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December 8, 2025 
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Outdoor Retailer Snow Show 2023 featured 400 exhibitors and
welcomed over 6,000 attendees.
Sustainability, safety, and improved performance were at the forefront for insulations at the Outdoor Retailer Snow Show 2023, held January 10 - 12, at Salt Lake City, Utah. The Show returned to Salt Lake City after being held in Denver for 5 years. The show featured 400 global brands and more than 6,000 attendees. Insulations continued the move away from the use of waterproofing containing PCF (per- and polyfluorinated chemicals) and other forever chemicals. In addition to advancing environmental safety, sustainability in insulations is being achieved by new technology and the use of natural and recycled materials. All this has occurred while improving performance.
HEIQ - XReflect, thinner, lighter, warmer
Teflon - EcoElite
eVent - Waterproof Technology
CORDURA Forever Knit Fabric
MMI Textiles
How collaborative projects may change the future of textiles - Manufacturing smart textile technologies requires adopting new materials and methods, smoother and more extensive innovation-production connections, and a technically skilled workforce.
US' Collins Aerospace tests NASA Space Station Suit in weightlessness - Collins Aerospace has achieved a significant milestone in NASA's design process by completing a key milestone for the development of a next-generation spacesuit
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| 2025 State of the Industry report for advanced textiles
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| Avantium demonstrates scalability of chemical recycling
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| Polar bear hair grease research may offer a PFAS alternative
A study conducted by University of Bergen and Trinity College researchers has found that polar bear sebum, or hair grease, is as ice-resistant as PFAS. Their discovery may lead to an alternative to fluorocarbon coatings.
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