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Polartec CEO reminds the world that Yvon Chouinard was fleece catalyst

21/10/2014

The chief executive of performance textiles developer and producer Polartec, Gary Smith, has paid tribute to the role Yvon Chouinard played in the invention of synthetic fleece. During a recent discussion on innovation organised by Wharton Business School, Mr Smith recalled that, while Polartec gets the credit for inventing fleece fabric in 1981, ...

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