Chinese sports brand Anta has used a fiber from DuPont named Sorona for producing apparel worn by Chinese athletes during the Brazil Olympics. Sorona is a sustainable, patented fiber made with renewable, plant-based ingredients. It’s uniquely soft, extremely durable and has excellent stretch and recovery.

Anta is dedicated to the application of sports science and innovation in the development of high-performance, comfortable sports apparel. It designs, develops, manufactures and markets sportswear, including sports footwear, apparel and accessories.

Sorona polymer contains 37 per cent annually renewable plant-based ingredients by weight. It is used primarily in high-performance fiber applications, including textiles for apparel and home, office and automotive interiors, residential and commercial carpeting and automotive mats.

DuPont has a rich and deep history in the textile market. As an industry leader, DuPont has developed fibers such as nylon, lycra, kevlar and rayon (the world's first man-made fiber). More recently, in addition to Sorona, DuPont’s biomaterials group has focused its innovations on creating high-performing, sustainably sourced materials that become ingredients in products consumers use every day. Through close collaboration with Anta, DuPont has developed a series of sports apparel applications successfully launched into the mainstream Chinese consumer market. Anta selected DuPont’s Sorona as its raw material partner four years ago.