BIRLA CELLULOSE TO VENTURE INTO AN INNOVATIVE ALGAE-POWERED FIBRE
February 18th, 2024
Birla Cellulose, the manufactured cellulosic fibre (MMCF) giant from India’s global conglomerate the Aditya Birla Group, is taking its mission for sustainability in textile a notch higher by developing lyocell fibres containing algae. Birla has long specialised in developing lyocell, a subcategory of rayon, made from organic solutions in which no substitution of the hydroxyl groups takes place, and no chemical intermediates are formed.
Following a pact inked with Algaeing, an Israel-based specialist in clean textile innovation, in December (2023), Birla ...
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