Sports Goods

Among the main requirements placed on materials for such sports equipment as skis and snowboards is the combination of smart looks and top-quality. Every season calls for new design and technical improvements. Over many years our VESTAMID® E and VESTAMID® L compounds have proved their worth in protective and decorative films in this area, and VESTOSINT® coating powder is also used in the sports sector. This reflects not only the quality of our products but also the intensive development efforts we carry out together with the sports goods industry. Innovative inventions are the result.

• Films of VESTAMID® E and VESTAMID® L have come into their own as protective and decorative surfaces for skis, snowboards, tennis and badminton racquets. They are highly transparent, abrasion and scratch-proof, chemical-resistant and have high cold impact strength.
• The films can be printed with both classical and highly modern techniques. For especially resistant and brilliant decoration sublimation printing has become the established method.
• Because all VESTAMID® E and VESTAMID® L compounds can be welded to each other the overmolding of compounds of different hardness or colorability is possible. This property is taken advantage in the manufacture of multi-component and multi-colored parts of sports articles.
• The properties of polyamide 12 have proved valuable in powder form, among others: A VESTOSINT® coating contributes to the rigidity of the tight mesh of a fencing mask.
• The impact strength of the VESTOSINT® coating prevents small fragments from spalling off during a duel. When other coating materials are used, splinters can form when the mask takes direct hits, potentially causing eye injuries.
• Because the material acts as an insulator, the coated masks are suitable for fencing with electric scoring equipment.