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- The most important international exhibition and textile conference will take place from November 12th to 19th in Milan - Italy.
- The fiber is finalist of the Future Material Award, in the Best Innovation - Sustainable Textiles category promoted by the fair.
Milan, Italy, November, 11th, 2015 – Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, will take place at ITMA 2015, the most important international exhibition and textile congress to happen from November 12th to 19th in Milan - Italy. The company will launch worldwide the world's first biodegradable polyamide yarn in the event, Amni Soul Eco®. Developed over five years of researches, Amni Soul Eco® is a polyamide 6.6 textile yarn which has been formulated to allow garments made with this innovative technology to quickly decompose after being properly disposed of in landfills, making the articles environmentally friendly. While other fibers take decades to decompose, it only takes about three years for Amni Soul Eco® to disappear from the planet. T
he yarn arrives at the fair as a finalist of the ITMA 2015 Future Material Award, as the Best Innovation - Sustainable Textiles category. The ITMA award recognizes the best textile innovations and celebrates the essential work of these companies that encourage this industry. The winners will be announced on November 16th during a gala dinner for the world's major players in the industrial textile chain.
Amni Soul Eco® offers the many benefits of Rhodia's polyamide for consumers, such as its soft touch, extreme comfort, breathability, moisture management, easy-care, easy washing, and it is easily dyed in different colors for the industry to produce any kind of garment for every segments. The product is also Oeko-Tex® (standard 100, class 1) internationally certified.
This sustainable innovation has been recognized by two awards: the Kurt Pulitzer Prize, awarded by ABIQUIM (a chemical industry representative association), and one from the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). Rhodia is the pioneer in the introduction of the FAR INFRARED technology with Emana® fiber and now, once again, is the pioneer of the biodegradable technology. “Amni Soul Eco® reinforces our commitment to sustainability. We’re very excited with this worldwide launch. Besides being a recyclable fiber, it’s biodegradable, making it a sustainable solution for discharging and perfect for the environment. We believe that Amni Soul Eco® is a breaktrough, contributing a better world for future generations,”, says Renato Boaventura, CEO of the Solvay Group's Fibras Global Business Unit, adding that the company's growth strategy is based on offering technologies, processes and products with a strong sustainable development footprint.
Emana®
Rhodia will also present Emana® Denim, the new generation of Emana®. Besides skin care benefits, breathability, freshness and comfort for garments, the yarn brings to denim an exclusive and unique lightness and sophisticated visual, combining functionality, fashion and well-being. The yarn recently received the ICIS Innovation Awards in the Best Product Innovation category. Service: ITMA 2015 Place: Fiera Milano Rho- Milan/Italy Date: 11-19 November Hall 08 Stand D 105 www.itma.com
