The global sustainability initiative for good has announced a strategic partnership with Altmat today: a groundbreaking material research company that converts agricultural waste into high -quality materials.
Altmat was one of the nine participants in 2020: inside the first South Asian accelerator program from Fashion for Good. In 2022, the company was together with the Laudes Foundation, partners and five other innovator: Inside also part of the Fashion for Good Projekt ‘Untapped Agricultural Waste’
A result of the latest partnership is the new Altag Fibre Club, which brings together a consortium of global partners: inside the value chain. Together they want to accelerate the commercial introduction of Next-Gen fibers made of agricultural fabrics on a large scale and thus support the transition of the industry to circulatory materials.
Altag fibre club brings innovator: inside and brand partners: inside together
“The further development of the Fibre Club with Altmat is an important step in the scaling of innovative materials with real commercial potential,” comments Katrin Ley, managing director of Fashion for Good, in a press release.
“By making groundbreaking innovator: Inside, like Altmat with committed branded partners: Bring the inside, we set up the infrastructure and demand that is needed to bring Next-gen materials to the market faster and more efficiently,” she adds.
The cooperation model builds on the first Fibre Club of Fashion for Good with the textile-to-textile recycler Circ in 2024 in cooperation with Canopy.
Current partners: Inside along the supply chain: Adalberto; Alok; Arvind; Bhaskar denim; Jindal Textiles; Maharaja Shree Umaid Mills, Ltd; Positive material; Sambandam Spinning Mills Limited; Shahi Exports; Sutlej Textiles; Sweaters India and Industries Limited and Vrijesh Natural Fibre & Fabrics (India) PVT. Ltd.
Together they want to overcome the most important obstacles for the introduction, such as scalability; Processing compatibility and cost competitiveness.
“There is no lack of intention to introduce materials of the next generation, but there is no systems to achieve this. With the Altag Fibre Club, we close this gap by connecting every member of the value chain – from the farm to fashion to fashion,” explains Shikha Shah, CEO and founder of Altmat.
“We not only introduce a fiber; we lay the foundation for a new class of materials based on regeneration, resistance and scalability in the real world,” she adds.
The Altag Fibre Club is officially presented at the Future Fabric Expo in London from June 24th to 25th, 2025. At the same time, this acts as an invitation to interested brands to join the club.
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