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Invista partners with Epoch Biodesign on nylon 6.6 recycling tech

06/02/2026
Invista partners with Epoch Biodesign on nylon 6.6 recycling tech

In a striking turn of events, Invista has signed a memorandum of understanding with Epoch Biodesign, a biotech start-up based in the UK, to develop the recycling of post-consumer nylon 6.6. Now a Koch company, Invista was formerly a division of DuPont, the company that invented nylon back in the late 1930s. The collaboration will combine Epoch’s...

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