Source: www.fibre2fashion.com
DuPont Sorona and Portuguese spinning mill Tearfil have announced a collaboration to develop sustainable and high-performing staple yarns for the apparel industry. Tearfil is committed to creating smarter, cleaner and more sustainable yarns, and choosing Sorona was a natural solution for it. Sorona is made up of 37 per cent renewable plant-based ingredients.
“We believe collaboration is the key ingredient to creating the best products. We recognise that our magic is only possible thanks to our trusted fibre and technology partners. Sustainability or performance: why not have it all? Through working with the Sorona team, we prove how future-oriented high-performance textiles can also be eco-friendly and eco-conscious,” Maria de Belém Machado, CEO at Tearfil, said in a press release.
Offering a sustainable alternative to traditionally non-recyclable materials, the eco-efficient Sorona fibre is the choice of many renowned brands, such as The North Face, Helly Hansen and Stella McCartney. Sorona features many performance attributes, including softness, stretch, shape recovery, flexibility, ease-of-care and stain-resistance without the need for topical treatments. From flexible yoga wear to denim to everything in-between, Sorona can make any textile look good, feel good and do good.
The Sorona fibre turns a formerly chemically-based process into a biological one, using 30 per cent less energy and releasing 63 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than Nylon 6. Sorona is also a member of the Textile Exchange, The Sustainable Apparel Coalition and the Ellen McArthur Foundation. It is a USDA certified bio-based product and received Oeko-Tex Standard 100 Certification.
