从农场到纤维

The LYCRA Company 与 Qore® 合作开发下一代生物基材料。

协作推动可持续解决方案

The LYCRA Company 正在与 Qore® 开展一项具有远见的新合作，以推动行业实现更高的可持续性。Qore® 是 QIRA® 的制造商，QIRA® 是下一代 1,4-丁二醇（也称为 BDO）的品牌名称。QIRA® 是一种由玉米制成的创新型生物基 BDO。通过使用这种可再生原料，与使用化石燃料制造的材料相比，我们可以帮助减少二氧化碳排放。

这种可再生纤维将于 2025 年底实现规模化商业供应。我们对这一机会感到非常振奋，它不仅有助于降低我们的环境影响，也能帮助那些致力于采购更可持续材料的客户实现他们的目标。

QORE® 站点

QORE® 站点

Qore® 站点现已投入运营，位于美国腹地爱荷华州的埃迪维尔。所需的玉米将从方圆 100 英里范围内的农场采购。

认识时尚农民

了解爱荷华州的玉米农民如何助力时尚变得更加可持续

再生农业

Steve Kuiper 讲述他所采用的农业作法，以促进土壤健康。

可追溯性

了解 Barron 家族如何通过满足客户在可追溯性方面的期望来建立信任

务农家庭

认识 Amanda 和 Jackson Drost，了解他们为让土地更适合子孙后代所付出的热情

协作

了解 Barron 家族如何从协作的角度认识协作的价值

开启一项突破性的新方案

  • 由玉米提取的可再生原料占比达 70%

  • LYCRA® 纤维的碳足迹有望减少高达 44%*

  • 主要种植于风力发电农场

  • 性能上媲美传统氨纶纤维

了解玉米将如何助力时尚行业转型

玉米转化为纤维

了解玉米如何被用作原料来制造可再生的 LYCRA® 纤维。

再生农业

通过支持再生农业，我们可以帮助提供更可持续的选择。

爱荷华州的农业概况

了解为什么爱荷华州是种植玉米的理想之地。

推动影响力

了解生物基 LYCRA® 纤维如何帮助减少碳排放，从而打造可持续时尚。

去碳化

请查看我们行业对地球造成的影响，并了解我们的去碳化之旅。

LEARN ABOUT BIO-DERIVED RESOURCES

Read our thought leadership posts on important sustainability topics.

Regenerative agriculture and fashion

See why regenerative agriculture is good for business and good for the planet.

Helping to make fashion more sustainable

The LYCRA Company and Qore® join forces to create next-generation bio-derived LYCRA® fiber with QIRA® made from Iowa corn.

Reducing environmental impact

Bio-derived materials represent a tremendous opportunity to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and the GHG emissions that contribute to global warming.

ABOUT QIRA®

QIRA® is made by Qore®, a joint venture between Cargill, a leader in agricultural and fermentation technologies, and HELM, a leading marketer and distributor of chemicals. QIRA® is their brand of a chemical known as BDO. Unlike standard BDO, which is fossil-fuel based, QIRA® is derived from field or dent corn, an annually renewable resource which is not for direct human consumption. The bio-derived QIRA® will be converted into PTMEG, the key ingredient used in LYCRA® fiber.

EXPLORE INFOGRAPHICS

Corn fractionation

See how field corn works hard for products, people, and the planet.

Field corn end uses

Discover the range of products that are made from one bushel of field corn.

From farm to fiber

Trace the journey of a kernel of corn as it is transformed into sustainable fashion.

READ OUR WHITE PAPER

Learn how we are accelerating the transition from fossil-based ingredients in the apparel and textile industry to renewable resources with bio-derived LYCRA® fiber made with QIRA®.

This report details the benefits of this sustainable and scalable solution, explains regenerative agriculture and how corn is transformed into spandex (elastane) fibers.

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*Estimate from Cradle-to-Gate Screening LCA for a representative LYCRA® fibre manufacturing facility, June 2022, prepared by Ramboll Americas Engineering Solutions, Inc.

QIRA® is a trademark of Qore®.

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