Kanpur-based Ganesha Ecosphere has teamed up with traceability solutions specialist Applied DNA Sciences (ADNAS) to leverage its polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing and nucleic acid-based technologies.
With over 300-plus customers, 250-plus suppliers and 500-plus product variants, Ganesha Ecosphere is India’s largest recycled polyester (rPET) producer. With increasing customer demand for recycled fibre, Ganesha will utilise ADNAS’ molecular tagging solutions to map the lifecycle of its materials as they move through supply chains.
Commenting on the agreement, B.P. Sultania, Joint president of Ganesha Ecosphere, said, “Traceability has now added more authenticity and credibility to the entire textile supply chain and is becoming an integral part of the recycling process.”
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. is a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing and nucleic acid-based technologies.
Ganesha will deploy the CertainT® platform, Applied DNA’s traceability system, to tag an initial pilot production of rPET at Ganesha’s facilities in India and conduct confirmatory samples testing at Applied DNA’s laboratories in India and the US.
The collaboration between the two companies will provide brands and textile manufacturers with a trusted solution to support their sustainability goals for rPET and confirm raw material authenticity at all stages of the textile value chain.
The Agreement enables Ganesha to introduce and apply CertainT-verified rPET to provide assurance for the raw material with textile and apparel customers.
Ganesha will also employ Applied DNA’s recently introduced SigNature® T-100 tracer system that enables rPET source material to be quantified in polyester blends by the CertainT platform. SigNature T-100 is a proprietary molecular-based tracer system used to identify, analyse and verify rPET, polypropylene, acrylic and potentially other manmade materials for claims of both identification and quantification of the raw material tagged and subsequently spun into yarn for various textile products.
Since entering the rPET business in 1994, Ganesha has pioneered the manufacturing of rPET fibre and rPET yarn from post-consumer PET bottle scrap under the leadership and vision of Chairman Shri Shyam Sunder Sharmma.
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