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Bruno Banani underwear goes green with Biophyl

Innovative German underwear brand Bruno Banani has launched a new men’s underwear range called Jump&Run, which uses Advansa’s eco-friendly Biophyl polyester fibre. German entrepreneur Wolfgang Jassner launched the underwear label Bruno Banani in 1993, to bring novel, trendy underwear for men to the market. The company says that for the first time in the history of the clothing industry, Bruno Banani suddenly pepped up the most intimate of all articles of clot

11th March 2009

Knitting Industry
 |  Hamm

Intimate Apparel

 

Innovative German underwear brand Bruno Banani has launched a new men’s underwear range called Jump&Run, which uses Advansa’s eco-friendly Biophyl polyester fibre.

German entrepreneur Wolfgang Jassner launched the underwear label Bruno Banani in 1993, to bring novel, trendy underwear for men to the market. The company says that for the first time in the history of the clothing industry, Bruno Banani suddenly pepped up the most intimate of all articles of clothing with bold colours and daring cuts and added unusual details such as embroidered emblems or rhinestones.

To continue in this tradition and also to meet the increasing demand for eco-textiles, Bruno Banani decided to use Advansa’s Biophyl for its latest Jump&Run collection. The fabric is produced by Händel + Diller, based in Balingen, Germany. Händel + Diller, which are known for their innovative circular knitting and for specialising in the finest knitted fabric for underwear.  

Biophyl yarns are produced from polyester fibres, which are based on a special polymer made by DuPont. Advansa says that Biophyl yarns not only guarantee an unusually brilliant colour, adhesion and softness, but also give fabrics outstanding stretch and recovery properties.

Biophyl also has another decisive advantage says Advansa Marketing Manager Luciano Colasanto,      "The Bio-PDO used in Biophyl reduces considerably the dependence on petroleum. 37% of the polymer used in Biophyl is made of the new, reproducible raw material. This is an important step towards achieving sustainability for polyester textiles."

Advansa also says that Biophyl also has good prospects for the environment, since compared to nylon, which is frequently used in underwear, production of the new polymer results in up to a 63% reduction in CO² emissions. This contributes to reducing the greenhouse effect and a concurrent energy saving of up to 30% saves additional resources, the company says.

Further advantages claimed for Biophyl are heat set ability, UV/chlorine resistance, non-iron and awarding of the Oeko-Tex-Standard 100 certificate Class 1.

About Advansa

Operating in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Advansa, owned 100% by the Haci Omer Sabanci Holding A.S., is the largest manufacturer of polyester fibre and filament as well as a leading producer of polyester-based polymers, specialties and intermediates in the region. In 2007, Advansa had annual revenues of € 352 million. The company employs 2,000 employees and operates plants in Turkey and Germany. The headquarters are located in the Netherlands, with sales offices in Turkey, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.

Sabanci Holding is one of Turkey's largest industrial groups. Employing over 52,000 people in 70 companies, it has interests in chemicals and fibres, as well as banking and insurance, food, retail, textiles, energy, cement, automotive, tyres and tyre reinforcement materials, telecommunications, paper and packaging materials.

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