New markets open up for plasma technology provider
07/08/2008
Outdoor brand Regatta has become the latest industry player to sign up for the ion-mask plasma technology water-proofing enhancement from P2i.
The process, which offers breathability and waterproofing, will feature on selected products in Regatta’s Spring/Summer 09 footwear ranges.
Initially developed to protect soldiers from chemical attack, ion-mask applies a protective layer, just nanometres thick, over the entire surface of a shoe or any object by means of an ionised gas or “plasma”. This not only adds a nano-coating to the external surfaces of the product but also the inside, and between and around the individual fibres, making it particularly effective on shoes containing synthetic materials.
P2i says extensive evaluation at the three leading footwear test houses confirms the treatment offers unprecedented levels of super-hydrophobicity and breathability.
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