Performance apparel markets: product developments and innovations

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FIBRE AND FABRIC TREATMENTS

• NanoHorizons and GJ Littlewood have developed a process which enables high performance technical fibres to be treated with NanoHorizons' SmartSilver

FABRICS FOR PERFORMANCE APPAREL

• AgResearch has developed a stab-resistant and flame-resistant fabric

FIBRES AND YARNS FOR PERFORMANCE APPAREL

• Unifi has introduced Repreve nylon 6.6 to the Chinese market

FOOTWEAR

• Haglofs will feature mouldable footbeds across its range of footwear for spring 2009
• Nike has introduced Nike considered design, its sustainable design concept, across its key footwear categories

FUNCTIONAL APPAREL

• Tumi has launched a range of jackets which feature outlast technologies' temperature regulation technology

NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR PERFORMANCE APPAREL

• W L Gore & Associates has developed a new visual concealment technology which can be applied to performance apparel for hunters

PROTECTIVE CLOTHING

• Protech Armored Products has introduced a lightweight protective helmet made from Dyneema HB26 unidirectional (UD) Fabric

SPORTS APPAREL

• Mammut Sports Group is planning to launch a new range of alpine underwear which features an odour-eliminating technology called pure by HeiQ
• Wacoal Sports Science has expanded its CW-X Insulator collection
• Oakley has launched a new snow sports apparel collection for women

List of figures

• Figure 1: Sole footbed