{"id":14984,"date":"2010-04-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20100406-02n"},"modified":"2010-04-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T22:00:00","slug":"lenzing-expands-product-range-with-bamboo-stem-fibers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/lenzing-expands-product-range-with-bamboo-stem-fibers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lenzing expands product range with bamboo stem fibers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Lenzing and Litrax together have introduced a unique combination of Tencel and Litrax-1 natural bamboo stem fibers. &#8220;We see Lenzing as an ideal partner due to their world leadership in man-made cellulose fibers such as Tencel, Lenzing Modal and Lenzing Viscose,\u201d said Felix Stutz, president of Litrax.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Already a leader in ecological fiber innovation, Lenzing has shown through the Botanic Concept how its fibers are an ecological alternative to cotton. A lifecycle assessment also demonstrated Lenzing\u2019s environmentally sound processes.<\/p>\n<p>Four spinning partners have been selected to introduce this special bamboo yarn to the textile industry. These spinners will create a range of worsted and ring spun yarns for the market.<\/p>\n<p>Litrax will deliver the Litrax-1 natural bamboo fibers with a special DNA coding to protect its vertical supply chain and customers. The DNA coding will ensure that purchasers are buying the original, authentic bamboo fiber from Litrax-1.<\/p>\n<p>Litrax&#8217;s goal is to manufacture natural fibers with mechanical and enzymatic processes. The first such product is bamboo which is a fast renewable resource with universal applications. In textiles, Litrax-1 bamboo can be combined with other fibers to create unique properties that will allow finished garments to provide enhanced comfort and many other benefits to the wearer.<\/p>\n<p>Litrax has already launched stem fibers and nano particles in combination with manmade fibers to the market. Litrax is a sustainable, vertical and synergistic company, headquartered in Switzerland. It has developed natural and sustainable fibers and additives for various applications and industries including textiles, lifestyle, bioplastics and automotives. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>Lenzing and Litrax together have introduced a unique combination of Tencel and Litrax-1 natural bamboo stem fibers. &#8220;We see Lenzing as an ideal partner due<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[304,1934],"class_list":["post-14984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-lenzing-gruppe","supplier-litrax-gmbh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14984"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=14984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}