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Performance Award for drirelease baselayer fabric

Dricomfort Geo- K10521A3, named winner at this month’s Performance Days’ Performance Forum.

9th December 2021

Knitting Industry
 |  Online

Sports/​Activewear

Dricomfort Geo- K10521A3, a new knitted baselayer fabric from Optimer Brands' drirelease, made from % Lycra, 44% polyester, and 50% recycled polyester, has been named as the winner of the Performance Award at this month’s Performance Days’ Performance Forum. The new fabric weighs in at 173 gsm.

With the innovative Dricomfort Geo, drirelease turns to a blend of 6 % Lycra, 44 % polyester and 50 % recycled polyester. The processing of the various fibers in the knitting process, in combination with the Dricomfort GEO finishing, makes the reversible interlock fabric unique, the Performance Days judges said.

The highlight: unique, new pattern and knit designs are possible thanks to a special jacquard knitting process used to process the recycled polyester yarn. The material impresses with its lightness and versatility. The GEO technology also ensures optimal body temperature management. The adaptable technology provides excellent thermal regulation features through efficient heat management and enhanced moisture transport to optimize comfort and performance. Moreover, GEO boasts UV protection up to 50+.

For more than two decades, technologies made by Optimer Brands have been an inherent part of the surging, connected lifestyle that's changed how we dress as we engage with our lives – play, travel, work, or just relaxing. First with drirelease, an unique engineered natural technology with multi-denier and multi-staple length fibers that accelerates moisture wicking and dries up to 4 x faster than cotton, with natural aesthetic that is unmatched among performance textiles.

Now, Optimer, with technologies as ADAPT – Phase Change Material, Soothe with Aloe Vera and Freshguard odour control, designed to be infused at the any fabric/fibre. Last but not least, Dricomfort with enhanced technologies as GEO active particle that accelerates the drying of filament polyester fabrics, LOFT fleeces that wick sweat as well as warm and DUO fabrics that wick inside and repels outside.

https://drirelease.com/

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