HYOSUNG TNC

In spring, we go to scenic flower-blooming spots, and in summer, we go to the beach. In autumn, we go to enjoy the colorful leaves, and in winter, we go to snow-covered scenic spots! These days, far more people enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking and camping, which only a limited number of enthusiasts could enjoy in the past. Such outdoor activities have increased more than in the pre-pandemic days. More people opted to visit nature as their indoor activities were restricted by the pandemic. Nowadays, it has become a tendency for people to go camping or hiking, whether it is cold, warm, sunny, or rainy.

Durable, robust clothes and backpacks are essential for outdoor activities! 

Durable, robust clothes and backpacks are essential items when you go on outdoor activities. You are exposed to unexpected risks in nature when you go camping or hiking. To be prepared against such unknown risks, we should put on durable, robust outdoor wear that can protect our body, and prepare a durable backpack to carry and bear the weight of all of the many essential gears, snacks and supplies. What fiber or yarn should be used for such outdoor wear and backpacks? Hyosung TNC has the answer.

A highly durable fiber should generally be used and is recommended. Hyosung TNC produces a nylon fiber called CREORA Robic that is suitable for exactly this application. regen Robic Nylon is a highly durable, eco-friendly fiber Hyosung TNC has developed, which is suitable for outdoor products as it is light yet durable to withstand frequent friction or wear. regen Robic is eco-friendly because it is made by recycling pre-consumer wastes generated in the production process of textile products. Light weight is as crucial for the outdoor wear or backpacks as high strength. Hyosung also offers lightweight hollow CREORA Robic-Air nylon, which is much lighter than regen Robic Nylon but strong. Furthermore, Hyosung TNC has also launched high-strength regen Ocean Robic Nylon fibers it produces by recycling discarded waste fishing nets. It is a fiber that truly cares about the environment as roughly 93.4% of carbon dioxide discharged during the production of nylon fiber is reduced for every 1kg of regen Robic that is produced recycling discarded waste fishing nets.

The opportunity that instigated Hyosung TNC to produce regen Robic

Hyosung TNC developed eco-friendly regen fiber of diverse lines for mass production through in-house R&D efforts. Among them, regen Robic was developed from an extraordinary opportunity that came up. Here is the story behind its development. 

Hyosung TNC has technological competence to produce all of the three major eco-friendly synthetic fiber of polyester, nylon and spandex. Further, many global fashion companies prefer these eco-friendly fiber products of Hyosung TNC as they provide high transparency and reliability certified by GRS (Global Recycle Standard), the eco certification issued by Netherland’s Control Union. Osprey, an outdoor backpack brand that noted the eco-friendly fiber technology requested Hyosung TNC help in developing highly durable, eco-friendly fiber products. Hyosung TNC launched regen Robic Nylon after over a year's long process. Immediately after its launch, regen Robic Nylon fiber has piqued the greater interest of many people by being introduced through a newly launched but well-known backpack brand. Hyosung's technological capability was affirmed by a global company specializing in durable backpacks. As it was developed through an extraordinary opportunity that came up, this marks only the start of the transformation of regen Robic Nylon fiber through diverse outdoor products of global brand backpacks and camping goods. 

A series of regen Robic eco-friendly functional fibers developed by Hyosung!

Recognizing Hyosung TNC's technological excellence, a well-known backpack brand requested a collaboration to develop fiber, and Hyosung TNC is producing and supplying diverse lines of eco-friendly fibers. Hyosung has implemented collaborative brand promotion tie-ups to produce excellent products with many different companies while providing high-quality, eco-friendly fiber products well-reputed globally. Thanks to such efforts, you can avail yourselves of many different brand goods made of Hyosung eco-friendly fiber.

Outdoor backpack brand Osprey incorporated regen Robic and created whole new durable eco-friendly backpack lines ‘Talon’ and ‘Tempest,’ its flagship backpack lines. With the success of Osprey's eco-friendly backpacks, many other brands started to adopt regen Robic Nylon to their backpack lines, including Big Agnes, Mystery Ranch, Gregory, etc. in the U.S., Orthodox in Germany, and Berghaus and Lowe Alpine in the UK. regen Robic has become the brand of essential eco-friendly fiber for leading outdoor backpack brands that pursue a shift to eco-friendly recycled products.

