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

Manmade Cellulosic Fibres

Innovation / Renewcell

27 June 2023

5 minutes

The production hall at the Renewcell 1 plant in Sundsvall, Sweden.

There Will be Winners, Losers, and Those Who Come Together

In the textiles-fashion ecosystem, news is usually ephemeral. But when Swedish innovator Renewcell dispatched the first shipment of its Circulose dissolving pulp to a customer, the excitement remained palpable for weeks on end. Tricia Carey, Chief Commercial Officer at Renewcell, talks about the flurry of activities at the company.

Subir Ghosh

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Fibre Innovation / Kelheim Fibres

26 June 2023

8 minutes

Kelheim Fibres sees two paths to make hygiene products more sustainable. First, by producing conventional single-use products using biobased materials instead of synthetics, thus making them biodegradable. Second, by replacing single-use products with reusable alternatives, ideally also based on biodegradable materials.

We All Need to Provide Facts and Figures that Underpin LCA and Recycling Processes

A leading manufacturer of specialty viscose fibres, Kelheim Fibres GmbH, has a portfolio of functional biodegradable viscose fibres for unique products. Marina Crnoja-Cosic, Director – New Business Development (Marketing & Communication) talks to texfash.com about the ongoing innovation, the route taken on sustainability and how the market for viscose is shaping up.

Richa Bansal

Interview

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Nex-Gen Materials / Jelli Grow

17 May 2023

2 minutes

The Jelli Grow technology is additional to and separate from the company’s core Nullarbor fibre technology, which continues to progress well in development with major commercial partners.

Nanollose Files New Patent Application for Its Breakthrough Microbial Cellulose Technology

In a significant development, Australian biotechnology company Nanollose has filed a patent for its technology that produces microbial cellulose from organic food and beverage waste.

Staff Writer

Fibre Innovation / Nullarbor

22 March 2023

2 minutes

In January 2021, Birla Cellulose had filed a joint patent application with Nanollose Limited for a high tenacity lyocell fibre made from bacterial cellulose.

Birla Cellulose Completes First Pilot Spin of Lyocell Fibres Containing Nanollose’s Microbial Cellulose

Birla Cellulose has completed the first pilot scale spin of an eco-friendly next generation lyocell fibre containing 20% microbial cellulose Nullarbor-20.

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Manmade Cellulosic Fibres / LCA Research

3 February 2023

4 minutes

New wood-based textile fibres are not meant to be direct substitutes for existing fibres. Future studies should take into consideration the differences in properties of wood-based textile fibres and their non-wood counterparts, as well as the uncertainty in their market uptake when performing calculations on substitution factors and market projections.

Wood-based Textiles: Standard LCA Studies Require Rethinking on Methods, Indicators and Metrics

There is a critical imperative to improve the metrics used to quantify environmental impact indicators, especially related to the variety of factors that influence environmental sustainability of forest products, a study that looked at potential non-climate environmental impacts of wood-based textile fibres has contended.

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Manmade Cellulosic Fibres / Guidelines

3 January 2023

2 minutes

To address the use and discharge of hazardous chemicals in man-made cellulosic manufacturing, ZDHC published the first ZDHC MMCF Guidelines V1.0 in April 2020.

ZDHC Releases Updated Version of Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF) Guidelines

The new ZDHC Man-Made Cellulosic Fibres (MMCF) Guidelines V2.0 provide an aligned approach for fibres, including defined chemical recovery, wastewater and sludge discharge, and air emission discharge. The updated version was released Tuesday.

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Manmade Cellulosic Fibres / NextGen Targets

25 November 2022

2 minutes

The Lenzing Group achieved first place in the Hot Button ranking of the Canadian non-profit Canopy. Canopy evaluates the world’s 34 largest producers of cellulosic fibres in terms of their sustainable wood and pulp sourcing, their efforts with regard to the use of alternative raw materials and their achievements in the protection of ancient and endangered forests.

MMCF Manufacturers Lagging on NextGen Production as Percentage of Total Production

Brands, retailers and producers of manmade cellulosic fibres (MMCF) are yet to pull up their socks on NextGen materials. Goals for NextGen production, expressed as a percentage of their total production, remain very low, says CanopyStyle's Hot Button Report.