Salomon Launch Ski Boot With New Recyclable Component

Salomon have become the first manufacturer to use a new polymer made with recyclable material from DuPont Engineering in a new ski boot.

"DuPont Hytrel RS thermoplastic elastomer provides all the performance characteristics of DuPont's traditional Hytrel materials, while offering a more environmentally friendly solution than products that are entirely petroleum-based." said Marsha Craig, global business director, renewably sourced materials, DuPont Performance Materials.

Hytrel RS has been developed using a renewably sourced polyol derived from corn sugar or other renewable sources. It contains between 20 and 60 percent renewably sourced material.
The performance of Hytrel® RS products allows customers to reduce the use of petroleum-based materials in their products while continuing to meet the needs of the most demanding applications.

The collar of the new Salomon 'Ghost' freerider alpine ski-boot constitutes one of the first commercial uses worldwide of DuPont™ Hytrel RS thermoplastic elastomer. Providing all the traditional performance characteristics of Hytrel for such a demanding winter sports application - including impact resistance and flexibility at low temperatures.

The Salomon "Ghost" ski-boot was available solely to Salomon-sponsored freeriders during the past winter, with its general release to the public planned for the coming winter 2009/10.

The recent launch of renewably sourced grades of Hytrel® caught Salomon's attention as it sought to decrease the use of petroleum-based products in its latest alpine ski-boots.

"We already knew Hytrel could offer the required performance for the collar of our new 'Ghost' freerider boots as an alternative to polyurethane," confirmed Pascal Pallatin, alpine boot and advanced research project manager at Salomon (Annecy, France). "The fact that we could now access a grade of the high-performance material with a significant renewable content is an additional selling point for our boots."

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I wonder if this is turning in to a sort of (boot) arms race, all chasing our green consciences?

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/5803.page

bandit wrote:I wonder if this is turning in to a sort of (boot) arms race, all chasing our green consciences?

green conscience

Where does one get one of those then? I seem to have misplaced mine )

I'm really not going to be influenced by recycled materials in a boot. I'll be buying the ones that fit me properly :D

bandit wrote:I wonder if this is turning in to a sort of (boot) arms race, all chasing our green consciences?

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/5803.page

it's just dull and repetitive though isn't it? you'd have to have the attention span of a goldfish not to recognise it's all been done before

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:I wonder if this is turning in to a sort of (boot) arms race, all chasing our green consciences?

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/5803.page

it's just dull and repetitive though isn't it? you'd have to have the attention span of a goldfish not to recognise it's all been done before

They won't want to sell you any boots, as you read like you're a cynical old sod )

bandit wrote:

ise wrote:

bandit wrote:I wonder if this is turning in to a sort of (boot) arms race, all chasing our green consciences?

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/5803.page

it's just dull and repetitive though isn't it? you'd have to have the attention span of a goldfish not to recognise it's all been done before

They won't want to sell you any boots, as you read like you're a cynical old sod )

That's skiing for you, there's no shortage of people so desperate to appear to be insiders they'll regurgitate this silliness with a straight face :roll:

Still, summer's on the way and we've run most of them out of town now :D

YOOOUUUUUU'RE A PUNTER IN DISGUISE!!
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