'bluesign safety' certified Edelrid ropes wins Outdoor Industry Award
22 Jul '09
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From totally 242 entries the jury of the Outdoor Award at Outdoor fair in Friedrichshafen has awarded two "bluesign safety" certified products of VAUDE, namely the Edelrid ropes with the Outdoor Industry Award, and the sleeping bag Blue Beech with the Gold Award both in the category "Products with high ecological and sustainable value and material innovations".
The VAUDE brand includes outdoor recreational gear and clothing such as performance apparel, shoes, backpacks, tents, sleeping bags, panniers and accessories. Karabiners, crampons, picks, harnesses, ropes, helmets are all a part of the EDELRID line up. The Markill brand offers gas stoves and hydration systems.
bluesign technologies ag was founded in 2000. Since then, the bluesign standard has been adopted by different worldwide leading textile manufacturers. Various significant key players of the chemical and machine industry rely on the bluesign standard and endorse it as bluesign supporters, including Huntsman, Clariant, DyStar, CHT, Mahlo and Benninger.