November 6, 2025 Can your outdoor gear be saved? The 10 most common repair issues
From broken tents to failing zippers, learn which outdoor gear failures can be fixed — and which are better replaced for safety or durability....
June 1, 2025 Biobased Materials Guide: Can plants power your next hike?
Explore how biosynthetic fibers and biobased plastics are reshaping outdoor gear, offering renewable alternatives to traditional materials....
November 14, 2024 Sympatex: Challenges and Opportunities of Textile Circularity
The ESPR has pushed textile circularity to the forefront. Leading the way since 2016, Sympatex emphasizes mono-material design and improvements to recycling infrastructure to close the loop – and urges the rest of the industry to follow suit....
April 22, 2024 Visions from the Changemakers: Kim Scholze, CSMO, Sympatex
How can outdoor companies navigate and steer in the right directions? And not get swamped in the daily operations? In a series of interviews Suston, Editor-in-chief Gabriel Arthur reaches out to industry changemakers to hear about their long-term perspectives....
November 16, 2023 Ready for Circular Economy
Sympatex has developed its own Eco Design Guide that brand partners can design their products in a circular way. The eco-design recommendations have been implemented in a separate trade fair collection together with YKK....
June 7, 2023 Meet the “Ingredient Brands”
What is the difference between ingredient brands and other materials? Can ingredient brands be an asset for outdoor brands in their sustainability efforts? And can such partnerships carry risks? Suston turns to the experts to answer these questions....
May 24, 2023 Sympatex Promises Circularity by 2030
Entry into force of the PFAS ban planned for 2025 is around the corner, as is the legally binding recyclability of products via the new EU law Ecodesign for Sustainable Products. This leaves the outdoor industry with increasing pressure to...
April 19, 2023 Is rPET up for the Challenge?
Recycled polyester, or rPET, is on the rise in outdoor apparel, enabling brands to dramatically cut the carbon footprint of their products. But in a branch where performance is key, how does rPET hold up against wind, rain and other...
May 27, 2022 Sympatex: Let’s Collaborate
As pressure towards circularity rises from legislation and consumer demand, Sympatex makes the case for working together to make circularity a reality....
September 20, 2021 A Second Life for a Second Skin
Sympatex is one of the worldwide leading producers of sustainable functional textiles. To reach its next ambitious goal – becoming 100 percent circular by 2030 – the company is pushing for collaboration within the textile industry....