Making its debut as an official exhibitor at the Global Fashion Summit, held from June 3-5, 2025 in Copenhagen, world’s leading elastane manufacturer, Hyosung, showcased innovative textile solutions designed to shape a sustainable future for fashion.
Of the products highlighted by Hyosung at the event included the expanded regen Bio Elastane range, featuring varying amounts of renewable content. This range is gaining significant traction among luxury fashion brands and retailers seeking sustainable stretch solutions to blend with natural fibers like organic cotton, merino wool, cashmere, and silk.
The company's third-party-certified regen Bio+ Elastane and regen Bio Max Elastane replace some traditional fiber inputs with a high content of renewable resources. This significantly reduces reliance on fossil fuels and helps minimize environmental impact, all while delivering the same elasticity, recovery, and durability as conventional elastane.
Simon Whitmarsh-Knight, Global Sustainability Director – Textiles, Hyosung, says, the brand supports flexible adoptions of various options, such as regen Bio+ or Bio Max, according to their specific goals. The regen Bio elastane is being increasing adopted by brands and retail as it can be added as a renewable stretch engine to blend with both natural and synthetic fibers.
As part of its corporate ESG commitment to achieve net zero by 2050, Hyosung has begun work on a new 50,000-ton Bio-BDO (Butanediol) facility at its Vietnam plants, with plans to expand to 200,000 tons annually. Bio-BDO is a major ingredient in elastane manufacturing. This new facility will utilize Geno’s proven Geno BDO technology, which ferments sugars derived from sugarcane to replace fossil raw materials. This initiative will create the world's first integrated elastane manufacturing plant, streamlining production in the same region, improving efficiency, and reducing the carbon footprint.
At the Summit, Hyosung also showcased its 100 per cent recycled functional elastane, nylon, and polyester fiber technologies, alongside circular polyester made from end-of-life textiles. These efforts further advance the company's commitment to creating a circular textile ecosystem.
Focusing on the theme ‘Barriers and Bridges,’ the 2025 Global Fashion Summit aimed to transform traditional barriers into tangible change. The Summit's program addressed impact-centric topics related to social and environmental challenges, merging barriers and bridges in innovative ways.
