20 October 202514 October 2025 Geno Announces New Partnership with Sojitz to Accelerate Commercialization of World’s First Plant-Based Nylon-6 Collaboration Can Enable Plant-Based Sourcing for Industry
1 April 202527 March 2025 Aquafil, A Step forward Circularity: first demo plant launched for chemical separation of elastic fiber from nylon Increasingly virtuous recycling model is able to recover nylon, which is entirely destined for the ECONYL® regeneration plant, where it will be processed into new regenerated nylon
26 August 202422 August 2024 Advanced Recycling Conference 2024: New Focus Areas and Innovative Program Announced Shaping the Future of Recycling From PVC and Textiles to Engineering Thermoplastics and Digital Solutions
Advanced Recycling Conference 2024 glänzt mit neuen Schwerpunkten und innovativem Programm Die Zukunft des Recyclings gestalten: Von PVC- und Textil-Recycling bis hin zu technischen Thermoplasten und digitalen Lösungen
26 April 202423 April 2024 Scaling Biobased Nylon with Geno and lululemon The companies see industry collaboration as vital to enabling the adoption of more sustainable alternatives for synthetic materials like nylon
17 November 202315 November 2023 Emerging Molecules Produced Through Industrial Biomanufacturing White biotechnology not only reduces society's dependence on fossil fuels, but also consumes less energy, generates minimal waste, and produces more environmentally friendly products
1 September 202229 August 2022 Project revisited: towards bionylon Genomatica produces biobased caprolactam. They use an engineered high-yield microorganism in the fermentation step of the process; the feedstock being described as ‘sugars from a variety of sources’
8 August 20223 August 2022 Recycled synthetics vs renewable fibres: Balancing sustainability Compared to conventional production, so-called ‘preferred fibres’ – says global non-profit organisation Textile Exchange – improve environmental and/or social sustainability outcomes and impacts
29 July 202225 July 2022 Geno and Aquafil begin pre-commercial production for plant-based nylon-6 A step closer towards commercialization to fulfill brand demands
1 July 202230 June 2022 New trend and technology report: Mapping of advanced recycling technologies for plastics waste – providers, technologies, and partnerships This new report aims to clear up this jungle of information by providing a structured, overview and in-depth insight
28 March 202224 March 2022 ITOCHU and Aquafil announce the signing of a Business Alliance Agreement to expand and accelerate the nylon circular business From the recovery of nylon waste to the development, production and sale of ECONYL® nylon products inspired by their common commitment for a sustainable future
10 December 20207 December 2020 Could This Innovation Be An Answer To Fashion’s Plastic Problem? How does the use of plants instead of oil to produce plastic weigh up against plastic polluting our environment?
27 November 202026 November 2020 Genomatica to Scale Bio-nylon 50-Fold with Aquafil to Meet Surging Brand Demand Clean manufacturing leaders team up to produce world’s largest quantities of bio-nylon
18 February 202013 February 2020 Bio-Nylon Is The New Green: How One Company Is Fermenting A $10 Billion Market Genomatica recently reached a milestone that epitomizes a shift from fossil fuels to biology, using a renewable fermentation approach to get nylon building blocks
4 February 20201 February 2020 Genomatica Hits Industry-First Milestone in Nylon Sustainability Clean manufacturing leader produces the world’s first ton of renewable nylon intermediate
29 May 201828 May 2018 Aquafil and Genomatica Collaborate on Project EFFECTIVE to Increase Adoption of Sustainable Materials A coalition of brands, ingredient manufacturers, technology developers supported by EU’s Horizon 2020 program
30 January 201826 January 2018 Aquafil and Genomatica join forces for bio-nylon – target more sustainable apparel, carpets and fibers Aquafil to provide R&D collaboration and development funding; gains option for commercial plant
29 January 201825 January 2018 Leaps and bounds in sustainable plastics and nylons: U Wisconsin, Genomatica, Aquafil, Anellotech, Suntory, ADM, DuPont in the mix Performance improvement is universally compelling in the industry, even to those who don’t value new materials simply for a sustainable attribute
14 July 201513 July 2015 Net-Works: The world’s first inclusive business model to recycle discarded fishing nets – Made in the Philippines and now primed to go global Net-Works™ tackles ocean pollution with a sustainable supply chain solution that provides a net positive social, environmental and business impact
Advanced Recycling Conference 2024: New Focus Areas and Innovative Program Announced
