UNITED KINGDOM / AGILITYPR.NEWS / May 28, 2021 / Texon returns to its first face-to-face trade fair in more than twelve months next week. From May 31 to June 2, the business is exhibiting at Shoes & Leather Guangzhou 2021 in China, where it will showcase some of the many sustainable product innovations it has been working on over the past year.

During the pandemic, Texon has made significant progress in rethinking and innovating its product portfolio. Committed to taking less from the planet, and using and reusing resources it already has, Texon has increased the recycled content of some of its best-known structural components. It has also enhanced the sustainability of the manufacturing processes used to make them. This work forms a core part of Texon’s wider commitment to sustainability. In 2020 Texon announced it is aiming for zero waste by 2025 and the business has recently published its second sustainability report.

Key product innovations on display at Shoes & Leather Guangzhou will include:

• Toe puffs: In its toe puff line, Texon has reworked its popular X8R product into X8S. Now containing up to 71% recycled content, X8S is a great choice for shoe manufacturers who want a more sustainable toe puff solution – without compromising on performance. Sportflex Eco is created using post-industrial waste and is made from at least 50% sustainably sourced material. The business has also launched Sportflex Bio, which is made from a minimum of 50% sustainably sourced material, including sugar cane waste.
• Heel counters: Texon’s high-performance Halo counters, made from post-consumer waste including recycled plastic bottles, contain 50% recycled content, and are supplied net, meaning there is zero waste. Bioform counters are another natural choice for smart shoe design. Made from leaves, stalks and corn cobs, Bioform is Texon’s first bio-based plastic heel counter.
• Insoles: Texon has been increasing the recycled content of its insole components. Ecoline, for example, now contains nearly a third more recycled content (85%) and is offered as a fully closed loop solution. 

Texon will also be promoting its expertise in high-performance and luxury materials:

• ProWeave: This revolutionary fabric enables brands to easily bring new ideas and creative concepts to life, with zonal innovation. The unique, patented technology makes it possible to seamlessly integrate functional and design weaving into a single sheet of material – opening up infinite possibilities in the design of footwear, apparel, fashion and luxury goods.
• Texon Vogue: This versatile, sustainable and high-performance cellulose can be used to create a range of products for the fashion industry and as an alternative to leather. Durable, practical and washable, Texon Vogue is used by many world-leading designers and fashion brands to create bags, luggage tags, jacron labels, stationery items, home furnishings and more.

Boyd Mulder Director of NPDI, Marketing and Sustainability at Texon said: “The last year has given rise to many unprecedented challenges for a range of industries globally. However, at Texon, we refused to stand still. We continued to build on our strengths, developed exciting new products and launched our zero waste sustainability ambition. Our team in Asia is looking forward to getting back into the exhibition hall and meeting existing customers and new prospects at Shoes & Leather 2021.”

Visit Texon at Shoes & Leather Guangzhou, from May 31 to June 2, at Stand 0208 in Hall 2.1. Alternatively, for more information about Texon’s hero products and sustainability work, email: sales@texon.com or go to: www.texon.com