact on the planet. Dr. Dickinson specializes in nanotechnology, an in-depth study of the “small things” ...
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News briefsCamelBak launches its first cooler backpack
CamelBak, the California-based specialist in personal hydration gear, is introducing its first cooler backpack for summer 2022. The new ChillBak Pack 30 features an integrated Fusion six-liter reservoir system for on-the-go hydration. A roll-top closure with separated dry and cold storage compartments aid in cooling efficiency while providing added storage. ...
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News briefsZiener uses more Lavalan insulation
Source: Ziener Ganghofer mitten For the coming fall/winter collections, the German brand Ziener will be integrating Lavalan wool insulation into more of its apparel and gloves collections for men, women and kids. The 100 percent wool padding from Lavalan is manufactured in Germany and found in Ziener’s ...
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News briefsMystery Ranch teams with Hyosung on launch of new sustainable pack collection
Source: Mystery Ranch Mystery Ranch Coulee 50 Montana-based backpack specialist Mystery Ranch has teamed with Hyosung, a global fiber manufacturer and value chain solutions provider, in the development of their new sustainable Coulee Series made with Hyosung’s GRS-certified, 100 percent recycled Mipan® regen robic high-tenacity nylon. “We’ve ...
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News briefsJack Wolfskin teams up with Schoeller Textil for new shell materials
Source: Jack Wolfskin/Schoeller The flagship of Jack Wolfskin’s S23 Discovery Wilderness collection is the Diskovera Jacket, a 3-layer jacket, with Texapore Ecosphere Pro Schoeller 3L technology. German brand Jack Wolfskin and the Swiss fabrics manufacturer Schoeller Textil have joined forces to jointly develop new shell materials for ...
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News briefsMerrell’s product incubator launches new trail running shoe collection
Merrell Test Lab (MTL), the brand’s product incubator where most technical and category disruptive innovations are conceived, has released a new elite trail running shoe collection. The new product line, debuting with the MTL Long Sky 2 and MTL MQM, has been engineered to guarantee trail-specific protection even in the ...
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News briefsVanpowers completes crowdfunding campaign for City Vanture road e-bike
Vanpowers Bike has announced that it has ended the crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its City Vanture, the world’s first electric bicycle using an assembled frame, according to the company. The Outdoor Industry Compass reported about it in May. The company raised nearly three times the project’s goal. The e-bike ...
