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Partner with Challenge the Fabric to foster meaningful change and collaboration and contribute to the advancement of MMCF’s impact within the fashion and textile industry.
Our partners and sponsors play a vital role in our efforts by offering strategic insights and resources that propel and enhance our agenda forward. We welcome your support as a gold, silver or bronze sponsor.
Contact: ctf@ekmangroup.com
AeoniQ™ is a climate-positive, biodegradable, cellulosic filament yarn designed as an alternative to fossil-based synthetic fibers such as polyester and nylon, offering comparable performance characteristics. The fiber is produced through a proprietary closed-loop process and is fully recyclable. AeoniQ™ is made from wood pulp and other renewable cellulosic feedstocks and is being developed to incorporate circular raw materials. AeoniQ™ Holding AG is a joint venture between Altri Group S.A. Portugal and HeiQ Materials AG, established to support the production and commercialisation of AeoniQ(TM).
For more than 50 years, Arauco has been developing products based on renewable forest resources, allowing it to offer a wide variety of sustainable and quality solutions that improve the lives of millions of people worldwide.
Our products are part of a value chain for the paper, apparel, construction, packaging, furniture, and energy industries.
With a presence in the forestry, cellulose, wood, panels, and clean and renewable energy sectors, we are a globalized company with a presence on five continents, reaching more than 4,000 customers around the world.
LIST Technology AG – Key Technology Supplier for Novel Cellulose Fibers
LIST Technology AG is the leading key technology supplier for novel cellulose fiber production, like Lyocell 2.0.
LIST enables Lyocell from alternative biomass sources, like
– Lyocell from up to 100% recycled textiles (Lyocell 2.0)
– Lyocell from up to 100% hemp (e.g. LyohempTM)
– Lyocell from up to 100% agricultural waste
– Lyocell from modified paper pulp
LIST cellulose fiber technology is also used for alternative processing methods, like Ionic Liquids (IL) as an alternative solvent.
LIST cellulose fiber technology also facilitates the spinning of cellulose filaments.
LIST is the world market leader in the development and industrial implementation of highly viscous processes based on LIST’s proprietary KneaderReactor processing technology. KneaderReactors provide the necessary mixing intensity in the production of novel cellulose fiber. The properties of alternative biomasses like cotton from recycled textiles and hemp require such higher mixing intensity to generate a spinning solution. But it opens the possibility to produce staple fibers and filaments with higher tenacities that can be used in various applications.
LIST Technology AG, based in Switzerland based and globally active, is the provider of KneaderReactor based processing solutions. In close cooperation with LIST’s customers and based on LIST’s unique collection of 60 years of experience, LIST develops customized processes ultimately targeting industrial – often world scale – implementation for a broad range of applications in the chemical, cellulose, polymer & textile recycling, elastomer, food and fiber industry.
More about Lyocell 2.0 on www.lyocell2.com
More about LIST Technology AG on www.list-technology.com
The Lenzing Group is committed to eco-responsible production of specialty fibers made from cellulose and recycled materials. As an innovation leader, Lenzing partners with global textile and nonwoven manufacturers to drive new technological developments. The Group’s high-quality fibers, such as TENCEL™ and LENZING™ ECOVERO™, serve as the foundation for a wide range of textile applications, from comfortable and stylish clothing to durable and sustainable home textiles. With their unique properties and botanical origin, TÜV-certified biodegradable and compostable Lenzing fibers are also ideal for everyday hygiene products.
The business model of the Lenzing Group goes far beyond that of a traditional fiber producer. Together with its customers and partners, Lenzing develops innovative products along the value chain, creating added value for consumers. The Lenzing Group strives for the efficient utilization and processing of all raw materials and offers solutions to help transform the textile industry from the current linear economic system towards a circular economy. In order to reduce the speed of global warming and thus also support the targets of the Paris Agreement and the EU Commission’s “Green Deal”, Lenzing has developed a clear science-based climate action plan that aims to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and a net-zero goal (scope 1, 2 and 3) by 2050.
Altri Group is a leading European company specializing in the production of fibers and sustainable forest management. Headquartered in Portugal, Altri operates several industrial units dedicated to the manufacturing of high-quality eucalyptus fibers, used in a wide range of industries, including paper, textiles, or biodegradable packaging. The company is strongly committed to sustainability in all its dimensions, for example by managing certified forest areas, of which 10% are dedicated to conservation. Altri also invests in innovative, eco-friendly production processes, reinforcing its role as a key player in the global fiber market and a driver of sustainable and versatile material solutions.
