Our Mission

The ever-ongoing quest to make Spektrum products ever more sustainable has led us to the use of bio-based materials derived from plants throughout our collections. Our frames are made of plant-based non food derivates from castor oil. Through our process they are modified into polymers and become pellets that are injected with color. The dye process ensures a superior durability and depth of colour for all our frames. This vastly improves colour performance, durability and scratch resistance. The process also spares workers and our environment from exposure to hazardous solvents and chemicals. The details on our frames are made out non food resin and castor bean derivates. In total, 64% of our goggle is made out of bio based materials.

The Bio-based Process

For our Performance Eyewear collection this means constructing our frames in oil extracted from the amazing castor bean. Our high-performance frames are made mainly from castor oil and reduces the overall CO2 emissions by an impressive 46% compared to conventional materials. The carbon in castor oil is also 100% derived from atmospheric CO2 and not from CO2 locked in ancient fossils. Our material is also lighter and more durable than comparable materials delivering increased performance and comfort.

Castor beans are a fantastic crop, able to thrive in meager soils where other plants won’t survive, or animals can graze. Our castor beans are fully traceable, sustainably grown in India and poses no competition with food, causes no deforestation, or use any GMO.

RAW Undyed

The Concept

The ever-ongoing quest to make our products even more sustainable was the spark that ignited the Östra Bio RAW Concept. Applying our plant-ba- sed materials in their raw form without any dye gives an undeniably honest and fundamentally natural appearance, beautifully contrasted by the striking and hi-performing BIOptic gold lens.

We dare say that Östra Bio RAW is the most environmentally conscious snow goggle ever made – and that without sacrificing any performance or functionality!

In total 90% of the Östra Bio RAW is Bio-Based!

BiOptic LENS

As an industry first we introduce a high performance, POLARIZED bio-based lens called BIOptic – an innovative 3-layer construction in 75% biodegradable cellulose. It has a scratch treatment on top of it’s sandwich construction. The cellulosa TAC REVO Polarized lens is laminated in three layers with a PA polarized film to give the lens it’s tint in the middle.

After laminating the materials the factory bend lens into cylindrical or spherical shape. The yellow spare lens for enhanced contrast in poor light conditions is included. The VLT for the Polarized Dark Brown Revo Gold lens is 14% The VLT for the Polarized Yellow lens is 75%.

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