The Lycra Company announced the launch of the new Lycra FiT400 fiber for knits, which helps set the stage for circularity, a key priority for the company. Lycra’s latest EcoMade offering is a bicomponent fiber engineered to optimize the performance and comfort of knits. According to the company, it delivers a durable, soft hand feel, low shrinkage and high uniformity to fabrics. Lycra FiT400 fiber is made from 60 percent recycled PET and 14.4 percent from bio-derived resources and is GRS-certified. In controlled tests under specific conditions, this fiber was recycled back into new polyester fibers, demonstrating the technical feasibility of this process.
The fiber includes two different polyester polymers, which together create a helical crimp, providing permanent stretch and recovery properties and breathability, cooling comfort and chlorine resistance to fabrics.
