Hemptown agreement ARC to commercialize hemp technology

06 Dec '05

2 min read

World's largest hemp T-shirt apparel brand and seller Hemptown Clothing Inc announced that it would work with the Alberta Research Council (ARC) to commercialize its new Textile Fibre technology developed jointly with the National Research Council (NRC).

Specifically, ARC has been contracted to conduct pilot tests on samples to establish the parameters required by industry for Hemptown's new sustainable super fibre technology CRAILAR.

Hemptown CEO Jerry Kroll: "This is a key time in the development of CRAILAR. We look forward to seeing the results of ARC's tests and appreciate their help in assessing CRAILAR as a viable biotech tool in the processing of Hemp."

Hemptown Clothing Inc and the federal science organization NRC jointly developed CRAILAR as a patentable enzyme process that transforms industrial hemp into a soft, white fibre.

Worldwide, petroleum and cotton based textiles make a huge environmental footprint in production and are not sustainable for our future. Hemp is highly environmentally sensitive, grown organically without the use of pesticides, toxic fertilizers or the enormous fresh water irrigation required by cotton.

ARC will take the NRC developed enzyme from the test-tube, apply it to full pilot plant samples, and finally render 100kg bundles of refined Hemp fibre. The research is one step in the overall process to develop large-scale commercial textile applications for CRAILAR in apparel, home wares, flooringand more.

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