Sustainable Fibres Processed by FET
A selection of Sustainable Polymers successfully processed with FET equipment are listed in the table below.
These polymers have either eco-friendly end-of-life cycles, have been sourced from renewable resources, or both/all of the above.
| Polymer | Polymer Description | FET Processing | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono-filament | Multi-filament | Non-woven | Wet Spinning | ||
| PHA | Polyhydroxyalkanoate | Available | Available | Available | |
| PHB | Polyhydroxybutyrate | Available | |||
| PLA | Polylactic acid / Polylactide | Available | Available | Available | |
| PLLA | Poly (L-lactic acid) | Available | |||
| PLLA/PDLA | Poly (L-lactic acid)/Poly(D,L-lactic acid) Blend | Available | Available | ||
| bioPET | Partially Bio-Polyethylene terephthalate | Available | |||
| Silk | Recombinant Silk Proteins | Available | |||
| Alginate | Alginic acid salts | Available | |||
| PDO | Polydioxanone | Available | Available | Available | |
| PGA | Polyglycolic acid | Available | Available | ||
| PGLA/PLGA | Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) | Available | Available | Available | |
| PGCL | Poly(glycolide-co-ε-caprolactone) | Available | |||
| PLCL | Poly(L-lactide-ε-caprolactone) | Available | |||
| PCL | Polycaprolactone | Available | Available | ||
| PEU | Polyester Urea | Available | |||
| PA 4, 10 | Bio-Polyamide (72% bio-based) | Available | |||
| PA 6, 10 | Bio-Polyamide (62% bio-renewables) | Available | |||
| PA 10, 10 | Bio-Polyamide (100% bio-renewables) | Available | |||
| PA 11 | Bio-Polyamide (100% bio-renewables) | Available | |||
| Lignin | Lignin | Available | |||
| PLA Lignin | Polylactic acid and Lignin Blend | Available | |||
| rPET | Recycled Polyethylene terephthalate | Available | |||
| rTPU | Recycled Thermoplastic Polyurethane | Available | |||
| rHDPE | Recycled High Density Polyethylene | Available | |||
| rPO | Recycled Mixed Polyolefins | Available | |||