Hyosung to take 'bio' message to Copenhagen
Textiles and elastane maker Hyosung TNC will be a principal sponsor of 2026 Global Fashion Summit in Denmark, where it will share updates on the production of its Bio Elastane at its new facilities in Vietnam.
The group has committed $1 billion to establishing the first fully integrated bio-based production system of its kind: from sugarcane to Bio-BDO then Bio-PTMG. PTMG is the main ingredient that elastane is made from - it is also mixed with a synthetic ingredient, which cannot be made from a bio equivalent. Bio Elastane delivers the same performance as the fossil-based equivalent.
Presented by Global Fashion Agenda, the Summit convenes leaders from across the fashion value chain to drive collective action. This year, the theme is ‘Building Resilient Futures’.
Hyosung will be involved in roundtable and panel discussions, along with having a stand.
Simon Whitmarsh-Knight, Hyosung’s sustainability director of textiles, said: “At a moment when the industry is moving from commitments to action, Hyosung TNC offers something beyond a material: a scalable system designed to make bio-based the new baseline, not the exception.”
Read more about the process behind partially bio-derived elastane in Sportstextiles' feature here.
