Swedish fashion brand Lindex has partnered with BASF to
introduce loopamid recycled polyamide 6 to the lingerie
sector.
Loopamid is a made entirely from both post-industrial and post
consumer waste and the BASF technology behind it enables the
recycling of polyamide materials that are otherwise difficult to
process, including blended textiles, while maintaining material
quality comparable to virgin polyamide 6 and enabling multiple
recycling cycles.
“With loopamid, our goal is to fully close the loop for polyamide
textiles,” said Dag Wiebelhaus, head of innovation and project
lead of loopamid at BASF’s Monomers division. “Working with
Lindex allows us to actively shape the transformation towards a
more circular fashion industry.”
For Lindex, the use of loopamid builds on its long term work to
increase the use of recycled materials and reduce dependency
on virgin raw materials following progress with textile-¬to-
textile recycled cellulosic fibres.
“As a major lingerie player, we have a clear responsibility and
opportunity to drive change in this category,” said Anna-Karin
Dahlberg, chief sustainability officer at Lindex. “Polyamide is an
important material category for Lindex, where our scale allows
us to drive real impact. Progress at this level requires new
technologies and close partnerships across the value chain, and
BASF has played a key role in enabling this development.”
The first lingerie products made with loopamid will be
introduced in selected Lindex ranges at the beginning of 2027. By
the end of 2026, the brand is aiming for 100% of its raw materials
to be recycled or sustainably sourced.