Featherlight Packing Solutions: CORDURA(R) UltraLite Fabric Featured in Sea to Summit's Travelling Light(TM) Gear

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Wichita, KS (1888PressRelease) July 13, 2012 - INVISTA's CORDURA® brand fabric is an elemental ingredient in the Travelling Light™ range from Sea to Summit. Featuring Ultra-Sil CORDURA® Ultralite fabric, Travelling Light™ is a lightweight, yet durable and modernistic solution to luggage organization.

"The CORDURA® brand team joined with Sea to Summit to offer enhanced mobility and resilient packing solutions for those on the go," said Cindy McNaull, global CORDURA® brand and marketing director. "Featuring CORDURA® Ultralite fabric technology, the Travelling Light™ range is the ideal merging of exceptional lightness, while still maintaining the CORDURA® brand heritage of durability and toughness to help conquer the rough and rugged conditions of travel."

A comprehensive line of travel accessories, Travelling Light™ provides a convenient way to separately pack clothes, shoes, toiletries and other traveling essentials without sacrificing precious packing space. A garment bag, duffle bag, daypack, pouch, toiletry and packing cells are among the travel accessories featured within the range.

Travelling Light™ Packing Cells, offer an innovative, practical solution to luggage design providing compressed and orderly packing as well as easy accessibility to clothes and accessories. Equipped with a mesh lid and large grab handles, the packing cell's translucent cover allows for quick identification of contents within luggage, while the large grips are great for easy packing and unpacking. Travelling Light™ Packing Cells are available in lime, midnight, and aubergine, in sizes small, medium, and large.

"With increasing luggage size restrictions, today's travelers are looking for lightweight and orderly solutions to help them ensure they are able to pack their essentials," said Shelley Dunbar, marketing director for Sea to Summit. "Travelling Light™, featuring CORDURA® Ultralite fabric, presents the modern traveler with a lightweight and orderly solution for luggage organization, without sacrificing strength and durability."

With stylish durability and optimal strength-to-weight ratio, Ultra-Sil CORDURA® fabrics offer a wide variety of styling options. Resistant to tears, scuffs and abrasion, they are exceptionally lightweight and can be used in a variety of end uses including technical packs, day packs, performance apparel, footwear, and accessories.

Travelling Light™ can be found at select retailers worldwide and at authorized Sea to Summit's online retailers, including:

• Kittery Trading Post
• Backcountry.com
• Summit Hut
• Rock/Creek

For more information on Sea to Summit's Travelling Light™ range featuring CORDURA® Ultralite fabric technology, please visit www.seatosummit.com. To learn more about CORDURA® brand fabrics, please visit www.CORDURA.com or visit the CORDURA® brand booth #B4-204 at Outdoor-Fachmesse, July 12-15, 2012 or the CORDURA® brand booth #39213 at Outdoor Summer Market in Salt Lake City, Utah Aug. 2-5, 2012.

About Sea to Summit
Celebrating 20 years of innovation, Sea to Summit, based in Perth, Western Australia, has been the international award-winning designer and manufacturer of lightweight backpacking and adventure travel gear distributed around the globe. As the founding sponsor of Leave No Trace Australia, Sea to Summit helped introduce the concept of minimal environmental impact to Australian adventurers in 2003. The company was named in honor of co-founder Tim Macartney-Snape's incredible 1990 solo expedition from the Bay of Bengal in India to the top of Mt. Everest. Whether your adventures take you to the sea or to a summit or places in between, Sea to Summit products will more than earn their space in your bag and gear closet. Find Sea to Summit at retailers coast-to-coast by visiting www.SeatoSummit.com.

About CORDURA® brand
INVISTA's CORDURA® brand essence celebrates individual durability: As Long As The World Is Full Of Durable People, We'll Keep Making Durable Fabrics™. Known for its resistance to abrasions, tears and scuffs, CORDURA® fabric is a primary ingredient in many of the world's leading high-performance gear and apparel products ranging from luggage, upholstery and backpacks to footwear, military equipment, tactical wear, workwear and performance apparel. The CORDURA® brand is a registered trademark of INVISTA, one of the world's largest integrated polymer, intermediates and fibers businesses. To distinguish the CORDURA® brand, the word "CORDURA®" must be spelled out in all caps, used with an ®, and followed by the word "brand" or "fabric."

To learn more about INVISTA's CORDURA® brand, end-use products, and marketing tools please visit www.CORDURA.com and follow us on Facebook, http://facebook.com/CORDURABrand, Twitter, http://twitter.com/CORDURAbrand, and YouTube, http://youtube.com/CORDURAbrand.

About INVISTA
INVISTA is one of the world's largest integrated producers of polymers and fibers, primarily for nylon, spandex and polyester applications. With a business presence in over 20 countries, INVISTA's global businesses deliver exceptional value for their customers through technology innovations, market insights and a powerful portfolio of global trademarks including: ADI-PURE®, ANTRON®, AVORA®, C12™, COMFOREL®, COOLMAX®, CORDURA®, CORFREE®, DACRON®, DBE®, DYTEK®, FRESHFX®, LYCRA®, PERFORMA™, POLARGUARD®, POLYSHIELD®, POLYCLEAR®, SOLARMAX®, STAINMASTER®, SUPPLEX®, SUPRIVATM, TACTEL®, TACTESSE®, TERATE®, TERATHANE® and THERMOLITE®. For more information, visit www.INVISTA.com.

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