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New Zealand’s Oritain and Panda Biotech have announced a partnership to create the world’s first scientifically traceable hemp fibre, from field to garment, for the textile industry. Panda Biotech is a first mover in the emerging US industrial hemp fibre and hurd industry. Oritain is a world leader in using forensic science to trace the origin of products.
With new laws in the United States, a global shift back to natural materials and a greater need for green alternatives to synthetics, Panda Biotech will process premium, textile-grade, cottonised natural hemp fibre for industrial and consumer products. Their first facility is in Wichita Falls, Texas, and will be operational in mid-2022. The latest partnership with Oritain will see the two companies working together, according to a media statement by Oritain.