A apprentice architecture featuring CORDURA® casting bolt won the board over at the contempo American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) 2009 Materials Design Competition. The acceptable aggregation at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, accustomed the $1,000 aboriginal cost for their “Temp-A-ToteTM: Solving the Dilemma of Storing Portable Electronics in Automobiles.” The tote, advised to advice assure admired items from acrid conditions, featured an electronics bag fabricated with abiding 500-denier CORDURA® Classic fabric.
“Our aggregation was actual aflame to present a different and applied artefact to the AATCC,” said Elizabeth Hathaway, a affiliate of the acceptable team. “We feel the abstracts acclimated helped accomplish a acceptable aggregate to assure admired cyberbanking items. Moreover, the use of CORDURA® casting bolt was capital to extend the activity of our product.”
The Temp-A-ToteTM appearance 500 denier nylon CORDURA® Classic bolt in aggregate with a phase-change actual to assure items from acute calefaction and algid that can potentially accident carriageable electronics. The phase-change actual adapts to changes in temperature by alteration from solid to aqueous and carnality versa, appropriately arresting adverse calefaction or damaging cold.
“We are actual aflame and accustomed to accept CORDURA® bolt featured in the award-winning design”,” said Cindy McNaull, all-around CORDURA® casting manager. “This archetypal CORDURA® bolt appearance has been in our agency for over thirty years and has already afresh accurate to be at the beginning of abiding and avant-garde products.”
The AATCC’s fourth anniversary antagonism was advised to advance avant-garde artefact development from a actual structures architecture angle and featured undergraduate and alum apprentice teams from about the country. Entries were advised on a ambit of criteria, including abstraction originality, abstruse achievability and ability of the proposed commercialization of the idea.
About CORDURA® brand
INVISTA’s CORDURA® casting aspect celebrates alone durability: As Long As The World Is Full Of Durable People, We’ll Keep Making Durable Fabrics™. Known for its attrition to abrasions, tears and scuffs, CORDURA® bolt is a primary additive in abounding of the world’s arch high-performance accessory and accoutrement articles alignment from luggage, upholstery and backpacks to footwear, aggressive equipment, appropriate wear, workwear and achievement apparel. The CORDURA® casting is a registered brand of INVISTA, one of the world’s better chip polymer, intermediates and fibers businesses. To analyze the CORDURA® brand, the chat “CORDURA®” have to be spelled out in all caps, acclimated with an ®, and followed by the chat “brand” or “fabric.”
To apprentice added about INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand, end-use products, and business accoutrement amuse appointment www.CORDURA.com.
About INVISTA
INVISTA is one of the world’s better chip producers of polymers and fibers, primarily for nylon, spandex and polyester applications. With a business attendance in over 20 countries, INVISTA’s all-around businesses bear aberrant amount for their barter through technology innovations, bazaar insights and a able portfolio of all-around trademarks including: ADI-PURE®, ANTRON®, AVORA®, C12™, COMFOREL®, COOLMAX®, CORDURA®, CORFREE®, DACRON®, DBE®, DYTEK®, FRESHFX®, LYCRA®, PERFORMA™, POLARGUARD®, POLYSHIELD®, POLYCLEAR®, SOLARMAX®, STAINMASTER®, SUPPLEX®, SUPRIVA®, TACTEL®, TACTESSE®, TERATE®, TERATHANE® and THERMOLITE®. For added information, appointment www.INVISTA.com.
CORDURA® Brand Inquiries:
INVISTA
Three Little Falls Centre
2801 Centerville Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
www.CORDURA.com
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Howard, Merrell & Partners
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