Duotone What's New 2024

WHYARE THE LINES OF THE BAR NOT MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS? Dyneema is an HMPE (high modulus polyethylene) fiber that cannot be recycled. Thus, to produce a line from recycled fibers is unfortunately simply not possible. But, there are already Dyneema fibers whose raw materials have a very low percentage of biological impact. In addition, some manufacturers advertise that biobased Dyneema lines are having the same biological share like fossil Dyneema lines, but the only difference is the name "biobased" and the higher price for the end customer. WHYARE ACCESSORIES LIKE THE NTT NOTMADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIAL? Mainly because there is no commercial approved alternative to EVA yet. Supplements, such as Bloom ® , an algae product, will influence shrinkage and production time of each part, which will have great impact to process cycles and price of the final product. We are doing what we can do now: Buckles and Heel Cushions as spare parts, packaging using recycled material, sourcing new material for long term test and exchange bit by bit without losing performance. WHYARE THE BARS NOTMADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIAL? On most of the plastic parts of the bar are always a lot of loads (e. g. the bar beam or the safety system). At the moment the recycled raw materials like e. g. nylon don't have great physical characteristics, that's why we can't use it for the loaded parts yet. For the non loaded parts, like the EVA of the floaters, we already tried our best to find some better alternatives like using a percentage of the BLOOM material and more to come. WHYAREWE CO2 COMPENSATING, ALTHOUGH IT IS SOMETIMES DISCUSSED CONTROVERSIAL? CO 2 compensation is discussed controversial and even been abused by some companies like airlines as one of their biggest green washing tools. As long as we can’t be CO 2 neutral, we at least see it as one of the small steps we’re doing, to act responsible and to try to use as many different options available to do the right thing. WHAT IS THE IDEAWITH CONCEPT BLUE FOR THE NEXT SEASONS? Step by step all products and materials should meet the Concept Blue requirements. All product managers are constantly researching for the best materials to exchange current materials, without compromising on quality and performance or in best case even enhancing quality and performance. 07