Kintra Fibers and Paradise Textiles create biobased jacket

In Taiwan, biobased fiber producer Kintra Fibers has partnered with Paradise Textiles to create a prototype jacket—the first garment made with Kintra’s yarns.

The development follows a successful pilot project in 2023. Paradise chose to make a jacket the first garment to highlight the material’s resistance to abrasion and pilling—both important properties for outerwear.

“At Paradise, we continually seek innovative fiber technologies that offer a lower carbon footprint and serve as viable alternatives to fossil-based synthetics. Kintra not only meets these criteria but also delivers additional benefits in impact and performance. We are excited to further our collaboration, leveraging Kintra’s potential to engineer a diverse range of textiles,” says Lewis Shuler, head of innovation at Paradise Textiles.