{"id":50252,"date":"2014-11-14T12:56:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T12:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4e9097cb62f570c44dc67d3bfbef574e"},"modified":"2014-11-14T12:56:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T12:56:50","slug":"news-story-armadillo-merino-wins-contracts-to-supply-t-shirts-to-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=50252","title":{"rendered":"News story: Armadillo Merino wins contracts to supply t-shirts to NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.armadillomerino.com\/\">Armadillo Merino\u2019s<\/a> specialist t-shirts are now being worn by NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts. The company has clinched 3 contracts with the space agency to supply the specialist clothing.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Caughey, Managing Director of Armadillo Merino, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The clothing had all the attributes that NASA was looking for, as they are not just t-shirts \u2013 they are highly technical garments, classed as Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"supplying-nasa\">Supplying NASA<\/h2>\n<p>The initial contact with NASA came about after the company entered a competition in the US for innovative fabrics. NASA has up to 100 astronauts training at any one time, so their clothing must be suitable for both orbit and earth.<\/p>\n<p>Armadillo approached NASA with a proposition to help them improve the protection, performance and comfort of space-station astronauts in mid-June 2013. Contracts resulted from this approach.<\/p>\n<p>Andy Caughey, Managing Director of Armadillo Merino, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">The clothing is flame resistant, up to 600 degrees, anti-static, which is vital in space, and low lint; important as loose fibres can cause problems with the filtration systems on board space craft.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Clothing also needs to be worn for multiple days so the fabric has special odour reduction properties which means each garment can be worn for up to two weeks at a time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Plus, although the space station is kept at a constant temperature, the merino garment works to provide a stable core temperature and keeps skin dry.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"developing-exports\">Developing exports<\/h2>\n<p>Armadillo Merino has been working with UK Trade and Investment (<abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr>) since 2012 to build a presence overseas.<\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> has introduced the business to potential customers and helped them identify and select specialist distributors. <\/p>\n<p>Ian Harrison, Regional Director for <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> East Midlands said,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Andy\u2019s achievements are marvellous. He is reaching for the stars with his products, and his dedication has really paid off.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"emergency-response-and-military-applications\">Emergency response and military applications<\/h2>\n<p>The main markets for Armadillo Merino\u2019s range of super-fine merino wool base layers are first responders and Special Forces. <\/p>\n<p>The clothing range was developed by Andy Caughey after he witnessed the horrific skin burns on soldiers who had been wearing synthetic base layers in explosions.<\/p>\n<p>The naturally flame resistant range of tops and leggings are ideal for those professionals operating in extreme weather or environments where there is the risk of fire or burns. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"contacts\">Contacts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Want to find out how <abbr title=\"UK Trade and Investment\">UKTI<\/abbr> can help you? Arrange a face to face meeting with an <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.greatbusiness.gov.uk\/ukti\/?utm_source=UKTIHomepage&amp;utm_medium=GOVUK&amp;utm_campaign=EIG\">International Trade Adviser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UKTI helps Derby based specialist clothing company develop its export sales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}