All Woolpower articles
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News briefsIcebug makes sneakers from other brands' scrap material
Habit.se reported that Swedish footwear brand Icebug continues to make shoes from textile waste from other Swedish brands, following a collaboration with Woolpower. Previously, the company had produced a shoe whose upper was made of wool scraps from Woolpower’s underwear production. The website wrote that a pair of sneakers has ...
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News briefsResearch project for textile dyes from algae gets boost from collaboration
In a new research project, the workwear company Fristads, the startup Mounid and the knowledge center Wargön Innovation have come together to develop a more sustainable alternative to conventional textile dyes. The project is based on two Swedish innovations – Imogo Tech’s digital spray technology and Mounid’s algae ink, which ...
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Woolpower opens new production facility in its hometown of Östersund
According to Swedish industry magazine Sportfack, Woolpower is currently completing the largest investment in its company history with a new 10,000-square-meter factory in Östersund in the Jämtland region. The completely new production facility will be twice the size of the previous one. “We are going against the tide in keeping ...
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Woolpower expands production capacity
Woolpower, the Swedish specialist in wool bodywear and accessories, says it intends to further expand the production capacity in its own factory due to its good long-term order situation and is investing in new employees and machines. Up to 30 knitting machine operators, converters and seamstresses are to be recruited ...
