By D.W.G. Kalani Tharanga, JadeTimes News
MAS Holdings, a global leader in apparel manufacturing, has entered into a three year offtake agreement with Los Angeles based Ambercycle to enhance textile regeneration efforts. This partnership allows MAS to incorporate Ambercycle’s circular polyester, cycora, into their products, significantly boosting Ambercycle's production capabilities. This collaboration aligns with MAS’s Plan for Change, which aims to achieve 50 percent of its revenue from sustainable products by 2025.
Cycora, Ambercycle’s circular polyester, is produced using proprietary molecular regeneration technology. It matches the quality of virgin grade materials while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lessening the need for landfilling or incinerating end of life textiles.
Pioneering Sustainable Fashion Through Circular Polyester
Nemanthie Kooragamage, Director of Group Sustainable Business at MAS Holdings, emphasized the collaboration's importance: “Our goal is to revolutionize apparel manufacturing through circularity. Partnering with Ambercycle provides our customer partners access to top tier regenerated materials, catering to the growing consumer demand for sustainable fashion and fostering a positive environmental impact.”
MAS Holdings is the first apparel manufacturer to formalize an offtake agreement with Ambercycle, leading the commercial adoption of circular polyester. This initiative aims to reduce reliance on virgin polyester, promoting a sustainable supply chain and supporting Ambercycle’s expansion in Asia, a crucial area in the value chain.
Shay Sethi, Co founder and CEO of Ambercycle, highlighted the critical role of supply chain partnerships: “Collaborations like this are essential to decarbonizing fashion and reducing the environmental toll of raw material extraction. We are excited to partner with MAS, a leading force in global apparel manufacturing, to advance our mission of diverting textiles from landfills and achieving large scale circularity.”
MAS Holdings, the largest apparel tech firm in South Asia, is known for its comprehensive design to delivery solutions and ethical practices, operating in 14 countries with a strong focus on sustainability through its Plan for Change initiative. Ambercycle, founded in 2015, uses molecular regeneration technology to create premium fabrics from textile waste, aiming to reduce the fashion industry's environmental footprint. MAS Holdings’ offtake of recycled polyester will be sufficient to produce approximately 10 million garments.