In addition to regen Robic, Hyosung produces many other kinds of eco-friendly nylon fiber products. With the ordinary high-strength nylon fiber called CREORA Robic Nylon, which was developed and sold starting in early 2000, Hyosung has produced many other nylon brands, including regen Nylon (*formerly MIPAN regen), regen Ocean Nylon (*formerly MIPAN regen ocean), and regen Ocean Robic (*formerly MIPAN regen ocean robic), in addition to regen Robic Nylon (*formerly MIPAN regen robic) and CREORA Robic Air nylon (*formerly MIPAN robic air) introduced above. regen Nylon (*formerly MIPAN regen) is the world-first recycled nylon fiber through post-consumer depolymerization or chemical recycling of waste fishing nets in 2007. This nylon fiber brand was GRS certified for the first time in the world at that time. regen Nylon (*formerly MIPAN regen) is a pre-consumer (post-industrial recycled nylon by mechanical recycling) recycled yarn still produced today and is one of the most important fiber products produced by Hyosung at present. regen Ocean Nylon is a renewed nylon brand that was brought back and relaunched by replenishing and expanding the facility Hyosung developed in 2007 for the recycled nylon of waste fishing nets using the post-consumer depolymerization (chemical recycling) process. Hyosung successfully developed and mass-produced regen Robic Nylon fiber based on Osprey’s request. Hyosung recycled nylon brands also include regen Ocean Robic, a high-strength nylon fiber made of waste fishing nets using the post-consumer depolymerization process, which will be used by Osprey for its SS24 for the first time. Hyosung has produced regen Ocean Robic fiber since December 2022 and has plans to formally launch it in 2024 after releasing sales samples to gauge the response of the market in March 2023. Many different outdoor brands have ordered regen Ocean Nylon after it was published in the news media that the global backpack brand Osprey had adopted regen Ocean Robic which was newly released at Munich ISPO in November 2022.

Diverse outdoor brands have sought to adopt regen Robic as it can satisfy consumers' needs for switching to eco-friendly products after eco-friendly, high-strength nylon newly emerged. Fashion brands have actively attempted to develop diverse products as they believe in the durability and wear resistance of regen Robic, an eco-friendly fiber that leads the efforts to protect the environment in response to the climate crisis. Consumers are now able to purchase diverse brand products adopting Hyosung’s eco-friendly fiber overcoming the preconception that eco-friendliness lacks technological competence. Garments and backpacks that have adopted eco-friendly fiber have come close to our daily life.

regen Robic was conceived with a little-known story concerning its development. It is excellent in its sturdiness and technology supporting the environment akin to its conception background. Hyosung has developed a great technology as the eco-friendly, high-strength nylon fiber also reduces greenhouse gas emissions by producing more of the fiber at scale. The 'meaning out' consumption trend is reported to only gain traction, with M, Z generation consumers leading the market trend these days as they actively express their opinion and conviction through consumption. The demand for eco-friendly products has increased steadily for protecting the environment and cruelty-free ethics based on such a trend vesting meaning to consumption. As the use of disposable products has grown rapidly during the pandemic, the voices of concern are also growing about the increase in plastic waste. Eco-friendliness has become a household term driven by the mega trend. The fashion material companies forecast that eco-friendly products will be emphasized from the initial stage (of fiber production) to produce eco-friendly end-consumer products. The eco-friendly, high-strength regen Robic Nylon fiber was first adopted for outdoor backpacks prioritizing the environment. However, we expect Hyosung’s eco-friendly, highly functional fibers including regen Robic to gain traction with more diverse fashion brands beyond the outdoor outfit market. Hyosung will continue its relentless efforts to develop and propagate more innovative sustainable products in addition to the success of regen Robic Nylon fiber.

* regen Nylon is a renewal brand of former MIPAN regen.