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Icebug makes sneakers from other brands' scrap material
Habit.se reported that Swedish footwear brand Icebug continues to make shoes from textile waste from other Swedish brands, following a collaboration with Woolpower. Previously, the company had produced a shoe whose upper was made of wool scraps from Woolpower’s underwear production. The website wrote that a pair of sneakers has ...
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Research project for textile dyes from algae gets boost from collaboration
In a new research project, the workwear company Fristads, the startup Mounid and the knowledge center Wargön Innovation have come together to develop a more sustainable alternative to conventional textile dyes. The project is based on two Swedish innovations – Imogo Tech’s digital spray technology and Mounid’s algae ink, which ...
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Woolpower opens new production facility in its hometown of Östersund
According to Swedish industry magazine Sportfack , Woolpower is currently completing the largest investment in its company history with a new 10,000-square-meter factory in Östersund in the Jämtland region. The completely new production facility will be twice the size of the previous one. “We are going against the tide ...
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Woolpower expands production capacity
Woolpower , the Swedish specialist in wool bodywear and accessories, says it intends to further expand the production capacity in its own factory due to its good long-term order situation and is investing in new employees and machines. Up to 30 knitting machine operators, converters and seamstresses are to be ...