With workplaces opening back up, consumers are thinking about running, walking or biking to work to maintain their active lifestyles along with helping the environment. Performance apparel with a more business-casual style is emerging, and textiles made with Hyosung’s Xanadu mechanical stretch fiber are helping brands achieve this aesthetic.
Hyosung Xanadu is a multi-functional fiber made from a blend of PET and corn-based materials. The company offers an eco-friendlier version – regen Xanadu – made with a blend of recycled post-consumer PET and corn-based materials.
Xanadu’s spring-like structure provides comfortable stretch and recovery. Its additional fiber benefits include rapid moisture transport and quick drying. Xanadu also is wrinkle-resistant and retains its color, making it the perfect fiber for long-lasting, easy-to-care-for apparel.
Due to the popularity of its multi-functional, recycled yarns, Hyosung recently published a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for its GRS Certified, 100 percent recycled regen polyester fibers made from post-consumer PET. The study, which was conducted by a third-party certifier, discovered that regen polyester reduces carbon dioxide generation by 66.5 percent compared to virgin polyester in the production of 1 kg.
Additionally, regen polyester reduces the use of fossil fuels by 80 percent and the use of water by 71% percent compared to the use of virgin polyester produced at 1 kg.
Hyosung will highlight its Xanadu fabric collection along with its portfolio of sustainable textile solutions including creora regen spandex, creora bio-based spandex and regen multi-function yarns, April 4-5, at the Functional Fabric Fair in Portland, Oregon in booth 604.
