Performance apparel markets: business update, September 2020
This report provides information, analysis and valuable insight into developments relating to the performance apparel industry in the following categories: acquisitions, divestments and mergers; certification; corporate strategy; investments; joint ventures, cooperation, licensing and distribution; and new facilities. Brands, companies and other organisations featured in this report include: Asics Ventures Corporation (Asics Ventures), Clim8, Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute, DOMO Chemicals, DSM Protective Materials, FibrXL, Freudenberg Performance Materials, HeiQ, Huntsman Textile Effects, Innovation in Performance (IiP), Invista, ODLO International (ODLO), Phong Phu International (PPJ), Royal DSM (DSM), SABIC, Seevix, Sorona, UPM Biofuels, and W L Gore & Associates (Gore).
SUMMARY
ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTMENTS AND MERGERS
Performance sportswear company ODLO has been acquired by Monte Rosa
CERTIFICATION
DuPont’s Sorona brand has launched a certification programme to verify the authenticity and performance properties of Sorona fabrics and insulation materials
Freudenberg Performance Materials has received a Silver level Material Health Certificate which covers a selection of its comfortemp air products
CORPORATE STRATEGY
W L Gore & Associates’ Gore Fabrics Division has set out a new framework in order to improve the environmental sustainability and social responsibility of its operations
INVESTMENTS
Asics Ventures Corporation has invested in the man-made spider silk specialist Seevix
JOINT VENTURES, COOPERATION, LICENSING AND DISTRIBUTION
Clim8 has entered into a partnership with Innovation in Performance (IiP) in order to expand its business activities in Europe
DSM Protective Materials and FibrXL have entered into a global “premium distribution partnership”
HeiQ is allowing other companies to produce its HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03 treatment by granting them free licences
Huntsman Textile Effects and Phong Phu International (PPJ) have entered into a strategic partnership
Royal DSM (DSM) has entered into a partnership with SABIC and UPM Biofuels relating to the production of Dyneema fibre derived from bio-based feedstock
NEW FACILITIES
DOMO Chemicals has invested Euro12 mn in the establishment of a nylon production facility in China
Invista has started construction of a new adiponitrile (ADN) plant in Shanghai, China
ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTMENTS AND MERGERS
Performance sportswear company ODLO has been acquired by Monte Rosa
CERTIFICATION
DuPont’s Sorona brand has launched a certification programme to verify the authenticity and performance properties of Sorona fabrics and insulation materials
Freudenberg Performance Materials has received a Silver level Material Health Certificate which covers a selection of its comfortemp air products
CORPORATE STRATEGY
W L Gore & Associates’ Gore Fabrics Division has set out a new framework in order to improve the environmental sustainability and social responsibility of its operations
INVESTMENTS
Asics Ventures Corporation has invested in the man-made spider silk specialist Seevix
JOINT VENTURES, COOPERATION, LICENSING AND DISTRIBUTION
Clim8 has entered into a partnership with Innovation in Performance (IiP) in order to expand its business activities in Europe
DSM Protective Materials and FibrXL have entered into a global “premium distribution partnership”
HeiQ is allowing other companies to produce its HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03 treatment by granting them free licences
Huntsman Textile Effects and Phong Phu International (PPJ) have entered into a strategic partnership
Royal DSM (DSM) has entered into a partnership with SABIC and UPM Biofuels relating to the production of Dyneema fibre derived from bio-based feedstock
NEW FACILITIES
DOMO Chemicals has invested Euro12 mn in the establishment of a nylon production facility in China
Invista has started construction of a new adiponitrile (ADN) plant in Shanghai, China