INVISTA will sell soon bio-based LYCRA® fiber

The LYCRA brand owner, INVISTA launched bio derived spandex which is utilized in various kinds of garments. Same product is called as Elastene in Europe and other countries of the world. About two third of the total LYCRA spandex is arranged from a renewable source developed from dextrose out of corn. Renewable feedstock is employed for the preparation of LYCRA; during the process lower CO2 emissions are managed.

According to INVISTA, requirement of sustainability products is going higher day by day in the textile industry. With continuously growing appeal of renewable and building education from customers’ point of view, spandex is becoming popular among people. That’s how spandex has secured good place in the biggest BDO’s market now as the production of PTMEG is increasing which works as the main feedstock of spandex. INVISTA is not alone to manufacture bio based elastene because RadiciSpandex has launched its own bio based elastene with consumption of fully corn based biopolymer. This product was known to bear about 80 percent sustainable material. Read more on this issue here http://greenchemicalsblog.com/2014/05/08/invista-to-soon-sell-bio-based-lycra-fiber/

Spandex is good for its increased elasticity, bio-based feature and better stretch that offer a boost to the garment industry. Moreover, this bio based product is good for its finished product performance features including lowere3d deterioration under stress and reduced hysteresis effect.

Verdezyne Achieves Key Production Landmark

Verdezyne, Inc. is has recently declared that it is capable of manufacturing over a metric ton of bio based DDDA (dodecanedioic acid) through yeast formation and downstream processing. The company is known well as a private industrial biotech firm working on production of non renewable Verdezyne chemicals. According to the information given in http://greenchemicalsblog.com/2014/04/23/verdezyne-reaches-key-production-milestone/ the company is looking for the way to association with MBI (Michigan Biotechnology Institute) and MSU (Michigan State University) for carrying out the production of DDDA process up to 4K liter scale. This manufacturing process is enough to evaluate scalability of the company and its efficiency for developing polymer class material for customers.

DDDA is a kind of chemical to be applied for the production of nylon, lubricants, powder coatings, adhesives and molding resins. The product is conventionally developed from petroleum based butadiene through a chemical process following multiple steps. Apart from the above mentioned uses of DDDA, the chemical is used as fishing line, fuel lines and bristles of brushes. Apart from Verdezyne, Invista, Evonik and Ube are well known producers of dodecanedioic acid. There is no lack of the firms to undertake analysis of DDDA development for a progressive approach and assurance of great contribution in the world of bio based chemical.