All The Lycra Company articles
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News briefsLycra Company names Melissa Riggs CMO
The US-based fiber innovator promotes its North America marketing director to lead global brand strategy and customer engagement.
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ArticleISPO Munich’s focus on the sustainable consumer: The Sustainability Hub in partnership with Patagonia
The Sustainability Hub in partnership with Patagonia at ISPO Munich showcases innovations and provides the latest information about ESG standards. Here is the program.
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ArticleThe Lycra Company and Qore get support from Dairen Chemical
The Lycra Company announced the signing of a letter of intent with Dairen Chemical Corporation (DCC) to convert Qira – a brand of BDO (1,4-butanediol) – into environmentally friendly PTMEG, the main ingredient in its patented bio-derived fiber Lycra. Dairen will be the first company in the world to produce ...
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ArticleLycra launches campaign for new bio-derived Lycra fiber
Source: The Lycra Company The Lycra Company launched the “FashionFarmers” campaign on Earth Day to highlight the company’s plans to bring industrial quantities of Lycra, a bio-derived fiber made with Qira, to the market US fiber and technology solutions specialist The Lycra Company launched an integrated media ...
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News briefsNew CEO for The Lycra Company
Source: The Lycra Company Gary Smith The Lycra Company announces that it has appointed Gary Smith as Chief Executive Officer, effective Nov. 27, 2023. Smith will succeed Dean Williams, who has served as acting CEO since August. Williams will retain his role as Chief Financial Officer and ...
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News briefsSeveral Lycra production sites pass Higg assessment modules
Global textile supplier Lycra announced the third-party verification of several Higg Facility Environmental Module (Higg FEM) and Higg Facility Social & Labor Module (Higg FSLM) self-assessments. The Lycra manufacturing sites in Waynesboro, Virginia (U.S.); Maydown, Northern Ireland; and Foshan, China, completed their verification for the Higg FEM module, a framework ...
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News briefsThe Lycra Company names new CLO
Source: The Lycra Company Cathy Spicer The Lycra Company has announced that Cathy Spicer joined the company on Feb. 7 as chief legal officer (CLO). Spicer joins the company after most recently serving as CLO and corporate secretary of Tailored Brands, Inc., which includes retailers Men’s Warehouse ...
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News briefsHeiQ and The Lycra Company introduce new stretch treatment for cotton
Swiss company HeiQ and The Lycra Company have introduced the Lycra NaturalFX technology, a textile finishing liquid for mass market applications to cotton knit (100 percent cotton or cotton-rich) fabrics. Developed within the collaboration announced in July 2021, it brings the companies’ joint expertise to the global textile value chain ...
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ArticleThe Lycra Company updates 2030 sustainability goals in first Planet Agenda update
In 2008, The Lycra Company (Lycra) established a sustainability plan that encompasses the three pillars of corporate responsibility, product sustainability and manufacturing excellence. For each of these areas, the company has now summarized its performance through 2021 and updated its goals. Both are published in Lycra’s first ...
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News briefsLycra partners with Qore for bio-derived Lycra fiber
The Lycra Company has signed an agreement with Qore LLC (a joint venture by Cargill and Helm) to enable large-scale production of bio-derived spandex. Qore’s main business is the production of QIRA, a bio-derived 1,4-butanediol (BDO) that replaces for chemicals traditionally made from fossil sources. QIRA is produced from fermented ...
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News briefsLycra partners with Browzwear to accelerate digital transformation
The Lycra Company has announced a partnership with Browzwear, the Singapore-based 3D design technology provider. The partnership is meant to provide garment designers using Browzwear’s VStitcher and Lotta platforms for 3D fashion design the ability to quickly and easily develop products incorporating fabrics containing Lycra, Lycra T400, and Coolmax fibers. ...
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ArticleThe Lycra Company taken over by creditors
A group of financial institutions, including Lindeman Asia and Lindeman Partners Asset Management, has assumed full capital control of The Lycra Company.
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ArticlePre-stage in the supply chain puts the pedal to the metal for sustainability
With the new EU Textile Strategy proposals published on March 30, 2022, as part of a larger package on the circular economy, the industry is under increasing pressure to fundamentally transform both consumer behavior and the entire supply chain. In particular, players that are part of the early supply chain, ...
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ArticleFinancial bottlenecks of Shandong Ruyi group: creditors seek control over Lycra
According to the news service portal Reuters, the creditors of the indebted fashion conglomerate Shandong Ruyi Technology Group will seek control of fiber manufacturer The Lycra Company after Ruyi failed to repay a $400 million loan it took out to buy the company. The creditors were quoted saying that Ruyi ...
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News briefsLycra launches insulation fiber made from textile waste
The Lycra Company’s Thermolite® EcoMade fiber, announced last April, which is made from 100 percent textile waste, is now available for insulation applications. The new thermal technology involves recycling textile waste from the tailoring process, which would otherwise end up in a landfill or be incinerated, and converting it into ...
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ArticleFashion for Good launches new polyester recycling research project
Innovation platform Fashion for Good, based in Amsterdam, has launched the Full Circle Textiles Project – Polyester with the ambition to validate and scale promising technologies in polyester chemical recycling and to encourage financing and offtake commitments in the apparel industry. The project aims to bring together a consortium of ...
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ArticleExperts discuss different textile recycling options at meeting hosted by The Lycra Company
In the second global panel discussion of a row hosted by The Lycra Company, 28 apparel industry experts have evaluated the pros and cons of mechanical recycling versus chemical recycling and what is needed to make garment recycling a commercial reality. Mechanical recycling can also use materials from outside the ...
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News briefsThe Lycra Company launches online customer portal
The Lycra Company has launched Lycra One™, an online customer portal designed to allow brands, retailers and apparel manufacturers to connect with a global network of mills and manufacturers through one convenient platform. Lycra says that even before the pandemic hit, there was a need for a digital experience that ...
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ArticleHeiQ unveils high-performance cellulose yarn derived from carbon-negative materials
Swiss ingredients brand HeiQ unveiled what it calls a potential game-changer for the textile industry on Oct. 26 in a digital presentation. HeiQ AeoniQ is a high-performance cellulose yarn derived from a wide range of natural, carbon-negative sources, including wood pulp and algae. The new fiber is currently advancing to ...
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News briefsLycra introduces new one-size-fits-more fiber
With the launch of a new stretch fiber named Lycra Adaptiv, The Lycra Company (based in Wilmington, U.S.) is addressing the demand for more inclusive sizing that is not only important for consumers but might also allow for a potential reduction of SKUs by covering a broader range of body ...
