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- Title
Erste Fleecejacke aus holzbasiertem Polyester: UNTERNEHMEN: Vaude/UPM FOKUS: Innovation.
- Abstract
UPM and Vaude have presented the world's first fleece jacket made from wood-based polyester at ISPO Munich 2023. The two companies have collaborated to produce sportswear using bio-based chemicals and to convince the textile industry of the possibility of transitioning to renewable materials. Currently, approximately 60% of the materials used in the clothing industry are made from fossil polymers, so UPM and Vaude hope that this prototype will inspire other manufacturers to use more sustainable bio-based solutions. UPM plans to build a biorefinery to convert sustainably sourced deciduous wood into bio-chemicals and facilitate the transition to renewable materials.
- Subjects
CLOTHING industry; TEXTILE chemicals; TEXTILE industry; MANUFACTURING industries; WOOL
- Publication
Technical Textiles / Technische Textilen, 2024, Issue 1, p6
- ISSN
0323-3243
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51202/0323-3243-2024-1-006