Story: Clothing and footwear manufacturing

Icebreaker technology

Icebreaker is one of the New Zealand clothing firms that concentrates on textile innovation, developing fine merino wool for its knitwear. The firm uses wool from New Zealand, makes its designs in North America, manufactures in China, and sells to niche markets in New Zealand and overseas. Its website emphasises the company’s relationship with New Zealand’s land and people, and the sustainability of its process.

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Jane Tolerton, 'Clothing and footwear manufacturing - From mass market to niche market', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/video/23990/icebreaker-technology (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Jane Tolerton, published 11 Mar 2010