ORANGE FIBER

Overview: 
Orange Fiber is the world’s first and only brand to produce a patented material from citrus juice byproducts, repurposing them to create beautiful, sensorial materials that reshape your sartorial experience.

Ingredient information:
The company processes the leftovers of the citrus juice industry in their pilot plant in Sicily, extracting the citrus cellulose apt to be spun, then they send it to a partner which is in charge of spinning it, then the yarn goes to their selected fabric producers, where their exclusive fabrics are finally made.  

Sustainability credentials:
”Our innovative and patented process has the potential to reduce the costs and the environmental impact of pollution related to the industrial waste of citrus transformation, addressing the need for sustainability and innovation in the fashion industry – the second largest industrial polluter in the world, second only to oil”.

Application and use:
”The result is a cellulose yarn with a silky feel that can be blended with other yarn and materials while transformed into a textile in order to satisfy all the fashion designer creation needs”.

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