Century Enka marked the launch of Nuenyl, India's first chemically recycled nylon filament yarn, in a conversation with Mr. Suresh Sodani, CEO and Managing Director, featured on Textile Value Chain. Developed through an advanced depolymerisation and repolymerisation process, Nuenyl converts pre and post-consumer nylon waste into virgin-grade yarn, certified to GRS and OEKO-TEX Standard 100. The interview offered an in-depth look at the thinking behind Nuenyl and the technology that sets it apart.

Mr. Sodani explained that Nuenyl is built on the principle of circular economy, processing pre and post-consumer nylon waste and converting it back to the raw material stage, so that the finished yarn and fabric are indistinguishable from virgin nylon in performance and aesthetics.

He was direct about what makes chemical recycling different: Century Enka is currently the only company in India doing chemical recycling of pre and post-consumer nylon waste. Mechanical recycling, used by others in the space, degrades polymer properties and cannot produce output comparable to virgin nylon. Chemical recycling restores the material to its original starting point. On adoption, Mr. Sodani acknowledged that Nuenyl carries a slight premium today, targeted at conscious customers committed to circularity. As volumes grow, he expressed confidence the cost gap with conventional nylon will narrow.

Watch the full interview on Textile Value Chain.