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Circularity in action: NFW launches Endwell Program
“Reduce, reuse, recycle.” We’ve all heard the catchphrase time and time again. It has helped...
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MIRUM® makes its runway debut with Stella McCartney
“The future of fashion has arrived,” Stella McCartney said in reference to MIRUM® used as part of...
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NFW partners with Meramec to bring 100% biobased PLIANT™ outsoles to market
In December, NFW celebrated one of its most exciting milestones to date with the launch of the...
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MIRUM® launches expanded color collection
We’re excited to announce the addition of four new colors to our MIRUM® Signature Collection. Our...After years of searching for the perfect material, Indian fashion house Anita Dongre launches accessories collection Made with MIRUM®
After years of searching for a plastic-free alternative to leather, Indian fashion designer Anita...
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2022: Scaling up and going global
As 2022 comes to a close, it is the perfect time to reflect on this year’s events, accomplishments,...
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NFW featured in Salesforce and Fortune Ecopreneur series
Earlier this year, Salesforce and Fortune made a trip to our headquarters in Peoria, Illinois, to...NFW and UNLESS Collective launch the zero plastic, biobased sneaker
Meet The Degenerate, the world's only plastic-free, biobased shoe that uses NFW’s entire ecosystem...
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2022 Holiday Gift Guide: MIRUM® & CLARUS® gifts for everyone on your list
‘Tis the season to make your list and check it twice. While you’re shopping this year, don’t miss...
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Stella McCartney, Allbirds, Reformation and Pangaia link up with NFW to push regenerative agriculture forward
NFW is teaming up with Stella McCartney, Allbirds, Pangaia, and Reformation to produce the most...
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New Balance, Wolverine Worldwide, Camper, Deckers, Allbirds, and other industry leaders join NFW Footwear Collective
Today we’re proud to announce the NFW Footwear Collective, a group of like-minded brands advancing...
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Allbirds launches the Plant Pacer Sneaker made with MIRUM®
It’s here! Today Allbirds released the Plant Pacer, its newest lifestyle shoe made with MIRUM®.
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NFW CEO Luke Haverhals & CTO Aaron Amstutz named Inventors of the Year
NFW chemists Luke Haverhals and Aaron Amstutz have won the prestigious Intellectual Property Owners...
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Meet NFW R&D Manager for CLARUS® Fabrics, Shokoofeh Ghasemi
“He wanted to show me that the fabric looks good,” Shokoofeh Ghasemi explains with a smile, as one...
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Another milestone: Brave GentleMan launches the first men’s dress shoes made with MIRUM®
It’s another MIRUM® milestone. This week famed menswear brand Brave GentleMan launched a capsule...
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MIRUM® makes its luxury watch strap debut with IWC and Gisele Bündchen
Swiss luxury watch giant IWC Schaffhausen today launched MiraTex™ straps made with MIRUM® alongside...
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NFW is partnering with Veshin Factory to expand access to MIRUM®
Natural Fiber Welding’s plastic-free, leather alternative MIRUM has taken the luxury accessory...
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How industry circularity definitions differ from nature and why it matters
"Circularity" is quickly becoming a buzzword in the materials space as brands and consumers look...
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Meet NFW soil scientist and circularity specialist Stephen Taylor
While visiting his family’s cattle ranch in southern Utah, Stephen Taylor gained a deep...
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Assessing our impact: the carbon footprint of MIRUM®
Initial assessments estimate MIRUM® produces around an order of magnitude less greenhouse gas...
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NFW closes $85 million Series B to scale naturally circular materials
Today, we are honored to announce that we have raised $85 million in funding to scale production of...
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MIRUM® makes its footwear debut
MIRUM® stepped into the footwear industry in a big way this week, making its international debut...
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CLARUS® hits the market with Ralph Lauren at the Australian Open
NFW's patented technology is making headlines this month with the debut of Ralph Lauren's RLX...
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What is CLARUS®?
Synthetic fabrics are drowning the planet in textile waste and driving climate change. Natural...
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2022: Looking Ahead
The new year is here, and at Natural Fiber Welding, we could not be more excited about what’s to...
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Year of Expansion and Opportunity
2021 has been a year of expansion and opportunity at Natural Fiber Welding. We are on a mission to...
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MIRUM® featured at Hyundai Open Innovation Lounge event in Korea
Plastic-free, all-natural MIRUM® was recently featured in an automotive interior prototype by the...
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Holiday Gift Guide: MIRUM® & CLARUS® gifts for everyone on your list
‘Tis the season to make your list and check it twice. While you’re shopping this year, don’t miss...
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In conversation with longtime NFW partner Bellroy
NFW founder and CEO Luke Haverhals recently sat down with Andy Fallshaw, the co-founder of Bellroy,...
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The auto industry has a plastic problem. Natural materials can help.
This month, leaders from around the world are meeting in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change...
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MIRUM® shines at Première Vision Paris
Sustainability and circularity were on full display last week at Première Vision in Paris where...
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Natural Fiber Welding launches Circular Buy-Back Program with new Woolly Made MIRUM® Wallets
At Natural Fiber Welding, we believe in the goodness of people. We’ve found time and time again...
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Women are working together to lead the climate movement. Help us tell their stories.
It’s more evident than ever that addressing climate change isn’t about just fixing one industry or...
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Vegan leather isn’t sustainable leather — but it could be
The issues with the conventional leather industry are no great secret — from the carbon footprint...
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The London leather workshop calls MIRUM ‘a wonderful discovery.’
Sara Battiston is the founder and director of the London Leather Workshop. Sara and her co-founder...
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How does NFW define the “impossible shoe?”
We’ve heard a little bit about the “impossible shoe” from our interview with Alan Lugo, NFW’s...
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NFW footwear expert Alan Lugo talks sustainability, plastics, and more.
Meet Alan Lugo, our Product Strategy Manager. We sat down with him to talk about his job, his...
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Creating for today, dreaming for tomorrow - MIRUM® takes world stage
Change happens when collaboration happens. It takes global commitment to challenge the “ways things...
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Five of the biggest problems with plastics
By now, you’ve probably heard that plastics aren’t good for the environment. But have you ever...
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How MIRUM® is made
We get a lot of questions about how MIRUM is made, so we wanted to shed light on the process with...
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Ionic liquids and the National Science Foundation—Andy Horvath at NFW
Editor’s note: Andy Horvath interned at NFW through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate...
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First collection of MIRUM® earns USDA 100% Biobased Certification.
The first commercially available collection of MIRUM — especially appropriate for patches and...
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