This is the third batch of textile technology providers that the Amsterdam-based organisation has selected for the programme. This cohort includes innovators from eight countries, adding Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia to the roster.

The new batch includes India’s Chlorohemp Agrotech, which is developing large scale fully integrated hemp processing units and applying biosciences to develop a research database on Indian hemp varieties.

Other new technologies include inks produced from greenhouse gas emissions, innovations in dyeing and finishing, dyes from waste from the tea industry, inspection technologies and innovations aimed at reducing waste water. 

The innovators will receive support from Fashion for Good throughout the nine-month programme. They will also work closely with the organisation’s network of global partners on pilot projects and implementation activities, developing their path to scale their technologies. 

Having launched in January 2020, the South Asia Innovation Programme has already engaged nine regional and global corporate partners. The first two batches of innovators are already working on pilot and implementation projects in the region with prominent brands and manufacturers. “Expectations for the third batch are equally optimistic,” Fashion For Good said.

The third batch of innovators joining the South Asia Innovation Programme are: Aquaporin (Denmark), Chlorohemp Agrotech (India), Demeta (France), Deven Supercriticals (India), Graviky Labs (India), GreenHope (Singapore), MYCL (Indonesia), Quantum Polychemics (Bangladesh), t-hues (Sri Lanka) and Wise Eye (Hong Kong).

 

Photo: Top row L-R: Aquaporin (Peter Holme), MYCL (Adi Reza), Demeta (Patrick Piot), GreenHope (Tommy Tjiptadjaja and Sugianto Tandio)
Middle Row L-R: WiseEye (Calvin Wong), t-hues (Shahid Sangani), Graviky Labs (Nikhil Kaushik, Anirudh Sharma)
Bottom row L-R: Deven Supercriticals (Swapneshu Baser), Quantum Polychemics (Zahin Razeen and Rizvana Hredita), Chlorohemp (Uday Shanker and Raghavendra Singh)