It is progressing its textile projects (cotton, man-made cellulosic fibres, recycled polyester, leather, down and feather, and specialty coatings) with big apparel brands that, if successful, would represent new commercial opportunities in fiscal 2022, it said.

These include textiles of multiple fibres with customer operations in the Americas, Europe, the UK and Southeast Asia.

The molecular taggant, a key component to CertainT, the company’s traceability system, serves as a unique identifier that can be tested for its presence as the tagged material travels throughout any global supply chain. 

MeiLin Wan, vice-president of textile sales at Applied DNA, said: “We are pleased to see demand for tagged textiles approaching pre-pandemic levels.

“The pandemic has forced textile brands and their suppliers to reimagine their supply chain models to prioritise sustainability, brand protection and supply chain traceability. Having spent the pandemic positioning CertainT as the means through which to accelerate their traceability investments, we believe that the projects before us represent the future of textile supply chain traceability.”