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A Fortunate Fiber
From Fruit to Farmer to Fiber, Benefits of Piñatex® are Far Reaching When you think of a pineapple, what comes to mind is hospitality, luxury, status, and good fortune. Sustainable plant-based textiles do not readily come to mind, but that is exactly what Ananas Anam, the makers of Piñatex®, want you to consider. In fact, …
Fibers for FHE
Driving Forces of Flexible Hybrid Electronics The global smart textile market estimated to be worth $2.82 billion in 2022 and projected to rise to $17.94 billion by 2031, showing a growth rate of 22.8% CAGR over the forecast period according to a report by Straits Research. Fibers in this field have two related but distinct …
Carbon Neutral Viscose Fibers that Nurture Connections to Nature
Lenzing Expands VEOCEL™ Branded Viscose Fibers Production to Satisfy the Environmentally Conscious Consumer Around the Globe Climate change has placed a pressing need for sustainable solutions across all industries, not least the nonwoven industry. In the sector alone, 1.36 million tons of hygiene wipes were produced in 2020 and globally, approximately 30 million tons of …
BUILT for Sustainability
The Vision for Heartland Polymers Comes to Fruition; Building Sustainability into Its Foundation Sustainability is at the heart of the Heartland Polymers story. Being only the second polypropylene plant to come online in a decade, they have a lot to say about it as they initiate production. Owned by parent company Inter Pipeline, the company …
TFY 2023 – From Optimism to Recession in 2022
Work for The Fiber Year 2023 still is in full swing but recognizable is a similar development to 2020 with natural fiber supply expanding and manmade fibers output shrinking. Declaring a pandemic in March 2020 has caught the world off guard just like the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February last year. IMF …