Versarien partners with US shoe firm using tech developed in Manchester

Neill Ricketts

Advanced materials engineering group, Versarien, has announced a collaboration with US-based Flex Footwear to supply graphene-enhanced elastomers for an improved model of Flux’s ‘Adapt’ shoe.

The AdaptMid will feature the improvement.

Cheltenham-based Versarien operates its 2-DTech arm in Manchester.

The elastometer technology has been developed by Versarien’s in-house technology teams at the University of Manchester and University of Cambridge as part of the GSCALE project and has the potential for multiple elastomer projects.

Under the terms of the partnership with Flux, the ‘Adapt’ barefoot athleisure model has been enhanced with Versarien’s Graphene-Wear technology, following research and testing to improve the rubber outsole, augmenting the shoe’s mechanical and physical properties.

Flux will be launching the AdaptMid model in autumn/winter 2022.

Versarien chief executive, Neill Ricketts, said: “As more products enhanced using Versarien technology are coming to market, there is now a definite shift within the company towards commercialisation.”

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