The INVISTA-owned CORDURA Advanced Fabrics brand celebrates 55 years of continuous advancements that have helped shape the world of military, workwear and outdoor products and gear with performance fabric innovations.
The 55th year of the ingredient brand was a year celebrating milestones in innovation, end-use applications and on-trend collaborations. Overall, the CORDURA Advanced Fabrics portfolio now consists of more than 15 different performance technologies, with more than 2,500 certified CORDURA fabrics available through its worldwide partner network.
“Since commercialization of the fabric in 1967, the CORDURA brand has worked hand-in-hand with its mill and supply chain partners to break molds and blaze new trails – with all signs, roads and paths leading to the next generation of durable solutions, CORDURA Brand Global Consumer Segment Leader Malayka Erpen said.
“Our continuous evolution of end-use apparel continues to generate demand for ingredient brands to diversify possible applications in end use products. By collaborating to innovate, we can work ever more closely with brands and mill partners to maximize on strengths and develop the next generation of sustainable solutions,” Erpen added.
Highlights of the 55th celebration include:
- New Fiber Technologies: CORDURA re/cor Recycled Nylon 6,6(RN66) launched in January this year with one of the main goals to continue to deliver the performance expected of CORDURA Advanced Fabrics while expanding our portfolio of responsible products. The CORDURA re/cor RN66 portfolio is ‘durable, responsible and innovated to last’ using 100 percent pre-consumer nylon 6,6 fiber material that is GRS certified. In terms of quantifiable benefits versus Virgin Nylon 6,6, the production of CORDURA re/cor RN66 fabric creates 83 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions, uses 82 percent less energy and uses 57 percent less water.
- Awarded: New CORDURA re/corRN66 already awarded across ISPO Textrends, Functional Fabric Fair & PERFORMANCE DAYS
- Expansion of CORDURA re/corRN66 into workwear segment: C.F. Weber launches as first German mill to provide CORDURA re/cor RN66
- Expansion of CORDURA re/corRN66 into the footwear segment with Tiong Liong Corporation (TLC): Starting collection consists of two versions of CORDURA re/cor RN66 rip-stop wovens in four-way stretch and non-stretch.
- Acceptance onto material ConneXion library: Marking another milestone in the CORDURA re/cor Recycled Nylon 66 (RN66) platform launch, Material ConneXion, a leading material insights company, has accepted the CORDURA re/cor RN66 collection that features 10 new CORDURA re/cor RN66 fabrics onto its platform.
Stay tuned for updates to the CORDURA fabric technology known for its color durability. Innovative, sustainable color that stays true – engineered with high tenacity nylon 6,6 multi-filament fiber that is solution dyed, locking the color in at the molten polymer extrusion level with a manufacturing process that uses less water, energy and CO2 to help leave a lighter footprint along the path to sustainability.
