PLIANT™
Footwear outsoles with zero synthetics
What is PLIANT™?
Footwear outsoles with zero plastics – the path to fossil-fuel-free shoes. A new legacy for the footwear industry.
Designed to tread lightly on the planet.
PLIANT™ outsoles are rapidly scalable with standard compression molding. But the sole is just the first step. PLIANT™ is just one part of NFW’s naturally circular platform of zero-plastic materials for every component of the shoe.
SCIENCE
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Footwear outsoles with zero synthetics.
PLIANT™ outsoles are the world’s first naturally cured performance rubber outsoles. PLIANT™ is derived from the sap of the Hevea brasiliensis tree in certified responsibly managed forests.
Cured with NFW’s revolutionary patented plant-based curative, PLIANT™ is both naturally circular and mechanically recyclable by NFW. PLIANT™ outsoles stand apart.
PERFORMANCE
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PLIANT™ is made with sustainably sourced natural rubber and NFW’s patented plant-based curative, which enables footwear-worthy performance without synthetics for the first time. Our molded soles leverage existing production infrastructure for rapid scalability.
APPLICATION
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Seventy percent of what is marketed as rubber today is synthetic. PLIANT™ is a 100% biobased option: the new foundation for circular footwear.
Available colors
A platform of plastic-free performance materials to remake everything.
MIRUM®
Plant-based, plastic-free, not leather
CLARUS®
Tunable, precision-engineered fabrics
PLIANT™
Footwear outsoles with zero synthetics
TUNERA™
First-in-kind bioneutral foam