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Ralph Lauren, Butler Technologies Help Keep U.S. Athletes Warm at Olympics

Printed heaters provide up to 11 hours of warmth for athletes.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

As the world tuned into the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, viewers saw the US athletes in red, white and blue parkas designed by Ralph Lauren.   What they didn’t know was that silver also played a role, in this case conductive silver and carbon inks used for printed electronics heaters designed by Butler Technologies (BTI) to keep the athletes warm in the frigid outdoors.   Actually, Butler Technologies had no idea that it was working on the U.S. Olympic ...

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