Freudenberg, a reputed sustainable manufacturer of technical textiles, expands its product portfolio for the sports and outdoor market made from recycled PET bottles. Freudenberg launches the innovative and technical textile solutions of the Active Range at ISPO Munich Online 2021, available from February 2021.
The Freudenberg Group is a German family-owned diversified group of companies whose products include housewares and cleaning products, automobile parts, textiles, building materials, and telecommunications. Its headquarters are in Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, and it has production facilities in Europe, Asia, Australia, South, and North America. The parent company was founded in 1849 as a producer of leather goods.
Sustainability is an integral part of Freudenberg Performance Materials Apparel’s business activities. For example, the company recycles around seven million used PET bottles every day, making it one of the largest recyclers of used PET bottles in the whole of Europe. Recycling is such an essential step because it conserves resources: by reusing materials, the production of new textiles uses less energy, less water, and fewer new raw materials than the use of new plastics. In the end, Freudenberg’s environmentally conscious approach to textile production also positively impacts customers’ eco-balances.
Sustainability is present in Freudenberg’s Active Range as most products consist of at least 70 percent recycled polyester. However, there are also products in the portfolio made of 80, 90, or even 100 percent recycled polyester. Nevertheless, the various products in the range have excellent processing properties – regardless of whether they are used to make breathable and stretchy basics that wrap the body snuggly or to sew-in interlinings for difficult-to-process outer fabrics.
