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Working Out
Plan your visit to Expoprotection by reading our preview
of some of the workwear companies and products that
you can expect to see this November
Workwear is expected to make a
triumphant return to
Expoprotection, the biennial
exhibition for risk management.
Despite only premiering in 2006,
the Workwear section already looks set to
become as important to the exhibition as the
more traditional sections of Security/Safety, Fire
Fighting, and Health and Safety at Work. At the
last show, over a third of the 24,500 unique
visitors who attended the event declared that they
were mainly interested in the Workwear and
Occupational Risks sections. And this year, the
number of workwear exhibitors has leapt from 95
to 123 companies.
Visitors to the event, which runs from 4th to 7th
November, will witness two new sectors - Natural
Risks and Industrial and Technological Risks - as
well as an Ergonomic Village with products and
services for the workplace. The tradeshow has
also devised a varied program of events, including
a risk management forum and more than 50
conference and workshop sessions led by
experts on comprehensive risk management and
social and economic challenges.
The piece de resistance, however, promises to be
the Innovation Zone, situated at the heart of the
exhibition area, and displaying over a hundred
new products that visitors will be able to test out.
These will include the entries for the Innovation
Awards, which will also be awarded here on the
first day of the show.
To help you plan your visit to the exhibition, here is
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CORDURA ® Klopman Vantage fabric featuring
CORDURA brand technology –
combines comfort and durability for
workwear garments
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Visit director-e at Expoprotection: Hall 5 stand A81
a taste of what some of the exhibitors have to
offer in the Workwear section in Hall 5:
Klopman International Stand C76 and
INVISTA’s CORDURA ® brand Stand C77
What better way to celebrate your 40th birthday
and to demonstrate your ongoing commitment to
the European textile sector than with a range of
innovative new fabrics? That’s the thinking behind
Klopman International’s presence at the show.
They’ve teamed up with INVISTA to launch
Klopman Vantage fabric featuring CORDURA ®
brand technology. The fabric exploits the benefits
of CORDURA ® fabric, which is well-known for its
resistance to abrasions, tears and scuffs.
It gives you a 50/50 intimate blend of INVISTA TM
T420 nylon 6.6 and combed cotton in a twill
construction weighing 250g/m2, and Klopman
says: “The new fabric offers the optimum
combination of exceptional abrasion
resistance, comfort and style and is ideal for
use in full garments such as trousers, jackets
and coveralls.”
Meanwhile, new additions to Klopman’s
protectivewear range of fabrics include a
heavyweight 470g/m2 100% cotton flame
retardant fabric accredited to EN ISO 11611,
ISO/DIS 11612 and IEC 61482-2 (Electric Arc)
and an EN 471 accredited 275g/m2 60% cotton
40% polyester high-visibility fabric, with luminosity
characteristics and superior comfort.
Two new fabrics in Klopman’s Bioguard range of
antimicrobial fabrics will also be on display.
Harnessing the antibacterial properties of silver
technology, these fabrics - based on bestselling
styles Bravo and Superbandmaster - offer
antimicrobial protection and are specifically
designed to meet the requirements of critical
hygiene applications, such as in healthcare and
the food industry. Klopman will also be
introducing the first fabric in its range to be made
with Fairtrade Certified Cotton.
Lenzing Fibres Stand G77
One half of Lenzing’s stand will focus on
Lenzing FR ® - a high performance flame resistant
fibre used in fabrics for protection against heat
from liquid molten metal splash, electric arc,
flash fire, flammable liquids, welding sparks and
radiant heat. Protective clothing made of Lenzing
FR ® is inherently flame resistant, and this results
in permanent protection for the lifetime of
the garment.
Lenzing says that the fibre also offers comfort,
flexibility, moisture management properties and
unique body climate control: “The secret is in the
New and improved Microchem ®
4000 coverall from Microgard ®
fibre itself. Lenzing FR ® does not store the heat - it
feels immediately cool, even after severe flame
and heat exposure.” At the exhibition, Lenzing will
demonstrate the fibre’s versatility through a new
clothing concept that combines Lenzing FR ®
fibres with high visibility protection in high visibility
yellow. The fibre can also be blended with other
high performance fibres, such as Aramid fibres for
fire fighting applications or wool for molten
aluminium protection, resulting in a head to toe
concept. The other half of the stand will focus on
the company’s TENCEL ® lyocell fibre, which is
derived from Eucalyptus wood grown in
sustainable, managed forests. Although it’s been
available on the high street for some time, it’s still
relatively new to the workwear and corporate
clothing sectors, and Lenzing is keen to promote
its built-in moisture management, smooth surface
and natural cooling properties in hospital gowns
and corporate shirts.
Microgard ® Stand B72
Microgard ® , a manufacturer of chemical protective
clothing, will be launching its new and improved
Microchem ® 4000 coverall at the exhibition. The
product, which will feature alongside their
standard range at the show, offers the company’s
highest level of chemical protection yet.
“Microchem ® 4000 features a unique barrier
fabric, which is renowned for being lightweight,
yet robust,” business development manager Paul