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Kintra Fibers

PRESS RELEASE / Launch

4 November 2024

2 minutes

The development follows a successful pilot project in 2023, during which Kintra and Paradise Textiles collaborated to create and rigorously test textiles made from Kintra's yarns.

Paradise Textiles Unveils First Garment Made with Kintra Fibers’ Innovative Bio-Synthetic Fibre

Singapore: Paradise Textiles, the material science hub of Alpine Group, has partnered with Kintra Fibers, a leader in bio-based fiber innovation, to create the first garment using Kintra’s groundbreaking proprietary bio-synthetic material. This lightweight jacket serves as a proof-of-concept, representing a crucial milestone in Kintra’s journey...

Fibre Innovation / Recycling

12 April 2023

3 minutes

The team anticipates even greater energy savings when it completes a full lifecycle assessment, as its preliminary analysis did not include yarn spinning, dyeing, or finishing, for which Kintra uses a lower temperature than traditional polyester.

Kintra Fiber’s Biodegradable Polyester to be Prototyped by Fashion For Good-led Brand Consortium

A year-long collaborative engagement, orchestrated by innovation platform Fashion for Good, will see three top brands coming together to prototype Kintra Fibers’ biodegradable polyester that promises reduction of fossil fuel-based synthetics and closer to the goal to be Climate Positive by 2025.

Staff Writer

Mass Extinction / Fibre Innovations

25 July 2022

6 minutes

The growing population’s demand for food, energy, the latest technology, and fashion trends are driving extinction; as evidenced in oil spills, deforested land, and mountains of plastic waste. One type of pollution that is spreading far and wide is microplastics, which scientists have found in the Antarctic snow, in the blood of three out of four people, and in animals like hedgehogs and wood mice.

Could Next Gen Fibres Be the Key to Check the Sixth Mass Extinction of Our Planet?

The sixth mass extinction, the first such extinction caused by a single species – our own, may already be under way. Thankfully, to usher in a new era in fashion that doesn’t threaten our ecosystems and health, some players are coworking on ocean science, circular economy, and textile and materials innovation to evaluate innovations needed to prevent microfibre pollution.

Amy Corrine Richards

Commentary

PRESS RELEASE / Announcement

15 March 2022

4 minutes

Fashion for Good selects 8 innovators for 2022 global innovation programme

AMSTERDAM: Fashion for Good welcomes eight innovators into its 2022 Global Innovation Programme, chosen from a group of innovators scouted across the globe, who pitched their innovative solutions to Fashion for Good partners. The selected innovators participate in the nine-month programme, which provides a bespoke approach to validate their...