Eastman Naia™ Launches High-Tenacity Filament Yarn at Intertextile
Eastman Naia™ showcased its latest innovation – a new cellulose acetate filament yarn – at Intertextile Shanghai 2025. This launch stems from Eastman’s recently announced strategic partnership with Huafon Chemical and introduces a yarn with significantly higher tenacity, making it ideal for premium lightweight fabric applications.
With its mission to make sustainable textiles accessible globally, Eastman’s Naia™ portfolio continues to offer responsibly sourced, biobased cellulosic fibers and yarns. These fibers are designed to help mills, designers, and brands create fabrics that deliver on sustainability without compromising on comfort, quality, or appearance.
Naia™ acetate filament yarn is already well-regarded and widely used by both luxury and high-street fashion brands across China and internationally. Known for its silky hand feel, beautiful drape, and rich luster, it is especially favored for ready-to-wear fashion and linings. Beyond its premium look and feel, Naia™ provides excellent comfort, durability, and ease of care.
Eastman has built a strong network of mills and fabric trading partners in China, working collaboratively to push innovation and create some of the most advanced acetate-based fabrics in the global market.
Recent Partnership Announcement
On August 13, Eastman and Huafon Chemical formally announced their strategic partnership to establish a joint facility dedicated to producing Naia™ cellulose acetate filament yarns in China. This facility will focus on localized production and product innovation, enabling a more responsive and agile supply chain to meet rising demand for high-quality, sustainable textiles. This move reinforces Eastman’s long-term commitment to the Chinese market and its strategy to expand its regional presence.
About the New Yarn
- Like Naia™ Classic, the yarn is made from 60% sustainably sourced wood pulp and 40% acetic acid, resulting in a bio-based and biodegradable diacetate fiber.
- Its higher tenacity allows it to perform in premium lightweight fabric segments where standard Naia™ is currently limited.
- Eastman is already collaborating with three mill partners in China — Colorful, GreenSilk, and XinMin Textiles — to develop new fabrics using this yarn.
- Commercial rollout will begin gradually in the first half of 2026 for both domestic and international customers.