Sappi unlocks the power of trees to make every day more sustainable
Sappi is a leading global provider of powerful everyday materials made from woodfibre-based renewable resources. As a diversified, innovative, and trusted leader focused on sustainable processes and products, we are building a more circular economy using every part of the tree. Sappi works closely with customers to provide relevant, everyday solutions. Our dissolving pulp branded as Verve, are used worldwide by converters to produce viscose fibre, pharmaceutical products as well as a wide range of household and consumer products. Verve is the Fibre of Choice.
With its mission Better fibers to all, Swedish-based TreeToTextile is driving systemic change in the textile industry, by providing the next-generation cellulose fibers for a resilient planet. Having the Lenzing Group as majority owner and supported by the other shareholders H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso, and LSCS Invest, TreeToTextile develops renewable and resource-efficient cellulose fibers with attractive properties and low environmental impact, affordable to all. The fibers have the potential to complement or replace part of the cotton, viscose and polyester markets.
Södra
Södra was founded in 1938 on the idea that we are stronger together. Today, Södra is Sweden’s largest forest owners’ association with more than 50,000 family forest owners as members. Together, the members of Södra own a world-leading industry that processes forest raw materials into renewable products in paper- and dissolving pulp, wood, building systems, energy, and biochemicals.
Visit us and read more at www.sodra.com
OnceMore®
OnceMore® is a high-quaility dissolving pulp made of blended textile waste and wood from sustainably managed forests.
OnceMore® was introduced to the market in 2019, as the world’s first large-scale process for recycling mixed textiles and has become a key player in the advancement of next-generation materials. The OnceMore® process is already industrialized at Södra’s plant, with 6,000 tonnes of dissolving pulp capacity available. Today our pulp contains 20% recycled textile and 80% renewable wood. Our goal is to offer a pulp based on 50% recycled textiles and 50% renewable wood and scale up to 60,000 tonnes per year.
Want to dive deeper into OnceMore®?
Visit our website www.oncemore.com or find us on LinkedIn.
The ZDHC Foundation oversees the implementation of the Roadmap to Zero Programme and is a global multi-stakeholder initiative of more than 375 Signatories within the fashion and footwear industry. Its vision is widespread implementation of sustainable chemistry, driving innovations and best practices to protect consumers, workers and the environment. ZDHC uses collaborative engagement to drive a holistic, industry-focussed and practical approach to sustainable chemical management. ZDHC guidelines, platforms and solutions drive large-scale industry-wide implementation that advances the industry as a whole towards the zero discharge of hazardous chemicals. Find more information about ZDHC at www.roadmaptozero.com
About The Sustainable Angle
The Sustainable Angle is a Swiss not-for-profit organisation and founders of Future Fabrics Expo. For fifteen years, The Sustainable Angle has initiated and supported projects with a focus on sustainability, in particular in Fashion and Textiles and related industries such as food and agriculture. Future Fabrics Expo is partly supported by The Sustainable Angle.
About Future Fabrics Expo
Future Fabrics Expo is the world’s largest showcase dedicated exclusively to sustainable material solutions and innovations, offering extensive educational resources for responsible sourcing in the fashion and textile industry. The first one took place in 2011.
Healthy forests help life on Earth thrive. The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) – a nonprofit organization that covers more than 150 million hectares of certified forests – provides the world’s most credible sustainable forestry solution, trusted by NGOs, consumers, and businesses to help promote healthy and resilient forests, for all, forever.
Equally governed by environmental, social, and economic perspectives, FSC helps forest managers, smallholders, and governments ensure thriving forest ecosystems and safeguard the livelihoods of forest communities. FSC’s forestry standards, linked to a strict chain of custody certification, are a proven solution to fight the climate and biodiversity crises. The FSC logo – found on millions of products worldwide – is the most recognized mark for responsible forestry.
Textile Exchange is a global non-profit driving beneficial impacts on climate and nature across the fashion, textile, and apparel industry. We guide a growing community of brands, manufacturers, and farmers towards more purposeful production from the very start of the supply chain.
Our goal is to help the industry to achieve a 45% reduction in the emissions that come from producing fibers and raw materials by 2030, while keeping our focus holistic and interconnected and seeking to improve the state of our freshwater, soil health, and biodiversity too.
For real change to happen, everyone needs a clear path to beneficial impact. That’s why at Textile Exchange, we believe that approachable, step-by-step instruction paired with collective action can change the system to make preferred materials and fibers the accessible default, mobilizing leaders through attainable strategies, proven solutions and a driven community.
At Textile Exchange, materials matter. To learn more, visit Textileexchange.org
Partner with Challenge the Fabric to foster meaningful change and collaboration and contribute to the advancement of MMCF’s impact within the fashion and textile industry.
Our partners and sponsors play a vital role in our efforts by offering strategic insights and resources that propel and enhance our agenda forward. We welcome your support as a platinum, gold, silver or bronze sponsor.
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