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Jean Hegedus, The LYCRA Firm’s director of sustainable enterprise improvement, will current “From Farm to Fiber: Growing Elastane with 70% Bio-Derived Content material” on September 11 at 14:20 CEST (Kulturhaus Room B). She can be joined by Andrea Vanderhoff, director of know-how and sustainability for Qore®, the makers of QIRA®, a next-generation 1,4-butanediol (often known as BDO) comprised of yearly renewable “dent” corn. Their presentation shares the event path to commercialization of bio-derived LYCRA® fiber made with QIRA®.
“Quickly almost 70 % of the LYCRA® fiber content material can be derived from yearly renewable feedstock, thus doubtlessly lowering the carbon footprint of LYCRA® fiber by as much as 44 %, per information from a screening life cycle evaluation (LCA)*,” mentioned Hegedus. “This sustainable resolution is anticipated to ship equal efficiency to our unique fiber, serving to to cut back our environmental affect and that of our clients.”
The LYCRA Firm’s Alberto Ceria, senior functions improvement skilled, and David Godshall, Senior R&D scientist, are presenting “Pre- and Put up-Client Recycling of LYCRA® Fiber” on September 11 at 15:55 CEST (Kulturhaus Room B).
“Elastane is commonly seen as a contaminant in textile recycling, however The LYCRA Firm has dedicated to growing round options that handle this subject,” mentioned Ceria. “Our presentation describes our improvement of recycling applied sciences that rework stretch materials at end-of-life into recycled elastane.”
The LYCRA Firm is proud to be a Bronze Sponsor of this 12 months’s Congress and is exhibiting throughout the open hours of the GFC. Cease by to be taught extra about bio-derived LYCRA® fiber made with QIRA®, or go to this web site.
*Estimate from Cradle-to-Gate Screening LCA for a consultant LYCRA® fiber manufacturing facility, June 2022, ready by Ramboll Americas Engineering Options, Inc
About The LYCRA Firm
The LYCRA Firm is a number one world fiber and know-how options supplier to the attire and private care industries dedicated to providing sustainable merchandise utilizing renewable, pre-, and post-consumer recycled components that scale back waste and assist set the stage for circularity. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, it owns the LYCRA®, LYCRA HyFit®, LYCRA® T400®, COOLMAX®, THERMOLITE®, ELASPAN®, SUPPLEX® and TACTEL® manufacturers. The LYCRA Firm provides worth to its clients’ merchandise by providing distinctive improvements that meet the buyer’s want for consolation and lasting efficiency. Be taught extra at lycra.com.
LYCRA® is a trademark of The LYCRA Firm.
QIRA® is a trademark of Qore®.
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