Aksa gives acrylic a new twist
09/02/2026
“People in fashion love acrylic for its warmth and great colour uptake. Our deep black stays deep black,” Aksa marketing manager Enida Hançer told Sportstextiles. The other main property of acrylic is thermal insulation, due to the fibre’s low conductivity. This has made it popular in thermal underwear, one of the company’s biggest apparel markets. A selection of fine knits made from micro acrylic (0.9 dtex) and micro modal blends were presented on the Aksa booth.
A few years back, the company invested in air jet spinning machines, adding spun yarns to its product range. “Acrylic is traditionally a high bulk fibre, but air jet spinning yields a more compact yarn. This gives it greater resistance to pilling and a cottony, rather than a woolly, hand feel,” she said, adding that the vortex spun yarns also achieve even more vibrant colours.
According to Ms Hançer, Aksa Akrilik is one of Europe’s largest producers of the fibre, having a production capacity of 355,000 tonnes per year, which she said was roughly one fourth of the global acrylic market. The company has also set a high bar for sustainability, recovering 99.9% of solvents, operating its own desalination plant, and has begun the process of decarbonising production.
The company offers a recycled acrylic fibre, made from its own waste that is recovered using a thermo-mechanical process.
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