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As a result of all the data, and Nike’s aggressive marketing, shoe companies are racing to develop faster foams and smarter ways to use them. White says Saucony Nike Air Max 95 Mujer has tested dozens of foams over the www.johnmccarty.co.uk years, and almost used Boost before Adidas snapped up the exclusive. On Running has its CloudTec system and new foam formulations like Helion. Reebok uses Nike Air VaporMax Mujer Pebax in its Floatride midsole. Under Armour uses a TPU foam called Infuse in its Hovr line. Skechers’s Hyper Burst foam is a CO2-infused EVA, and the DNA AMP midsole in the Brooks Levitate is another polyurethane foam from BASF called Elastopan. Pebax isn’t even the only PEBA out there; a similar product, called Vestamid, is available from the German chemical company Nike Air Force 1 Dámské Evonik. And Adidas, which has been a little quiet on the foam front besides tweaked Nike Air Max 270 Femme versions of its midsole tech like Boost HD, is rumored to be working on a new shoe that was supposedly tested at the Berlin Marathon, and which may be its answer to Pebax.
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