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THE ECo SHoE - STILL JUST A DREAM?<br />
Material Database<br />
Depending upon their field of use in footwear, the<br />
newly developed materials are tested for their suitability<br />
for footwear manufacture in the Physical Materials<br />
Testing Department of <strong>PFI</strong>. The neighbouring<br />
ISC subsequently produces sample shoes in close cooperation<br />
with shoe manufacturers and suppliers to the<br />
footwear industry. The data collected in the course of<br />
the research project, concerning, for example, the fermentability<br />
or the mechanical properties of the biodegradable<br />
materials, are to be compiled in a database<br />
and subsequently published. This information provides<br />
footwear manufacturers with an opportunity to<br />
increasingly attune their products to ecological needs<br />
and future regulatory requirements. The knowledge<br />
gained, together with the database for all materials<br />
used in footwear production, should open the door<br />
to ecologically appropriate footwear production by<br />
making components such as linings, upper materials,<br />
or adhesives biodegradable. The results of outsole development<br />
illustrate the huge development potential<br />
of biodegradable elastic polymers. They also provide<br />
a basis for further projects focussing on the development<br />
of ecologically valuable hard-wearing footwear.<br />
01.2011<br />
Magazine of the Test and Research Institute Pirmasens<br />
<strong>PFI</strong> Combines Footwear Competence<br />
with Biotechnology<br />
With this project <strong>PFI</strong> intends to establish a link between<br />
the original core competence of the organisation, i.e.<br />
footwear engineering, and the relatively young <strong>PFI</strong><br />
Biotechnology Department, gain further experience<br />
in the area of biopolymers, and demonstrate practical<br />
applications of developments ensuing from the on-going<br />
project concerning production of PHB undertaken<br />
together with the Johannes Gutenberg University at<br />
Mainz (Report: Newsletter 1.2010 – pp. 7 et seqq.).<br />
The research project has already received a favourable<br />
response. A 2011 project starting date is envisaged.<br />
Further information:<br />
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christian Schadewell<br />
Phone: +49 6331 2490 - 843<br />
E-Mail: christian.schadewell@pfi-germany.de<br />
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