Applications

Mirai was launched in 2005 as a fundamental ripstop nylon fabric designed for sport and foil kites—kites that demand high-quality materials known for their durability, airtightness, and shock absorption. Many premium kites, such as those from Peter Lynn, are made from Mirai, which has proven its reliability over the years.

On the other hand, Chikara is a more advanced fabric specifically developed for the paraglider and high-end kite markets. These industries require fabrics that are highly resistant to wear and tear, exhibit extreme airtightness, and have minimal stretch. As a result, Chikara is particularly well-suited for creating foil kites. The top-performing buggy kite, the Peter Lynn Vapor, is crafted from Chikara.

Chikara and Icarex are fabrics known for their minimal stretch, exceptional airtightness, and high strength.
These ripstop materials make them highly suitable for premium delta kites. Kites constructed from Chikara or Icarex maintain their shape and performance, even after many hours of rigorous use.

Due to its features; a little stretch and soft PU coating, Mirai is incredibly suitable for single line kites.
Mirai is also easy to process and to deploy. This makes any single-line kite design look very natural.

Chikara has high tear strength, low stretch and light weight. These features are important for the production of a durable tarp that needs to last for a significant period of time, making Chikara well suited for this sort of application.

The soft PU coating of Mirai and Chikara makes it slippery, which is an important feature required by medical aid products where easy slide is key (for example, aid accessories to pull on support stockings and roll over sheets). Also, the fact that the water-repellent resin in the coating is PFOA-free makes Chikara particularly suited to medical applications.

With a high strength and low friction surface due to the soft PU coating, Mirai and Chikara offer great possibilities for slide sheets.
Sliding sheets are used for various transfers directly related to the moving of a patient in either a forward/backward or side/side direction.
The Chikara coating is PFOA free which makes it particularly suited for medical applications

The consistency in colours and the woven fabric makes Mirai very suitable for the production of apparel. The large range of colours but also the possibility to have your own colour produced are also features that make the fabric well-suited to this industry. If you are interested in a particular colour you can always contact us and we can ask for colour samples (minimum order quantity is a full roll of approx. 1000 metres).

Mirai is very durable, as well as tear and crack resistant (due to the soft PU coating), which are all very important features of inflatables and skytubes. This makes Mirai an excellent choice for these sorts of applications. The fabric is also very suitable for screen printing.