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Since its debut in 2010, Toray's Airtastic fabric has become a standout for use in high-end, lightweight jackets, like the Arc'teryx Atom line and Patagonia's Nano-Air series. Airtastic is now offered in weights from 20d down to 5d, all of which can be used with different ...read more
Toray Industries, Inc. has announced Kudos XT, a delivering higher levels of durability for both abrasion and machine washing. The breakdown of DWR treatment and subsequent "wetting out" of a garment's outer layer has been a top consumer complaint since the advent of ...read more
Toray’s Fibers & Textiles Research Laboratories recently partnered with Marmot to test a revolutionary new 8000m meter suit, built for the altitudes and demanding conditions of the Himalayas. The Marmot and Toray teams, including Everest veteran Roxy Vogel, traveled to Seta, ...read more
Tokyo, Japan, January 24, 2020 – Toray Industries, Inc., today announced a new iteration of its highly successful Primeflex™ series of flexible stretch fabric - Primeflex PET-recycled type. Available in spring/summer 2021, the new, Primeflex PET-recycled type is made with , ...read more
When Toray launched Entrant in 1980, waterproof/breathable fabric treatments were narrowly-focused on specific performance attributes demanded by professional outdoor athletes. As they often do, Toray spotted an opportunity to broaden the market. Working with top outdoor and ...read more
When Patagonia's revamped Torrentshell 3L line of waterproof/breathable jackets debuts at retail in Spring 2020, the industry will see not just a new benchmark in durable rain protection, but also the resumption of a long-standing partnership between Toray and Patagonia. ...read more
Toray Industries, Inc., has announced new developments in fiber production technologies to launch its capability to use recycled PET bottles. Toray's goal is the creation of a closed loop economy, offering high-value-added fiber derived from PET bottles, thereby serving a shared ...read more
Point 6, manufacturers of best socks and baselayers for you and the planet, are happy to welcome renowned polar explorer John Huston to their team of Ambassadors. A veteran of the first American unsupported expedition to the North Pole, John has completed expeditions to the South ...read more
Toray Industries, Inc. announced that using a proprietary composite spinning technology called NANODESIGN®, Toray Industries has created a new nylon textile, one that delivers high water repellency despite using a DWR treatment with a lower environmental cost. The textile’s ...read more
Toray’s Fibers & Textiles Research Laboratories, in Seta, Japan is the home of the company’s new Technorama GIII facility, the textile industry’s most advanced laboratory for reproducing climates from around the world. Previous Technorama iterations were focused on functional ...read more
The Air Zermatt rescue team is legendary, making over 1700 rescues a year, using specially-equipped rescue helicopters to pull stranded mountaineers off the Matterhorn and surrounding peaks in the Swiss Alps. The pilots of Air Zermatt have chosen Benno Bikes to build a special ...read more
Toray has added a new, innovative iteration to its PRIMEFLEX family of stretch textiles. By employing "Nanodesign" to control the cross-sectional shape of the composite fiber, Toray has succeeded in creating a microfiber PRIMEFLEX polyester. The result is a thin core-sheath ...read more
