Due to the overwhelming face mask demand from healthcare professionals and individual consumers, Hyosung has repurposed its facilities to increase the supply of creora elastane.
Elastane is a key ingredient in face masks, especially for the earloops and headstraps that help to make them fit properly.
“Hyosung has converted creora elastane yarn production to increase the supply to the global mask market by 20 times,” said Mike Simko, Hyosung Global Marketing Director – Textiles.
“This production can make ear loops for several billion face masks per month. We’ve been fortunate to keep our elastane production operating in all of our international plants to serve local and global communities.”
Hyosung is the world’s largest producer of elastane. The company has donated over $420,000 along with medical supplies to medical workers caring for COVID-19 patients in Daegu, hit hardest by the virus in Korea, and its adjacent North Gyeongsang Province.
