All Product articles – Page 42
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News briefsPOC launches first bike helmet with independent, self-powered light source
More than a year after Swedish companies POC and Exeger unveiled a technology and an idea to develop, design and manufacture a helmet with self-powered lighting at the Rouleur Classic in London, POC has now unveiled the Omne Eternal bicycle helmet. Designed to increase the cyclist’s safety on the road, ...
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ArticleA game-changing foldable ski by Elan
Elan unveiled the world’s first foldable, high-performance, all-mountain ski on Feb. 1, the first day of the ISPO Munich Online show, where it got a prize as one of the ISPO Gold Award winners. Called the Elan Voyager, the ski can be easily disassembled and packed into a bag for ...
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Puma and Cara Delevingne team up on new yoga collection
Puma and Cara Delevingne, the English model and actress, have co-created Exhale, a new eco-conscious yoga collection. The new line is said to use at least 70 percent recycled polyester, and to fully offset any unavoidable carbon emissions. The Exhale collection comprises a high-waist full tight, studio bras, a knit ...
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Fila’s new collection celebrates the brand's 100th anniversary
To produce its 110th Anniversary Collection, Fila has been working with Katie Grand, the British stylist, creative director and founder of The Perfect Magazine. Grand has “edited” a number of archival Fila items – involving tennis, mountaineering, watersports, athletics, basketball, golf and motorsports – for their re-issue. Fila says he ...
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News briefsNike products are sold on Lidl’s marketplaces in Germany and Spain
Nike has released the following statement in reaction to an article published on our website on Feb. 15: ”Lidl is not a partner in Nike’s marketplace strategy and we are not selling product to their business.” A spokeman for Nike would not say, however, whether it is in litigation with ...
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Itochu and Aquafil join forces to sell recycled nylon
The Japanese trading company Itochu and the Italian chemicals firm Aquafil have entered a partnership to promote the sale of the latter’s Econyl fiber and to expand the circular nylon production. In 2011, Aquafil created the Econyl Regeneration System, which turns recovered nylon waste such as fishing nets, carpets and ...
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News briefsUvex safety group starts production of respiratory protection masks
Source: Uvex Saety Group uvex silv-Air lite mask To secure the supply of high-quality respiratory protection products, the Uvex Safety Group is investing in an in-house production facility for FFP2 respiratory protection masks in cooperation with a manufacturer of household products, Fackelmann. With production in France, ...
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Adidas introduces new Terrex goggles
Marcolin, which has replaced Silhouette as the eyewear licensee for Adidas. has introduced two new Adidas Terrex snow goggles with interchangeable lenses. E-Sun’s Varia and Kolor Up lenses are both toric, but Varia adjusts to ambient light through three categories of sun protection categories within 40 seconds, while Kolor Up ...
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Wintersteiger’s new automated servicing system
Wintersteiger has livestreamed the introduction of a new automated servicing system for skis and snowboards. The Austrian brand will also be presenting it at several roadshows in the Alps. Jupiter, as the system is called, comes in five configurations, with three feeding variants and three application levels, providing anything “from ...
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Ecco unveils the new BIOM H4 golf shoe
Ecco has launched the BIOM H4, the latest development in its BIOM series of hybrid golf shoes. The BIOM H4 features a new outsole design – the innovative ECCO MTN GRIP outsole – with three sections, to offer a combination of grip, stability and rotational support throughout the swing. A ...
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Babolat works with a human engineering firm
Babolat, the leading French racquet sports producer, has announced an interesting collaboration with HumanFab, a French company specializing in the application of human engineering to sports performance, to jointly explore racquet sports dynamics. The collaboration will start this year with the construction of a dedicated, 2,500-square-meter Racquet Sports Laboratory in ...
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Nike releases sustainable Cosmic Unity basketball shoe
The Nike Cosmic Unity basketball shoe and the brand’s first performance shoe is being released under its Move to Zero initiative, which epitomizes Nike’s journey toward circular economy. The Cosmic Unity is made with at least 25 percent recycled content by weight. The sockliner is made in part from recycled ...
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Asics expands its Energy Saving Series
Asics has announced the launch of the Glideride 2 and Evoride 2, the newest editions to its Energy Saving Series of running shoes. The Glideride 2, which builds on the previous Glideride model, features new gender-specific tuning, with a lower density foam for a softer feel underfoot for female runners. ...
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News briefsOn Running and Vaha get top honors at ISPO
The international jury that selected the winners of ISPO Gold Awards chose On Running’s Cyclon shoe and Vaha’s Eton Motion Analysis mirror as “Products of the Year” in the running and fitness segments, respectively. We have already reported about Germany’s Vaha and its recent funding round, where Porsche Ventures stepped ...
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News briefsSalomon introduces a sports mask
Working with Chamatex, the design office of Groupe Zebra and Bosch, Salamon has developed an anti-pandemic mask for athletic training and competition. It will hit the market in Feb. 15, at a price of €18, coming into two varieties: running and winter. Nine months of R&D at Chamatex’ factory in ...
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Eastman to build world-scale polyester recycling plant
Eastman Chemical Company has announced that it will invest around $250 million over the next two years to build “one of the world’s largest plastic-to-plastic molecular recycling facilities.” The plant will be located at Eastman’s site in Kingsport, Tennessee, where the company is headquartered. Through methanolysis, this facility will convert ...
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News briefsOrtovox’ Diract Voice avy transceiver wins Product of the Year at ISPO Awards
Source: Ortovox Diract Voice Ortovox heralds a new era in avalanche emergency equipment with the Diract Voice avalanche transceiver, the world’s first avalanche transceiver with voice navigation, and the company has managed to to score the coveted „Product of the Year“ award by ISPO Munich in the ...
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Will Gymshark come out with a line of shoes?
The question was asked at the end of a presentation by Justine McCarthy, development director at Gymshark, in one of the workshops organized as part of the rich conference program of ISPO Munich Online. “Watch this space,” she replied with a smile, without providing any further details. Gymshark, a nine-year-old ...
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Giro will introduce a smaller version of its Contour goggle
Giro Sport Design has announced the launch of the Contour RS (RS for “reduced size”), a new version of its Contour goggle designed for skiers and snowboarders who have smaller-than-average faces. The Giro Contour RS is said to deliver the same level of performance and crisp visibility as its sibling, ...
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News briefsWest Kiteboarding is the ISPO Brandnew 2021 Overall Winner
In a live digital pitch on Feb. 1, the first day of ISPO Munich Online, the ten finalists of the ISPO Brandnew Awards 2021 competed for the title of Overall Winner as the most innovative startup of the year. Each startup had 90 seconds to convince the audience in the ...
