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Arrasate, 25-B 20500 Mondragón, Spain RECYCLED FISHING NETS IS THE 2019 ISPO T. (+34) 943 712 034 F. (+34) 943 712 820 AWARD GOLD WINNER

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Forty-three judges from twelve countries on three continents chose Ternua's BLACKCOMB

Press Office mountain ski suit as the best intermediate layer product in the Snow Sports category at the ISPO Nora Garay Munich trade show, where the brand is presenting its fall-winter 2019-2020 collection. With this Tel. 677 71 95 68 honour, Ternua has won this major award - known as the Oscars of sport - for the third time. In [email protected] 2016, the ISPO GOLD AWARD was bestowed upon its “Terranova” and “South River” recycled

feather . And in 2017, the award went to its “Craddle” jackets, which are made entirely from recycled materials and are, in turn, recyclable.

This time around the jury looked at its design, innovation, functionality and sustainability. However, its principle characteristic is the high level of sustainable innovation put to use in the product. It provides maximum technicity and is made using recycled materials, consisting mostly of disused fishing nets from Cantabria mixed with elastane. And, when its life cycle is over it can be recycled.

It should be mentioned that this ski suit, intended for mountain , was co-designed by Ternua with notch athletes who organise the skimo Altitoy trial, which is among the elite runs in the Le Grande Course circuit. Those skiers, who are highly experienced in the subject, have tested the ski suit and included strategic details that make it become a 10/10 garment. Insofar as textiles, it's made with Dryshell Active Flex, which is a new technology developed by Ternua that is a blend of 65% recycled nylon from disused fishing nets (REDCYCLE project) and 35% elastane. The textile provides protection from solar radiation. In addition to a perfect ergonomic design, it has laser cut openings on the back for maximum breathability, two inside breast pockets for carrying an avalanche beacon and an opening on the front at the with an elastic clamp. It has reinforcements on the shoulders and inside the legs. It's a product for intense physical activity that has the perfect balance between breathability, lightness and warming capacity.

As Ternua Group Innovation Director Eduardo Uribesalgo explains: “This award reaffirms that we're moving in a good direction that's taking us towards the summit of innovation following our own route with one central tenet, which is sustainability. At Ternua, all of us that make up the brand have a philosophy in favour of sustainability and caring for the environment that's also expressed in the way we work. For us, doing things right is important, but more than anything, we're concerned with doing them in the right way. We want to make garments that protect “Races against fishing nets in the people and are technical, carefully designed and have well thought out details, but we also want ocean” to protect the planet by using source materials that are recycled and recyclable and PFC free water proofing treatments.”

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About Ternua.

Ternua is a brand that designs and produces outdoor technical clothing. It markets its garments nationally and internationally and is present in more than 20 countries in Europe, Asia and America. It belongs to the European Outdoor Group, which includes the most important outdoor and mountaineering brands in the world, who collaborate constructively and positively in promoting the common interests of the European outdoor sector. It's also a member of the EOCA council, European Outdoor Conservation Association, which is a non-profit association that's distributed more than € 2 M in environmental conservation projects since 2006. Likewise, it's one of the founding members and on the council of the IGOT, It’s Great Out There, non-profit association whose goal is to promote outdoor activities in order to fight against sedentary lifestyles and thus improve the quality of life and socialisation of the people involved. Furthermore, it sponsors top- class events and athletes.

At a product level, Ternua designs and produces following sustainability parameters. The entire OI 19 textile collection is PFC free and Commitment, which certifies the garments have been manufactured with recycled, bio-degradable or natural materials, organic cotton or Bluesign certified materials. Also in the upcoming collection, 48% of the clothing is made with recycled textiles like carpet, fishing nets, plastic bottles, feathers, coffee grounds, wool or walnut shells. Don't forget it's also a pioneer in using Neokdun recycled feathers in all its feather products and in applying a PFC free waterproofing treatment to recycled feathers.

In the field of innovation, Ternua has elite partners, notably including the climber Alberto Iñurrategi, who examine and test the prototype garments that are designed, in a kind of innovation laboratory, as they set the new challenges in the development of new products by testing them before their market launch (What’s Next Project). Finally, it is worth highlighting the brand's craftsmanship, as a real clothing manufacturer with the ability to make garments in its own headquarters, something that few brands can claim.

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