CORDURA® Brand and Loyal Brand Customers Walk Down Memory Lane with “Decades of Durability”

PRLog (Press Release) - Jul. 30, 2012 - INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand is marking its extensive history of providing durable fabric solutions through a timeline recognizing technologies, brand customer adoptions and key products over time—from a 43-year-old Kelty hiking pack to the award-winning Sea to Summit Ultra-Sil Dry Sack introduced in 2006. The timeline will debut at the Summer Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City in August and will be accompanied by an exhibition of archival products and lifestyle photos from brand customers such as Kletterwerks, Osprey, Granite Gear, Eagle Creek, Eddie Bauer, CamelBak, Manhattan Portage, Gregory, JanSport and others.

“In celebrating ‘Decades of Durability’, we’re recognizing our trusted brand customers that have been using our fabrics for years—sometimes decades, and we’re showcasing now-classic along with contemporary pieces from their collections,” said Cindy McNaull, global CORDURA® brand marketing director. “Developing new fabric innovations also keeps our brand moving forward year after year into an ever-widening sphere of end-uses—from the introduction of cutting-edge CORDURA® fabric technologies to our adoptions into performance  gear and most recently comfortably durable apparel.”

Select highlights in the brand’s history include:

2012   Full-dull CORDURA® Naturalle™ Fabric Recognized by the FabricLink Network as one of the “Top 10 Textile Innovations of the Year”

2011   Comfortably Durable CORDURA® Duck (Canvas) fabrics launched for Outdoor, Ready-to-Wear and Workwear markets

2010   INVISTA launches CORDURA® Denim fabric for Outdoor, Ready-to-Wear and Workwear markets

2009   JanSport adopts CORDURA® fabrics for Right Pack and Heritage Collections

2009   Camelbak and CORDURA® fabric help lighten the load for today’s soldiers

2007   Granite Gear Nimbus Meridian featuring CORDURA® Lite fabric Wins Outside Magazine “Gear of the Year Award”

2006   Sea to Summit’s “Ultra Sil Dry Sack” featuring CORDURA® UltraLite fabric wins Backpacker Magazine Editor’s Choice Award.

2003   INVISTA introduces CORDURA® HP (High Performance) polyester fabrics to further expand fabric design capabilities for bags, packs and luggage.

2002   INVISTA launches CORDURA® UltraLite fabric using family of lightweight, high tenacity yarns.

1982   CORDURA® Classic fabric forms bedrock of durability for Manhattan Portage messenger bags

1978   JanSport and Eastpak adopt CORDURA® fabric for their line of daypacks.

1976   CORDURA® brand fabrics adopted by Eddie Bauer

1974   Osprey adopts 500D CORDURA® fabric for high performance pack lines.

1973    As one of the first new designs since the 1950s, Kelty releases the Serac backpack made complete with CORDURA® nylon fabric

The timeline will have a permanent home on the CORDURA® brand website, where users can browse by decade to see highlighted dates—from years that brand customers adopted CORDURA® fabric to the release of new fabric technologies and marketing campaigns in the CORDURA® brand pipeline.

To learn more about CORDURA® brand fabrics, visit www.CORDURA.com or visit the CORDURA® brand booth #39213 at Outdoor Summer Market in Salt Lake City, Utah, Aug. 2-5, 2012.

About CORDURA® brand
INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand essence celebrates individual durability: As Long As The World Is Full Of Durable People, We’ll Keep Making Durable Fabrics™.  Known for its resistance to abrasions, tears and scuffs, CORDURA® fabric is a primary ingredient in many of the world’s leading high-performance gear and apparel products ranging from luggage, upholstery and backpacks to footwear, military equipment, tactical wear, workwear and performance apparel. The CORDURA® brand is a registered trademark of INVISTA, one of the world’s largest integrated polymer, intermediates and fibers businesses. To distinguish the CORDURA® brand, the word “CORDURA®” must be spelled out in all caps in and used with an ®, and it must be followed by the word “brand” or “fabric.”  

To learn more about INVISTA’s CORDURA® brand, end-use products, and marketing tools please visit www.CORDURA.com and follow on Facebook http://facebook.com/CORDURABrand, Twitter http://twitter.com/CORDURAbrand and YouTube http://youtube.com/CORDURAbrand.

About INVISTA
INVISTA is one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, primarily for nylon, spandex and polyester applications. With a business presence in over 20 countries, INVISTA’s global businesses deliver exceptional value for their customers through technology innovations, market insights and a powerful portfolio of global trademarks including: ADI-PURE®, ANTRON®, AVORA®, C12™, COMFOREL®, COOLMAX®, CORDURA®, CORFREE®, DACRON®, DBE®, DYTEK®, FRESHFX®, LYCRA®, PERFORMA™, POLARGUARD®, POLYSHIELD®, POLYCLEAR®, SOLARMAX®, STAINMASTER®, SUPPLEX®, SUPRIVATM, TACTEL®, TACTESSE®, TERATE®, TERATHANE® and THERMOLITE®. For more information, visit www.INVISTA.com.