Around 4 million tons of nylon 6,6 (a type of synthetic polyamide) are produced annually, making it one of the most commonly used fibers in the apparel ...

Aquafil has opened a pilot plant to chemically separate elastic fibre from nylon waste textiles for its Econyl ...

Vermont Business Magazine lululemon has announced a multi-year collaboration with San Leandro, CA, based biotechnology pioneer ZymoChem to help expand the company’s use of bio-based nylon and advance ...

However, the team’s research offers a breakthrough for producing cyclohexanone oxime, a crucial intermediate in the synthesis of Nylon-6. They have created a series of catalysts, based on bifunctional ...

Toray says chemical recycling demonstrations for nylon 6 are already underway and entail recovering a monomer called caprolactam. Contrastingly, the company says the process for chemically recycled ...