Commack, N.Y.-based Wickers Performance Wear’s Wickers flame retardant (FR) T-shirts have earned
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Certified Biobased Product Label certifying that the
shirts contain 97-percent renewable biobased ingredients.
The shirts are made using Wickers’ 50-percent Merino wool/50-percent Lenzing FR® fabric that
is moisture-wicking and provides an arc flash protection rating of 4.8 small calories of heat
energy per square centimeter.
July/August 2012
