SUSTAINABILITY IN A HEMP JACKET

ECOHEMP – featuring a PVC free fabric jacket made of hemp.

It's time for a change! For decades, little has changed in the basic concept with regard to instrument cables: A core of copper on the inside, a jacket of PVC on the outside. This formula for success has guaranteed robust and at the same time flexible cables for a long time.

What is often not taken into account, though: Due to some additives, a problem-free recycling of PVC is not possible!

As a novelty in the more than 25-year company history, they now rely on a completely new jacket material that completely dispenses with PVC! Sustainable and, most notably, at least of the same high quality as anything that has been used before.

The alternative to PVC is named TPE-V. This is a blend of soft/elastic components that provide flexibility, softness and good windability, and firmer components that provide both notch resistance and a problem-free use at high service temperatures.

In addition to that...

...The material is recyclable.
...Energy consumption during production is significantly lower than for conventional PVC materials.
...TPE-V is 25% lighter than PVC.
...All of the production takes place in Europe to keep supply chains short.
...For every cable sold, a tree will be planted by the non-profit organization Trees for the Future (TREES).
...The textile jacket of the EcoHemp series is GOTS certified *(TRANSACTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER ICEA TC GOTS 2022 80775 3179).
...Even the packaging is made of recycled gray cardboard (FSC® mix).

Cordial named these innovative bulk cables and the resulting product line ECOCORD. This innovative product represents their first step into a sustainable future.

FABRIC JACKET MADE OF HEMP: NATURAL, RENEWABLE, 100% RECYCLABLE

Let’s go the whole hog and start the new product line with an icing on the cake: If the chief concern is the sustainability of the jacket material, then the "trappings" should also be sustainable. And how can they achieve this? The solution to this problem is the utilization of hemp!

The complete fabric material of ECOHEMP cables consists of a braid of special hemp fibers in a matte mélange green/brown shade. For thousands of years this natural raw material has been used for the production of fabrics. For this purpose Cordial uses hemp from certified sustainable cultivation.

To ensure the flexibility of the fabric jacket, the machines used operate in the so-called "low-speed process" mode during braiding, i.e. particularly slowly, resulting in an especially elastic and resistant braid.

When you buy Cordial, you can always count on the reliability of Cordial products. With the development of this innovative, state-of-the-art fabric jacket they wanted to make sure that they can now offer you a textile jacket that can withstand even the toughest challenges that musicians have to face in their daily routines. That's why they commissioned a renowned independent textile research institute to put this product "through its paces".