Natural Fiber Welding Blog

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...

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®.  

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Meet NFW soil scientist and circularity specialist Stephen Taylor

While visiting his family’s cattle ranch in southern Utah, Stephen Taylor gained a deep...

Assessing our impact: the carbon footprint of MIRUM®

Initial assessments estimate MIRUM® produces around an order of magnitude less greenhouse gas...

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...

MIRUM® makes its footwear debut

MIRUM® stepped into the footwear industry in a big way this week, making its international debut...