TETTNANG – Outdoor apparel brand Vaude has linked up with wood-based chemicals specialist UPM Biochemicals to produce what they claim is the first ever fleece jacket made from wood-based polyester.
The two German companies say the process replaces the fossil fuel-based monoethylene glycol (MEG) in polyester with UPM’s BioPura - a new bio-monoethylene glycol (BioMEG) which can be used in existing manufacturing processes.
