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Could thermosetting become obsolete?

16/01/2020
Could thermosetting become obsolete?

For CEO Mike Joyce, offering recycled products no longer makes a supplier stand apart – they are expected as standard – so the US company looks elsewhere for improvements. Through the lens of its ethos ‘relentlessly improving’, it launched its first biodegradable products at the end of 2018, which were subsequently proved to be chemically recyclable. While the PrimaLoft Bio research was taking place, the company was working behind the scenes on another big change, one that starts with the manufacturing process rather than the material. It analysed the five main steps to look for potential savings: selection of fibres, forming the fibres into a framework, applying heat to bond the fibres, shipping and adding insulation into a garment.

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