Taking Industry 4.0 on cards, Sympatex Technologies is all set to display its ‘functional jacket 4.0’ at the upcoming Outdoor 2017. The 4-day event will take place from June 18 to 21, 2017 in Friedrichshafen, Germany and will have a focus on the company’s offering which is a part of ‘closed loop meets textile industry 4.0’ project run by Sympatex few days back.
The company reports that the material basis of the jacket is a 100 per cent recycled laminate from the current Sympatex portfolio. Also, the membrane consists of 100 per cent polyether-ester and is produced in a completely climate neutral way. The production waste of this membrane is completely reused via the Sympatex pre-consumer recycling. The recycled outer fabrics and linings in jacket consist of polyester fibres certified by GRS (global recycled standard) and bluesign®.
Furthermore, due to the colouring by means of digital print, no traditional wet colouring is required, i.e. Sympatex achieves reduced water consumption — with at the same time sheer unlimited opportunities for individual design. And the functional jacket is 100 per cent recyclable and can thus be spun out to new fibres at the end of its wear time with the help of an upcycling procedure.
Dr. Rüdiger Fox, CEO of Sympatex Technologies, commented, “Our closed loop meets textile industry 4.0 lighthouse project deals with the development of a customizable, recycled and in turn recyclable functional jacket 4.0. We are not going to produce an own collection in the future, but we want to give an example of all already available opportunities that can be implemented already today in terms of ecology.”
It may be noted here that the end-customers can directly purchase the functional jacket on the www.closingtheloop.de landing page from June 18 onwards.
