Avantium, a leading company in renewable and circular polymer materials, has announced a strategic collaboration with leading textile innovators Auping, Monosuisse and Antex. This partnership aims to develop PEF-based yarns, to be used in mattresses for Auping. This collaboration demonstrates the broad potential of fibres and yarns made from Avantium’s PEF across different application areas, supporting the introduction of PEF to the everyday life of consumers.

This strategic collaboration brings together the unique strength of each partner. Avantium will spearhead the development, production, supply and recycling of PEF. The textile innovators Monosuisse and Antex will focus on creating PEF-based yarns. Monosuisse will specialise in monofilament PEF yarns, while Antex will supply multifilament PEF yarns. Their expertise ensures high-quality, versatile materials for various textile applications. Auping, renowned for its commitment to quality sleeping solutions, will test the design and manufacturing of mattresses utilising the PEF-based fabric. These mattresses will combine sustainability with superior comfort, the company said in a press release.

Royal Auping, a certified B Corporation, is the largest developer and producer of personal sleep solutions in the Netherlands. Auping follows a circular business model, minimising waste, pollution, and material incineration. Its goal is to achieve a fully circular product range by 2030.

“As part of our sustainability roadmap, Auping continuously works to reduce our environmental impact. That is why we are constantly looking for innovative, sustainable solutions for our sleep products. The environmental features of PEF-based fabrics are unique and very promising to meet our sustainability and circularity goals. We look forward to working together with Avantium, Antex and Monosuisse to further develop circular Auping mattresses made from PEF-based yarns,” Geert Doorslag, researcher at Auping, said.

“We are proud to collaborate with Auping, Antex, Monosuisse to help build a more sustainable world. This collaboration reflects our shared commitment to reducing the environmental impact of textile production. By leveraging Avantium’s breakthrough technology and the collective expertise of our partners, we are poised to transform the textile landscape,” Bineke Posthumus, director business development of Avantium, said.