By lowering emissions, reducing dependency on virgin resources, and diverting end-of-life textiles from landfills, Ambercycle and Shinkong Synthetics are working together to ‘revolutionise’ the garment supply chain.
The collaboration started in 2021 when the two businesses collaborated to design and produce top performance yarns with cycora material.
Shay Sethi, co-founder and CEO at Ambercycle, underscored the alignment between the two companies, adding, “Ambercycle’s focus on novel circular product creation aligns perfectly with Shinkong’s desire to enhance their sustainable offerings by adopting cycora regenerated polyester.”
With Ambercycle’s experience in molecular regeneration technology and Shinkong Synthetics’ manufacturing skills, the alliance is well-positioned to scale up production of regenerated filament yarn quickly. In accordance with a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the two parties are actively investigating the creation and operation of a manufacturing plant on a commercial scale.
“Ambercycle’s product quality is one of the best-regenerated polyesters made from landfill-destined textile waste available in the market or in the development phase worldwide,” said Sam Hu, division general manager at Shinkong Synthetics.
Less than 1 per cent of all end-of-life textiles are now recycled in closed loops, according to Ambercycle. The garment sector can significantly advance the decarbonisation of its supply chain by replacing virgin inputs with textile-to-textile regenerated materials.
Ambercycle hopes that the partnership’s commercial-scale production will make it simple for manufacturers and brands to include and market circular materials inside their current supply chains.
