Yarn & Fiber

2022-02-17

Fulgar chooses BASF for an innovative value chain project promoting an increasingly circular economy

This new European-made project combines the textile expertise of Fulgar, the world’s leading yarn manufacturer, and the technology offered by BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, to promote an increasingly sustainable and circular Europe-wide textile value chain through the application of cutting-edge technologies that until recently were simply unimaginable.

The new eco-sustainable Q-CYCLE® yarn is the result of the interaction between BASF’s ChemCycling™ project and Fulgar’s textile skills and experience (c) 2022 Fulgar

Q-CYCLE® by Fulgar - A new way of making yarns

The new eco-sustainable Q-Cycle® yarn is the result of the interaction between BASF’s ChemCycling™ recycling project and Fulgar’s textile skills and experience. ChemCycling™ makes it possible to re-use fossil raw materials at the end of their lifecycle in their initial component forms, displaying the same properties as the virgin project without using non-renewable sources like oil. This unique process is carried out and assessed on the basis of a Mass Balance approach.

The result is Q-CYCLE®, an innovative post-cosumtion recyled polyamide 6,6 offering the same functional and aesthetic benefits of lightness, strength and resistance but in a greener form. It can be used to produce high quality fabrics and is the ideal solution for all textile applications – it can be processed with ease like a normal polyamide, so it combines with all fibres.