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The summer and this year's beautiful autumn are soon over. As the chill returns, we are happy to say our valuable snow has survived the season under its 310-square-meter woolly blanket in Skidstadion Bruksvallarna! ❄️ Last week, we carefully uncovered the snow pile waiting to be used under layers of protection. The insulating felt did its job brilliantly, with our second layer remaining dry and intact – just what we'd hoped for. 😊 This year's field trial, made successful by our incredible team, gave us invaluable insights: our prototype cover performs as well as, if not better than, the commercially available snow storage material we compared with! Every step of the process, from laying it out to packing it away, taught us more about improving performance. With the felt safely rolled up and stored, we are already looking forward to next summer, when it will be back in action for another round of snow-saving insulation! To our incredible team and partners – this journey is just getting started, and we couldn't be more inspired by what lies ahead. To find out more about SnOWWOol 👉 https://lnkd.in/dm6UPYAF The project is funded by Vinnova (the Swedish Innovation Agency) and participating partners: Branäsgruppen, Västkustens Ullinsamling, CE Produkter AB, The Swedish School of Textiles - University of Borås, IUC Sjuhärad AB, Ivanhoe, Mid Sweden University, Näringsliv Ulricehamn AB, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Scandinavian Nonwoven, and Swedish Ski Association. Thanks to our fantastic colleagues who run the project: Annika Linder and Helena Tuvendal #SnowPreservation #Nonwoven #Wool #MaterialScience #FutureOfMaterials #Research #SnoWWOol #Wool #Circularity #Sustainability #Innovation #EnvironmentalImpact #Collaboration #SustainableFuture #CircularEconomy #TheLoopFactory #WeCreateAndInfluenceSystemicChangeForAHealthyPlanet