Following Arco’s introduction to its weatherwear layering system, an online Weatherwear Selection Tool has been developed to help workers select garments designed to keep them warm, dry and comfortable in extreme weather conditions.
The tool has been designed to assist customers with choosing the most appropriate layers by guiding them through the selection process and then presenting them with their chosen base, mid and outer layer combinations.
The company said: “Ensuring optimal warmth and insulation, a selection of the weatherwear is now interactive, meaning that the garments can be linked together. This allows the wearer to apply the layering principle as they are made with linking zippers and are designed to be worn together to trap warm air. It results in a garment that can be linked together to form a thicker, warmer and more insulated waterproof or it can be separated and worn individually in changing weather.”
In addition to the Selection Tool, Arco has developed an Expert Guide to Winter Weatherwear to provide guidance on identifying and choosing the most appropriate top to toe gear. It offers advice on the concept of cold stress and the possibility of cold induced illnesses and injuries if the correct clothing and protection isn’t worn.
Dalvir Sarkaria, product and procurement manager for Weatherwear at Arco, said: “Thermal comfort is essential to worker productivity and studies have shown that wearing multiple layers is more effective than a single thick layer. The new Weatherwear Selection Tool and Expert Guide ensure customers get the best results from their garments by providing information on up to three individual layers of protection: a base layer, a mid layer and an outer layer.”
