Textile finishing specialist, Devan Chemicals, has been supporting high performance sport in the UK and Belgium with its ‘cool comfort technology’ Moov&Cool.
Working alongside the English Institute for Sport (EIS) and the University of Nottingham in the UK, as well as the Bakala Institute in Belgium, the Moov&Cool technology is being applied to garments with the aim of improving the thermal comfort of elite athletes.
Moov&Cool consists of… ‘a multi-functional polymer technology that proposes to absorb heat during performance and improve the moisture management properties of the fabric. The treatment has been designed to simultaneously react to sweat build up and heat emission.’
“We are happy to see that our Moov&Cool technology is finally taking off in the market,” said Sven Ghyselinck, CEO of Devan. “With all the test work that has happened by the sport science institutes, like the Bakala Institute in Belgium and the University of Nottingham in the UK, we are happy it can now perform on the highest levels of sport.
“We are very satisfied that the pre-competition test results carried out by athletes in different sports disciplines speak for themselves.”
Devan was recently acquired by Pulcra Chemicals in a move that CEO Sven Ghyselinck says is “the natural next step” in the company’s development.
Jonathan Leeder, Performance Innovation Consultant at the EIS, said “We have been really pleased to work with Devan and find out more about their Moov&Cool technology, and the feedback from the sports that we work with has been positive.”
