The U.S. Olympic Team will keep warm while competing in South Korea thanks to a Butler-based technology company.
Butler Technologies worked with fashion designer Ralph Lauren and other companies to help design the U.S. team’s opening ceremony jackets. The Butler company designed a heater- in the shape of an American flag- that was sewn into the interior back panel of the jacket.
“Thanks to an American flag, on the interior back panel, printed via a highly advanced, conductive carbon and silver ink, each jacket has the ability to augment the natural warmth of 750-fill-power down with modern technology. The water-repellent jackets are equipped with a slender battery pack with three heat settings (that lasts up to 11 hours at full charge), allowing athletes to maximize their own comfort based on outside conditions—and internal excitement,” according to RL Mag.
Butler Technologies is an advanced, high-tech precision screen printing company. Ralph Lauren said the Butler employees were initially unaware their work could eventually end up in PyeongChang. When they found out, engineering manager Michael Wagner said it was a “great honor.”
“The employees at BTI have taken great pride in knowing they have contributed to their country in such an extraordinary manner,” Wagner told the magazine.
