Cradle-to-gate study for Trevira

Customers, users and consumers are showing growing interest in information about the ecologically relevant properties of Trevira fibre products, which are extensively used throughout the nonwovens industry, as well as in apparel, home furnishing and industrial textiles.

In a move to respond to this, the fibre manufacturer has commissioned consultant Systain, based in Hamburg, Germany, to produce an ecobalance to ISO 14040/44.

For this ‘ecological footprint’ Systain has assessed all the processes involved in the manufacture of Trevira polyester products from chemical precursors and raw materials to the finished article.