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25 April 202522 April 2025

The LYCRA Company Previews Bio-Derived LYCRA®EcoMade Fiber at Kingpins Amsterdam

Hosts Virtual Reality Experience “From Farm to Fiber”

22 May 202415 May 2024

Dairen Chemical Corporation Joins The LYCRA Company and Qore® in the Development of Renewable LYCRA® Fiber

Letter of intent to convert QIRA® - the next generation 1,4-butanediol (BDO) - into low-impact PTMEG for the patented bio-derived LYCRA® fiber

1 December 202327 November 2023

The LYCRA Company launches new LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber

LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber is made from 60% recycled PET and 14.4% from bio-derived resources and is GRS certified

12 October 20227 October 2022

Bio-BDO and Succinic Acid Updates

According to Tecnon OrbiChem analysis, around 1.37 million tpa maleic anhydride capacity is expected to come on stream around 2024. Many of these downstream projects will be associated with BDO production

7 October 20225 October 2022

The LYCRA Company Announces Collaboration with Qore® to use QIRA® for Next Generation Bio-Derived LYCRA® Fiber at Scale

The first renewable LYCRA® fiber made with QIRA® will be produced at The LYCRA Company’s Tuas, Singapore manufacturing site in 2024

The LYCRA Company verkündet Zusammenarbeit mit Qore® für die Nutzung von QIRA® für biologisch gewonnene LYCRA®-Fasern der nächsten Generation in großem Umfang

Die Produktion der ersten erneuerbaren LYCRA®-Faser, die unter Verwendung von QIRA® hergestellt wird, läuft im Jahr 2024 am Standort Tuas in Singapur von The LYCRA Company an

1 April 202228 March 2022

Next-Gen ‘Bio-Based’ Synthetics Are Here, But When Will They Replace Polluting Polyester?

Circularity isn't a viable route to ‘sustainable synthetics’ and recycled PET (rPET) is not the answer. Because the processing of polyester devours most of the energy - not the raw material phase that recycling replaces

21 February 202216 February 2022

HeiQ AeoniQ “game-changing” decarbonizing yarn endorsed by HUGO BOSS and The LYCRA Company

HeiQ AeoniQ yarns are made from cellulosic biopolymers that during growth bind carbon from the atmosphere - to substitute existing oil-based filament yarns like polyester and nylon

4 November 202128 October 2021

Call for Early Adopters of Cellulosic Climate Positive HeiQ AeoniQ Yarn

New fiber, derived from third generation cellulosic biopolymers, is advancing to pilot production prior to mass commercialization