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19 August 2026
Renewable nylon supply chain developed for high-performance sportswear
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19 August 2026
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Neste, Goldwin, Idemitsu Kosan and Toray have developed a supply chain for nylon fibre made from renewable raw materials, including used cooking oil, as an alternative to conventional fossil-based naphtha. The fibre is being used in selected high-performance products for The North Face.
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The renewable feedstock is processed using existing production infrastructure, with a mass balance approach used to allocate the renewable content to the final nylon products. The resulting fibre is designed to provide the same quality and performance as conventionally produced fossil-based nylon.
According to Neste, replacing virgin fossil feedstock with renewable raw materials can reduce greenhouse gas emissions linked to the raw material by more than 85%, based on a 2021 life cycle assessment.
#FeedstockSubstitution #BioBasedChemicals #ValueChainSynergies
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