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Asahi Kasei
Material Name:
Bemberg™
Biomimicry:
Silk
Main Input:
Plant-derived
Founded:
1931
HQ:
Germany
TRL:
5
About the Company
Asahi Kasei Corporation is a multinational Japanese chemical company, that is specialized in serving markets with performance plastics, synthetic rubber and elastomers, packaging products, performance coating materials, membranes and systems, and acrylonitrile. At the same time, it serves as a driver for the development of products and product grades to open up new businesses and application areas.
Material
Bemberg™ is biodegradable and compostable fiber.
Technology
Bemberg™ is a regenerated cellulose fiber that uses 100% cotton linter—a pre-consumer material obtained from the manufacturing process of cottonseed oil. It is an environment-friendly material that is biodegradable and compostable for circularity and undergoes environment-friendly production that includes a proprietary closed-loop system enabling recovery and reuse of major chemicals while achieving zero emissions of waste.
Applications
Fashion, home goods.
Selected Brand Partnerships
Payal Pratap, Hemang Agrawal (Indian designer), Hemang Agrawal (Tattva collection).
