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ArticleYue Yuen to invest $276m in Indian plant
Yue Yuen has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to invest 23 billion rupees ($276 million) to build a manufacturing plant. Under the agreement, the regional government will provide infrastructure support to the project including power, water supply, telecommunication facilities ...
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Salomon launches first shoe featuring SCF-made Elastollan
Salomon is releasing the Index.02 running shoe with a midsole featuring Elastollan made with Supercritical Fluid (SCF) direct injection foaming technology. Elastollan is the brand name for BASF’s thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU).The Salomon Index.02 marks the first-ever footwear application of SCF-made Elastollan. The SCF technology enables an even gas dispersion, which ...
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Salomon launches a recyclable shoe
After three years of R&D – largely to find separable materials – the French sports equipment manufacturer Salomon is introducing this spring its first recycled and recyclable shoe, a road-running model designed to balance performance against the demands of the circular economy. The 285-gram Index.01 has the R.Camber rockered design ...
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ArticleFootwear companies take sustainability in their stride
Hardly a day goes by without a footwear company or a component supplier announcing a more sustainable product, a recycling program or an environmentally-friendly scheme. Such a flurry of initiatives is motivated by growing consumer and regulatory pressure as well as greater corporate consciousness. Nevertheless, the shift to more sustainable ...
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Chamatex to open “smart” footwear factory in France with Salomon and others
French textile producer Chamatex has teamed up with Salomon, Babolat and Millet as well as an investment company on the construction of a new footwear manufacturing facility called Advanced Shoe Factory 4.0 (ASF 4.0) in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France. ASF 4.0 was founded by Chamatex with the goal of ...
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ArticleSalomon introduces a recyclable sneaker and sets up a recycling network
After three years of research and development, the French outdoor brand Salomon has presented the recyclable Index.01 running shoe, which will be on the market from February 2021. “To create the Index.01, we had to construct a shoe using only two materials that could later be separated and recycled,” explained ...
