Salomon Launch Ski Boot With New Recyclable Component
Salomon Launch Ski Boot With New Recyclable Component
Published : 18-May-2009 02:51
Salomon have become the first manufacturer to use a new polymer made with recyclable material from DuPont Engineering in a new ski boot."DuPont Hytrel RS thermoplastic elastomer provides all the performance characteristics of DuPont's traditional Hytrel materials, while offering a more environmentally friendly solution than products that are entirely petroleum-based." said Marsha Craig, global business director, renewably sourced materials, DuPont Performance Materials.
Hytrel RS has been developed using a renewably sourced polyol derived from corn sugar or other renewable sources. It contains between 20 and 60 percent renewably sourced material.
The performance of Hytrel® RS products allows customers to reduce the use of petroleum-based materials in their products while continuing to meet the needs of the most demanding applications.
The collar of the new Salomon 'Ghost' freerider alpine ski-boot constitutes one of the first commercial uses worldwide of DuPont™ Hytrel RS thermoplastic elastomer. Providing all the traditional performance characteristics of Hytrel for such a demanding winter sports application - including impact resistance and flexibility at low temperatures.
The Salomon "Ghost" ski-boot was available solely to Salomon-sponsored freeriders during the past winter, with its general release to the public planned for the coming winter 2009/10.
The recent launch of renewably sourced grades of Hytrel® caught Salomon's attention as it sought to decrease the use of petroleum-based products in its latest alpine ski-boots.
"We already knew Hytrel could offer the required performance for the collar of our new 'Ghost' freerider boots as an alternative to polyurethane," confirmed Pascal Pallatin, alpine boot and advanced research project manager at Salomon (Annecy, France). "The fact that we could now access a grade of the high-performance material with a significant renewable content is an additional selling point for our boots."
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