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Case Study · Technology Landscape
New feedstocks for cellulosic textiles.
A global clothing brand wanted to know which companies and technologies could shake up a regenerated cellulosic fiber market dominated by wood feedstocks. Prescouter mapped routes from textile waste, bacterial cellulose, algae and farm waste, then presented three top technologies.
The Client
The client is a global clothing brand. It wanted to know which players could disrupt the regenerated cellulosic textiles market.
The Challenge
7.3 million tonnes a year.
Mostly from wood.
Wood-based feedstocks dominate the 7.3 million tonnes of regenerated cellulosic fiber made each year, and the client needed to identify the companies and technologies enabling novel alternatives.
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Waste
Textile waste
Old textiles as a fiber source.
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Biology
Bacterial cellulose, algae
Grown rather than harvested.
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Agriculture
Agricultural waste
Crop residues as feedstock.
Our Approach
Registers, patents and experts, plus direct outreach.
Expert input
SMEsexperts and literature review
Answer key questions
Subject matter experts and an expansive literature review answered key questions as work progressed.
Outreach
Directcompany outreach
Go beyond public data
Outreach added non-public sustainability and life cycle data to the technology assessment.
The Outcome
Three technologies, across every feedstock.
Prescouter presented the client with three top technologies capable of impacting the industry across the short to medium term. The assessment highlighted companies and technologies across the breadth of possible feedstocks, backed by non-public sustainability and life cycle data gathered through outreach.
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Shortlist
Three top technologies
Impact in the short to medium term.
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Breadth
Every feedstock covered
Waste, bacterial, algal and agricultural.
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Evidence
Life cycle insight
Non-public sustainability data included.
The next big shift in textile fibers may start with what goes into the pulp, not the spinning line. Feedstock choices made now will shape sustainability claims for years.
Let’s Talk
Where will your next fiber come from?
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