Progressive Sports Technologies principally develops sports products, apparel and footwear solutions for the global sporting goods industry. From the 'fuzzy' front end of the initial development, through to final validation activities, the team can cater to any project requirements, across all categories. In 2001 Progressive was spun-out of activities within the Sports Technology Research Group at Loughborough University. Presently (2017) the University enjoys the status of being rated no.1 in the world for its sports research activities. Progressive's team operates from the University's Sports Technology Institute and state of the art labs. From here it has developed proprietary research and product development programs for many of the industries leading brands.