Winthrop company finalist in NFL’s Head Health Challenge, MPBN reports
The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported Winthrop-based company Alba-Technic has advanced to the second round of competition to develop new shock absorbing materials to save lives. The company is one of five winners out of more than 100 applicants of the Head Health Challenge, a collaboration of the NFL and other entities to try and improve helmet and body shield technology to prevent injury, according to the report. A developer with Alba-Technic said the company will work with University of Maine researchers to undergo a year of intensive testing and redesigning of the material in the second phase of the competition. UMaine researchers test the company’s material in the Advanced Biomechanics Lab for Injury Reduction and Rehabilitation in UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center.