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Ragged Mountain Equipment exits administration

New York - The U.S. manufacturer of outdoor apparel and gear announced earlier this week it has emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Ragged Mountain Equipment (RME) request protection against bankruptcy a year ago. Founded by Rob Nadler, RME uses Polartec fleece to make most of its clothes. Up until 2016, Polartec had been based in...

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Innovative fabrics aiming to minimize microplastics

It is suspected that synthetic fibres contribute in a critical way to polluting our environment with microplastics. Now fabric manufacturers have reacted to this problem and introduced a number of new solutions to the market. Solid and insoluble synthetic polymers - i.e. plastics - that are smaller than five millimeters are called microplastics....