Friday, July 09, 2010

Ingeo


INGEO by Designtex, New York, NY.

HINT: Corn fiber!

"In a notable departure from petroleum-based textiles, Ingeo derives its fiber from corn, an annually renewable resource. Bacterial fermentation is used to convert corn from a starch to a sugar and then to polylactic acid, which in turn is processed like most thermoplastics into fiber. Ingeo is a closed loop sustainable product: the natural origins of the polymer allow it to be safely biodegraded at the end of its useful life."*

*from www.transmaterial.net

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