Fiber Innovations: From Production to Application > Biopolymer & Natural Fibers

Sustainable Bio-Polymer fibers from starch based blends-Melt spinning and characterization

Saal B
Freitag, 12.09.2025, 11:35 - 11:55 Uhr

Dear Sir/Madam, With this letter i would like to express my interest to present my research work on the 64th Dornbirn Global Fiber Congress (GFC), September 2025 under the theme Biopolymers and natural fibers

Sprecher
Selamu Temesgen Lambiso (Kombolcha Institute of Technology,Ethiopia)
Co-Authoren
Lucas Großmann (Institute for Circular Economy of Bio:Polymers, Hof, Germany), Tamrat Tesfaye (Ethiopian Institute of Textiles and fashion technology (Eitex), Bahir Dar University Ethiopia), Michael Nase (Institute for Circular Economy of Bio:Polymers, Hof, Germany)
Most of synthetic fibers used in the current market are obtained from petroleum-based polymers which are non-biodegradable and non-compostable. The global fiber production reached 111 million metric tons, having doubled over the past 20 years. However, the synthetic fibres of petrochemical origin dominate the current global textile fibre market, among them polyethylene terephthalate (PET) having about 52 % market share of global fiber production in 2020. Recently, textile industry has embraced the adoption of bio-based and biodegradable polymers, with the textile market projected to growth at a compound average growth rate (CAGR) of 12 % over the next decade with the aim of reducing the negative environmental impact of petrochemical polymers. Fiber spinning from starch biopolymer and its blends was widely attempted using electro-spinning; however, it is less attempted using melt spinning which is an industrially feasible method. This study aims on investigating melt spinnability of tapioca starch-based biopolymers blends into fibers.