It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Jon Veldhouse

Fibre Innovation / Lycra

17 November 2023

2 minutes

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The Lycra Company has now come up with Qira, a renewable ingredient derived from Iowa field corn, following a tie up with Qore, a Cargill-HELM joint venture.

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